
杜絕謠言跟錯誤訊息
Abby is scrolling through Instagram. Adam is sitting next to her.
艾比在滑Instagram,亞當坐在她旁邊。
scroll(v.)滾動sit(v.)坐
Abby: This post is weird. I think it’s a piece of fake news. How come people still repost it?
艾比:這篇發文很怪,我覺得是假新聞,大家怎麼還在轉發?
post(n.)發文weird(adj.)奇怪的fake(adj.)假的repost(v.)轉發
Adam: If you believe the information is false, just report it.
亞當:就檢舉啊,如果你覺得是錯誤資訊。
false(adj.)錯誤的、不實的report(v.)回報
Abby: How? Show me. (Abby passes her smartphone to Adam.)
艾比:怎麼做?你弄給我看。(艾比把智慧型手機遞給亞當。)
pass(v.)傳遞
Adam: Just touch the upper right corner of the post. Here. And choose “report.”
亞當:點這個發文的右上角,這邊,選「回報」。
touch(v.)觸碰upper(adj.)較上的corner(n.)角落post(n.)發文choose(v.)選擇report(v.)回報
Abby: Nice. I didn’t know Instagram had this function as well.
艾比:好棒,我不知道Instagram也有這個功能。
function(n.)功能
Adam: The head of Instagram, Adam Mosseri, said in a post that he himself always spends a lot of time checking for misinformation. They will add the item “false information” to Instagram in August in the US.
亞當:Instagram負責人莫賽禮在一篇發文裡說,他自己也花很多時間在查看假資訊,他們會在8月時於美國增加「false information」這個項目。
post(n.)發文spend(v.)花費(錢、時間)misinformation(n.)錯誤資訊add(v.)增加item(n.)項目false(adj.)錯誤的、不實的
Abby: That should really help. I mean, the spread of rumors and false information could cause serious problems sometimes.
艾比:那樣真的有幫助,我是說,有時候謠言跟錯誤訊息的散佈會導致嚴重的問題。
spread(n.)散佈rumor(n.)謠言false(adj.)錯誤的、不實的cause(v.)造成serious(adj.)嚴重的
Adam: I agree with you.
亞當:我同意。
agree(v.)同意