
老人和爸媽在用的網站
17-year-old Manon has a Facebook account, but when it comes to contacting her friends, she invariably turns to other social networks such as Instagram and Snapchat. “I don’t use Facebook to post status updates or personal information,” she says.
17歲美國少女瑪儂雖有臉書帳號,但她要與朋友連繫時,用的卻總是Instagram或Snapchat等其他社群網站,她說「我不會用臉書更新狀態或個人資訊。」
when it comes to~提及;說到invariably(adv.)總是、老是=always
A new study by the Pew Research Center has shown that American teens are turning away from Facebook in spades, choosing instead to log on to other social media platforms.
根據美國智庫皮尤研究中心的調查,美國青少年已不流行使用臉書,他們紛紛轉往其他的社群網站。
turn away from~遠離;不再使用in spades很多;大量instead(adv.)反而;取而代之地log on=log in登入log out登出=log off
The study revealed a dramatic 20% drop in users aged 13 to 17, compared to a similar survey in 2015.
該研究發現,相較於皮尤2015年一項類似調查,臉書13至17歲使用者人數急遽下滑了20%。
reveal(v.)顯示;揭露dramatic(adj.)戲劇化的compared to~相較於=compared with~
Little more than half (51%) of teens use the network to communicate, while only 10% said that they use Facebook as their go-to platform, compared to 35% for Snapchat, 32% for YouTube, and 15% for Instagram, which is owned by Facebook.
勉強過半(51%)的青少年會使用臉書與人交流,而只有10%的青少年說會固定滑臉書,相較於固定使用Snapchat的有35%,另外32%固定會上YouTube,15%使用臉書旗下的Instagram。
go-to(為找到某件物品或服務的)必去的(地方)
“Everyone says Facebook is out of date,” says Manon. “I think it’s because all the parents are on Facebook.”
瑪儂說:「大家都說,臉書已經過時。我想,這是因為每位家長都有臉書帳號了。」
out of date過時的=outdated=old-fashioned=out of fashion
The San Francisco teen isn’t alone in her views: a recent Forrester Research survey indicated that 34% of US online youth see Facebook as “a website for old people and parents.”
可不只這位來自舊金山的青少年這麼認為,根據弗雷斯特研究公司調查,34%的美國年輕網友認為臉書是「老人和爸媽在用的網站」。
alone(adj.)單獨的;獨自的indicate(v.)顯示、指出=show=point out
Facebook continues to grow, with over 2.2 billion users worldwide, but the social media giant seems to have lost its grip on younger users, who were once the core base of the platform.
臉書仍持續成長著,全世界用戶超過22億人,但是這個社交媒體巨頭正逐漸流失年輕用戶,他們曾是這個平台的主要客群。
lose its grip on~失去對…的掌控;無法掌握core(adj.)核心的、精髓的、最重要的core values核心價值core beliefs核心理念core muscles核心肌群
“The social media environment among teens is quite different from what it was just three years ago,” says Pew researcher Monica Anderson.
皮尤研究人員安德森說:「對青少年而言,社群媒體環境與3年前相比已大不相同。」
“Back then, teens’ social media use mostly revolved around Facebook. Today, their habits revolve less around a single platform.”
「當時,青少年使用社群媒體大多以臉書為主。如今,他們不再習慣以單一個平台為中心。」
revolve around~公轉;圍繞著…打轉;以…為中心=center around=focus on