AS IT IS 2016-01-08 Trending Today: #NetflixEverywhere

AS IT IS 2016-01-08 Trending Today: #NetflixEverywhere

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Netflix CEO Reed Hastings announced this week that the streaming platform is expanding its services to 130 more countries. Before the expansion, the streaming service operated in 60 countries worldwide.

As a result of the announcement, the hashtag #NetflixEverywhere trended on Twitter worldwide, as well as in many of Netflix’s new countries and markets.  

Many joked that the time they used to spend working will now be spent watching television shows and movies on Netflix.

A Twitter user in the Philippines tweeted: “Goodbye Productivity and Social Life.”

And a Twitter user in the United Arab Emirates wrote, “in the #UAE the roads are [going to] be a lot quieter this weekend #onemonthfree.”

Netflix is offering one free month of service for new users around the world. A Twitter user in India tweeted two photos that compared the number of Indians using Netflix during the free month versus¹ when the free trial ends.

New Netflix markets include India, Vietnam, Turkey, Nigeria, South Korea, Russia, Azerbaijan, Singapore and many more.

The company also announced this week it has added Arabic, Korean and Chinese to its language choices.

Netflix is now in almost every country on earth. But it remains² unavailable in the most populous³ country, China.

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productivity - n. the rate at which work is completed?

trial - n. a test of the quality, value, or usefulness of something

1 versus   

prep.以…为对手，对；与…相比之下

参考例句：

• The big match tonight is England versus Spain.今晚的大赛是英格兰对西班牙。
• The most exciting game was Harvard versus Yale.最富紧张刺激的球赛是哈佛队对耶鲁队。

2 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

3 populous   

adj.人口稠密的，人口众多的

参考例句：

• London is the most populous area of Britain.伦敦是英国人口最稠密的地区。
• China is the most populous developing country in the world.中国是世界上人口最多的发展中国家。