氣死馬斯克
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta released a new app called Threads on July 5.
祖克柏的Meta於7月5日推出了一款名為Threads的新應用程式。
app(application) (n.)應用程式
Many people are already calling it the “Twitter Killer” because it may steal lots of unhappy users from Twitter.
許多人已經稱它為「推特殺手」，因為它可能會從推特偷走許多不滿意的用戶。
Threads works with Meta’s popular Instagram app to let users have public conversations in real time.
Threads與Meta旗下熱門的IG應用程式結合，讓用戶能夠進行即時公開對話。
public (adj.)公開的in real time 即時地
As an app, Threads is similar to Twitter in many ways.
作為一款應用程式，Threads在許多方面與推特相似。
be similar to與～相似
Not only does Threads also allow users to make mostly text-based posts, but the app also lets them follow other users and reply to their posts.
Threads不僅允許用戶發表以文字為主的貼文，還讓用戶追蹤其他使用者並回覆他們的貼文。
not only…but also… 不但……還……post (n.)發文、貼文 (v.)（在社群媒體）發布文章、影音reply (v.)回覆、回答reply to an email 回覆一封電子郵件reply to a message 回覆訊息
Additionally, like Twitter, Threads allows the posting of photos and videos.
此外，與推特一樣，Threads上也能夠發布照片和影片。
However, Threads does not let users contact each other with direct messages, which is a feature that Twitter offers.
然而，Threads不提供用戶直接私訊的功能，而這卻是推特所提供的一項特色。
contact (v.) 接觸、聯絡direct (adj.)直接的feature (n.)特色、賣點、特殊功能
More than 10 million people signed up to use Threads in the first 7 hours after it was released.
在發佈後的7小時內，已有超過1000萬人註冊使用Threads。
sign up 註冊、報名、加入
This is good news for Zuckerberg, who believes that he can reach more than a billion users of the new app, and bad news for Elon Musk, the owner of Twitter.
這對於祖克柏來說是個好消息，他相信新應用程式可以達到超過10億用戶，但對於推特的擁有者馬斯克而言則是壞消息。
owner (n.)擁有者、老闆
Many Twitter users have been very upset recently because of the changes that Musk has made.
許多推特用戶最近因馬斯克所做的改變而感到極度不滿。
upset (adj.)不安的、生氣的、煩惱的
Because of this, Threads may live up to its nickname of “Twitter Killer” by replacing Twitter as the most popular public conversation app.
因此，Threads可能會實現其「推特殺手」的綽號，取代推特成為最受歡迎的公開對話應用程式。
live up to 實現、達到live up to expectations 達到期望live up to goals 達到目標live up to reputation 符合名聲nickname (n.)綽號、暱稱replace (v.)取代