英语新闻听写 减少病毒视频，上网时间不浪费（在线收听）

On Wednesday, Facebook Inc. said that time spent on the social network fell at the end of last year by about 50 million hours a day.

周三，脸书公司表示，去年年底网民花在社交网络上的时间减少了大约5000万小时。

This even before the company made changes to its flagship News Feed that may further reduce user engagement.

当时该公司甚至还没有开始优化其重要产品动态，而此举可能会进一步降低用户的参与度。

According to financial data and analytics from FactSet, Facebook's 1.40 billion daily active users was up 14 percent from a year earlier.

根据FactSet的金融数据和分析结果，脸书的每日活跃用户数为14.4亿，比去年同期增长了14%。

It was below analysts' estimate of 1.41 billion for the fourth quarter.

这比之前分析师对第四季度做出的14.4亿美元的预期要低。

Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said in a statement that the reduction in time spent during the quarter reflected changes to show fewer viral videos "to make sure people's time is well spent."

首席执行长扎克伯格(Mark Zuckerberg)在一份声明中表示，该季度减少的时间反映出，减少病毒视频的举措取得效果，“确保时间不被浪费。”