奇怪照片與拼字錯誤
Fake news is when people make up stories and present them as fact.
假新聞是指人們編造故事並將其作為事實。
make up編造present(v.)展現fact(n.)事實
It causes major problems around the world.
它在世界各地引起重大的問題。
cause(v.)引起major(adj.)重要的、較大的，反義字minor(adj.)較小的
Fake news makes people believe things that are not true.
假新聞讓人們相信非真實的事情。
使役動詞make+Vr.
Fake news has been around for ages.
假新聞已存在很久了。
現在完成式=has+過去分詞for ages很長的時間
In the old days, it was easy to spot fake news because it cost a lot of money to make it believable.
過去，發現假新聞很容易，因為讓它變得可信要花費很多錢。
cost(v.)花費believable(adj.)可信的
But the internet and cellphones have changed things.
但是網路和手機改變了一切。
change(v.)改變
Nowadays, anyone can make up a website that has fake news and millions will read it.
現在，任何人都可以建立一個有假新聞的網站，而數百萬人都會看到。
nowadays(adv.)現今、時下million(n.)百萬
So, how do you spot fake news?
那麼你要如何辨別假新聞呢？
Question it. Does it seem unreal? Do the facts look weird to you?
抱著質疑的態度。它看起來是不是不真實？你覺得這個事實很奇怪嗎？
question(v.)質疑seem(v.)看似unreal(adj.)不真實的weird(adj.)奇怪的
Is the writing full of spelling mistakes and grammatical errors? Does it have weird photos?
文章是否充滿拼字錯誤和文法錯誤？它有奇怪的照片嗎？
be full of充滿⋯的spelling(n.)拼字grammatical(adj.)文法的，grammar(n.)文法error(n.)錯誤
If any of these are certain, chances are that you are reading fake news.
如果其中任何一個問題是確定的，很可能你正在看假新聞。
certain(adj.)確定的chances are that…很可能⋯
The best thing to do is just ignore it.
最好的辦法就是忽略它。
ignore(v.)忽視
Or if you can, report it to an adult. You might also want to warn your friends.
或是，如果可以，請告訴成年人，你可能也會想警告你的朋友。
report(v.)報告adult(n.)成年人warn(v.)警告