英语新闻听写 社交媒体推特的崛起

Two years ago, fans were preparing to say goodbye to Twitter.

两年前，粉丝们正准备弃用推特。

Without product direction, the company was losing users and advertisers, and seemed unable to contain a metastasizing trolling crisis that was destroying its credibility.

由于没有产品导向，该公司正在失去用户和广告商，而且似乎无法遏制摧毁它信誉的扩散性恶意挑衅危机。

But then, Buzzfeed reports, things started changing.

据“Buzzfeed”报道，但之后事情就有了转机。

Twitter began beating earnings¹ expectations.

推特的收入开始超出预期。

Star ex-employees trickled² back in, finding a new, more positive internal culture than the toxic³ one they'd left.

以前的明星雇员们又回来了，发现了一种全新的积极的内部文化环境，而不是他们离开时那种有毒的环境。

The company's stock, once unappealing to analysts⁴ at $14, is now trading above $46.

该公司的股票曾经是让分析师不屑一顾的14美元每股，现在的交易价却达到了46美元以上。

1 earnings   

n.工资收人；利润，利益，所得

参考例句：

• That old man lives on the earnings of his daughter.那个老人靠他女儿的收入维持生活。
• Last year there was a 20% decrease in his earnings.去年他的收入减少了20%。

2 trickled   

v.滴( trickle的过去式和过去分词 )；淌；使)慢慢走；缓慢移动

参考例句：

• Blood trickled down his face. 血从他脸上一滴滴流下来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The tears trickled down her cheeks. 热泪一滴滴从她脸颊上滚下来。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 toxic   

adj.有毒的，因中毒引起的

参考例句：

• The factory had accidentally released a quantity of toxic waste into the sea.这家工厂意外泄漏大量有毒废物到海中。
• There is a risk that toxic chemicals might be blasted into the atmosphere.爆炸后有毒化学物质可能会进入大气层。

4 analysts   

分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
• I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。