2015推特年度瞬间

 It can sometimes be difficult to realize you're living in truly historic times when you're right in the middle of it. Thankfully, we have Twitter, a kind of real-time pulse tracking the events of our world as they happen, and 2015 was packed with epic¹, historic moments.

有时你身处在重大历史时刻，却难以意识到。幸好，我们有推特，它能时刻把握我们这个时代的脉搏。2015年就充满了史诗般的历史瞬间。

We got our hands on this year's activity data from Twitter and, no matter what lens you view 2015 through, these moments reveal the true face of the past year, from its dramatic highs to its somber² lows.

我们从推特拿到了今年的活动数据，无论你以什么眼光去看待2015，这些瞬间都是即将过去的这一年的真实模样，有激动人心的顶峰，也有悲沮严峻的低谷。

2015推特年度瞬间

Top Retweets

转发最多的推文

Despite the current tensions around events like mass shootings, terrorism and civil protests, it turns out that the soothing³ balm of entertainment ruled Twitter in 2015, with tweets about music group One Direction ranking as the top three retweets of the year. The very top tweet, Harry⁴ Styles wishing his departing bandmate Zayn Malik goodbye, embodied⁵ the positive nature of the social network when it's at its best.

虽然当下充满了大规模枪击案、恐怖袭击和群众抗议活动，但是在2015年娱乐圈依旧统治了推特。转发次数排名前三的都是跟单向乐队（One Direction）有关。排名第一的是哈里·斯泰尔斯对乐队成员泽恩·马利克说再见的推文，呈现了社交网络正能量的本质。

All the love as always. H

永远爱你。

— Harry Styles. (@Harry_Styles) March 26, 2015

——哈里·斯泰尔斯（@哈里·斯泰尔斯）2015年3月26日

Trailing right behind that, President Barack Obama's tweet approving of the Supreme⁶ Court's ruling to legalize same-sex marriage in the US was a huge hit. For many, the president's opinion on the topic, which has been a divisive issue in some states over the past few years, signaled a beginning of the end to the debate about same-sex marriage rights.

转发量紧随其后的，是奥巴马总统发推赞同最高法院裁定同性婚姻合法。对许多人来说，总统在这个问题上的观点终结了过去几年来在各个州关于同性婚姻权益的争论。

Today is a big step in our march toward equality. Gay and lesbian couples now have the right to marry, just like anyone else. #LoveWins

今天是我们迈向平等的一大步。男同和女同们现在跟其他人一样有结婚的权利了。＃真爱无敌

— President Obama (@POTUS) June 26, 2015

——奥巴马总统（@美国总统）2015年6月26日

One particularly popular retweet was the final message from actor Leonard Nimoy. "A life is like a garden," Nimoy wrote, just before passing away on February 27. "Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory." The message served as a kind of reminder⁷ that your last tweet may, unexpectedly, become the last important message you send to the world.

还有一个特别热门的转发是演员伦纳德·尼莫伊的最后一条推文。“生命就像一个花园，”尼莫伊在2月27日临终前写道，“完美的时刻可以品尝，却无法保存，除了在记忆之中。”这条推文提醒人们，你的最后一条推文可能会意外成为你留给这个世界的最后一条重要的信息。

Hashtags

话题标签

Like the top retweets, the top hashtags on Twitter were focused on positive messages. As protests over police brutality⁸ disproportionately targeting black people in the US grew, the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter continued to carry over from the previous year. Controversial to some as a politically complicated issue, the hashtag nevertheless became the go-to phrase on Twitter when looking to draw attention to the issue of race and law enforcement in the US.

同最热转发一样，推特上的最热话题也集中在正能量上。随着人们抗议美国警察针对黑人暴行的情绪高涨，＃黑人的生命也重要 这一话题从去年一直延续到今年。这一话题标签成为了美国种族和执法问题在推特上吸引注意力的指示性标语，虽然对有些人而言这是个复杂的政治问题。

Of course, no one will soon forget the hashtags #JeSuisParis (a callback to #JeSuisCharlie) and #PrayForParis, both of which took over Twitter in the wake of the terrorist attacks in November in Paris. The outpouring of support from heads of state, including President Barack Obama, as well as a wide array of celebrities⁹, let the people of Paris know that the world was behind them.

