產品的正面形象
Rian Johnson, director of “Knives Out,” recently let slip the industry secret that Apple does not allow villains in movies to use iPhones.
「鋒迴路轉」的導演雷恩強森最近透露了一個商業機密——蘋果不讓電影中的反派使用iPhone。
director(n.)導演let sth. slip說漏嘴industry(n.)產業allow(v.)允許
Johnson said in an interview with Vanity Fair that Apple allows iPhones to be used in movies, except for in scenes with bad guys.
強森接受《浮華世界》採訪指出，蘋果允許電影出現iPhone，除了有反派角色的場景之外，
interview(n.)採訪、面談allow(v.)允許except for除了scene(n.)場景
That means Apple only wants their product to be shown alongside good characters.
這表示蘋果不想讓人看到反派人物拿著iPhone的畫面，
product(n.)產品alongside(prep.)與…一起=next to=together withcharacter(n.)角色
In fact, the company’s official guideline states that the third party should present Apple products in a positive light.
事實上，蘋果官方的指導原則明定，第三方須以正面的形象呈現蘋果產品。
official(adj.)官方的state(v.)陳述the third party第三方present(v.)呈現positive(adj.)正向、積極的negative(adj.)負面、消極的point of view觀點
It is not clear how Apple makes sure that every filmmaker sticks to its policy, but it does have such a rule.
目前蘋果是使用什麼途徑讓所有人遵守公司的政策，但確實有這樣的規定，
stick to遵守=followpolicy(n.)政策助動詞，表強調
This means that the audience is able to predict who the heroes and the villains are once the characters take out their phones in films.
這樣一來觀眾在角色拿出手機時，就能分辨誰是好人或壞人，
audience(n.)觀眾predict(v.)預測forecast(v.)(n.)預報hero(n.)英雄villain(n.)反派=bad guycharacter(n.)人物、角色
So those who have read this article may want to watch out for spoilers the next time they watch a movie.
如此一來讀過這篇文章的讀者們下次看電影時可得小心別讓手機給爆雷了。
article(n.)文章watch out for sth.小心、注意spoiler(n.)爆雷