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Tech stocks and the Trump tweet effect
科技股和特朗普推文带来的影响
By Alan Murray
文/阿兰·默里
THE MARKETS LOVED Donald Trump when he was talking deregulation and taxes.
当唐纳德·特朗普谈到放松监管和税收时，市场是很喜欢他的efG*9Jf![FFe[XFk。
But they don’t care much for his actions on technology and trade.
但他们并不太关心特朗普在技术和贸易方面做出怎样的行为ER0!y^SF!p.FnV。
Amazon stock took a beating after the President again attacked the online retailer over the pricing of its deliveries through the USPS.
总统再次拿亚马逊用美国邮政系统进行配送时给出的价格攻击这家在线零售商后，亚马逊的股价遭到了重创SOBEvqmYfI2z)l0O1x。
“Only fools, or worse, are saying that our money-losing Post Office makes money with Amazon,” he tweeted.
“只有傻瓜，或者更傻的人，才会说我们不断亏损的邮局能和亚马逊一起赚钱mjEx!sjtatX6wS。”他在推特上写道mCRcaGJ%IBaqfM_ip。
“They lose a fortune, and this will be changed.”
“他们损失了一大笔钱，但这种情况会改变的KO;!c)!P#s5^Mjo0eCW。”
But John Callan, an expert on the Postal Service, told the Wall Street Journal that it’s a symbiotic relationship:
但美国邮局的专家约翰·卡伦告诉《华尔街日报》，两者之间是一种共生关系：
“Amazon would not exist if not for the USPS, and USPS now probably wouldn’t exist without Amazon.”
“如果没有邮政，亚马逊就不会存在，没有亚马逊，邮政可能也不会存在_@|*5-&2@a=1IS5g。”

Facebook continued to get clobbered and has lost nearly 20% of its value since it peaked.
Facebook继续遭受重创，自触顶以来市值已缩水近20%&ozla+Ax#NxkPiBX。
In an interview with Vox, CEO Mark Zuckerberg defended himself from those—like Apple CEO Tim Cook—
在接受Vox采访时，针对有人——比如苹果首席执行官蒂姆·库克——
who have criticized Facebook’s business model of selling its users to advertisers rather than selling products and services to users.
批评Facebook将用户卖给广告商而不是向用户推销产品和服务的商业模式，CEO马克·扎克伯格为自己做了辩护-]85E+*X&H1zJ。
“I find that argument, that if you’re not paying that somehow we can’t care about you,
“我发现这个论点，也就是你不付这笔钱我们就无法关心你这个论点，
to be extremely glib and not at all aligned with the truth,” Zuckerberg said.
无比的油腔滑调，一点也不符合事实，”扎克伯格说到;UGbe,i*L96,j)d;,。
He pointed out that “a lot of media” have a similar ad-supported business model.
他还指出，“很多媒体”走的都是类似的靠广告维持的商业模式]HVH*A&.i_!PLa|wY。
But wait—does that mean Facebook is a media company?
但，等等，这是否意味着Facebook也是一家媒体企业呢?

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重点讲解

1. take a beating 惨败
The team took a beating in last night's game.
该队在昨晚的比赛中败得很惨1hH7pw0(-5rdl。

2. lose a fortune 失去财产
He lost every cent of his fortune and his story is one of the darker ones we're telling.
他所有的财产丧失得一分不剩，他的故事也是我们讲述过的最悲惨的一个(KC[t7|u1~aRf*^sd~。

3. if not for 要不是因为
If not for John, Brian wouldn't have learned the truth
要不是因为约翰，布赖恩也不可能知道真相D,EETD%(oLDt*Ri*。

4. get clobbered 受到损害；被击败
The problem is when they make a large amount of money and the shareholders get clobbered.
问题是有时候某些公司的高管赚了不少而股东的利益却受到了损害szJVGG;dL%Qqj%2t。