当然，没有人会很快忘记＃我在巴黎 和#为巴黎祈福。在11月巴黎恐怖袭击之后，整个推特都是这些话题。各国元首们，包括奥巴马总统，以及许多名人通过它们向巴黎市民传递全世界的支持。

On the much lighter¹⁰ side of things, hashtags like #PlutoFlyBy and #TheDress both played to the Internet's fascination¹¹ with the exploration of space and the more mundane¹², yet no less mysterious, debates over the color of a now famous dress.

也有一些不那么沉重的话题，如#飞越冥王星 和#裙子颜色，各自代表了互联网对宇宙空间探索和同样神秘的草根话题的兴趣，比如那条著名裙子的颜色。

Vocabulary

somber: 忧郁的；严峻的

mundane: 世俗的，平凡的

1 epic   

n.史诗，叙事诗；adj.史诗般的，壮丽的

参考例句：

• I gave up my epic and wrote this little tale instead.我放弃了写叙事诗，而写了这个小故事。
• They held a banquet of epic proportions.他们举行了盛大的宴会。

2 somber   

adj.昏暗的，阴天的，阴森的，忧郁的

参考例句：

• He had a somber expression on his face.他面容忧郁。
• His coat was a somber brown.他的衣服是暗棕色的。

3 soothing   

adj.慰藉的；使人宽心的；镇静的

参考例句：

• Put on some nice soothing music.播放一些柔和舒缓的音乐。
• His casual, relaxed manner was very soothing.他随意而放松的举动让人很快便平静下来。

4 harry   

vt.掠夺，蹂躏，使苦恼

参考例句：

• Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天，人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
• Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。

5 embodied   

v.表现( embody的过去式和过去分词 )；象征；包括；包含

参考例句：

• a politician who embodied the hopes of black youth 代表黑人青年希望的政治家
• The heroic deeds of him embodied the glorious tradition of the troops. 他的英雄事迹体现了军队的光荣传统。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

7 reminder   

n.提醒物，纪念品；暗示，提示

参考例句：

• I have had another reminder from the library.我又收到图书馆的催还单。
• It always took a final reminder to get her to pay her share of the rent.总是得发给她一份最后催缴通知，她才付应该交的房租。

8 brutality   

n.野蛮的行为，残忍，野蛮

参考例句：

• The brutality of the crime has appalled the public. 罪行之残暴使公众大为震惊。
• a general who was infamous for his brutality 因残忍而恶名昭彰的将军

9 celebrities   

n.（尤指娱乐界的）名人( celebrity的名词复数 )；名流；名声；名誉

参考例句：

• He only invited A-list celebrities to his parties. 他只邀请头等名流参加他的聚会。
• a TV chat show full of B-list celebrities 由众多二流人物参加的电视访谈节目

10 lighter   

n.打火机，点火器；驳船；v.用驳船运送；light的比较级

参考例句：

• The portrait was touched up so as to make it lighter.这张画经过润色，色调明朗了一些。
• The lighter works off the car battery.引燃器利用汽车蓄电池打火。

11 fascination   

n.令人着迷的事物，魅力，迷恋

参考例句：

• He had a deep fascination with all forms of transport.他对所有的运输工具都很着迷。
• His letters have been a source of fascination to a wide audience.广大观众一直迷恋于他的来信。

12 mundane   

adj.平凡的；尘世的；宇宙的

参考例句：

• I hope I can get an interesting job and not something mundane.我希望我可以得到的是一份有趣的工作，而不是一份平凡无奇的。
• I find it humorous sometimes that even the most mundane occurrences can have an impact on our awareness.我发现生活有时挺诙谐的，即使是最平凡的事情也能影响我们的感知。