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听力文本
From VOA Learning English, this is the Technology Report.
Facebook and other social media sites are free for everyone. But a new social media site promises to be more exclusive by only permitting people who are rich to join. The site is called Netropolitan. To join, users must pay $9,000. This includes a $6,000 entry fee plus $3,000 for the yearly membership fee.
James Touchi-Peters is the founder of Netropolitan. He is a composer and orchestra conductor from the eastern American state of New York. He says he believes there is a need and an audience for this service. He says he had trouble finding people like him on other social sites.
He says Netropolitan is a place where rich people can talk about what he calls "the finer things in life." In his words, "Netropolitan is an online country club focused on connecting members around the world." He says it is "for people with more money than time."
Unlike Facebook, everything on Netropolitan is private. The site is not included -- or indexed -- by search engines like Google or Bing. Non-members can only see the log-in screen when they visit the site. Information to and from the site is hidden, or encrypted. This gives the site's members even more privacy.
Netropolitan does not have any advertising. And it will employ monitors to prevent bad behavior. Members must be 21 or older. And they must use their real names and addresses to register. Once they have registered, members can do things like create groups and join discussions on the site.
Mr. Touchi-Peters has not said how big he hopes the site's membership will grow. And he has not said how many members the site has. He does say it has a small group of "pre-qualified members."
The website says it "will never publicly state the exact number of members in the club. And especially, we will NEVER release or verify the identity of any of our members -- ever."
And that's the VOA Learning English Technology Report. For more technology stories, go to our website learningenglish.voanews.com. Give us a like on Facebook and follow us on Twitter at VOA Learning English. I'm Jonathan Evans.
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词汇解释
1.composer n. 作曲家；作家，著作者；设计者
The famous composer autographed copies of his music.
著名作曲家在他的乐谱上亲笔签名。
2.orchestra n. 管弦乐队；乐队演奏处
With the balcony blocked off, patrons filled most of the orchestra seats.
楼厅包厢被封闭了，赞助人几乎坐满了舞台前方的一楼座位。
3.exclusive adj. 独有的；排外的；专一的 n. 独家新闻；独家经营的项目；排外者
It used to be a private, exclusive club, and now it's open to all New Yorkers.
它曾是一家高档的私人俱乐部，而现在它对所有纽约人开放。
内容解析
1.In his words, "Netropolitan is an online country club focused on connecting members around the world."
focus on 集中于
Our meeting focuses on the question of women's right.
我们会议的重点是妇女权利问题。
He finds it hard to focus his thoughts on one thing for longer than five minutes.
他发现他很难把他的注意力集中在一件事情上超过五分钟。
参考译文
这里是美国之音慢速英语科技报道。
脸书等社交媒体对每个人都是免费的，但一种新的社交媒体网站将更排外，只允许富人加入。这个网站名叫“互联大都会”，要加入进去，用户需要支付9000美元，其中包括6000美元的入场费和3000美元的会员年费。
詹姆斯·塔奇-皮特斯是“互联大都会”的创立者，他是来自美国东部纽约的作曲家和乐队指挥。他说他认为这一服务有需求和受众，他说在其他社交网站上很难找到自己这样的人。
他说“互联大都会”是一个富人可以谈论所谓精致生活的地方，用他的话来说，“互联大都会是个将世界范围内的会员联系在一起的在线乡村俱乐部。”他说是给“钱比时间多的人提供的”。
与脸书不同的是，“互联大都会”上的一切内容都是私密的，这个网站不会被谷歌或必应等搜索引擎收录。非会员在登陆网站时只能看到登陆界面，该网站接受和发送的信息都是隐藏的，也就是加密的。这就给网站的会员更多隐私。
“互联大都会”不做任何广告，将雇佣管理员来阻止不轨行为。会员必须年龄在21岁以上，必须使用真实姓名和地址来注册。一旦注册完毕，会员就可以在网站上创建组织或加入讨论。
塔奇-皮特斯并没有说希望网站的会员能发展到多少，他也没有提到目前有多少会员。他只是说目前网站有一小群“准资格会员”。
该网站称“永远不会公开俱乐部会员的具体数量，尤其是，我们永不泄露或核实任何会员的身份。”
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