(单词翻译:单击)
听力文本
The social network Facebook reported that it now has 1.44 billion monthly active users (MAU) worldwide. That is 50 million more users than the population of China and over 188 million more than India's population.
Facebook also reported that 75 percent of its users access the site via mobile devices as of March 2015.
Despite its growing user base and accessibility via smartphones and tablets, Facebook's income dropped 13 percent over year-ago levels to $933 million.
That is likely a result of several factors, analysts say.
Over the last year Facebook has spent money to buy the photo-sharing Instagram app. It launched "Messenger" for users to communicate directly and added videos to the site to compete with YouTube.
Additionally, more than half of Facebook's revenue comes from nations other than the United States. For example, it is very popular in Indonesia. The recent rise in the value of the U.S. dollar may have cut into Facebook's overall profits.
In a statement to the media, Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg called its quarterly report "a good quarter and a good start to the year."
Facebook launched to the public in December 2004 but had little growth in its first four years. Social media strategist Ben Foster calculates that Facebook has seen explosive growth since April of 2009.
"The strong growth in Mobile MAUs tells me that Facebook is becoming the first thing people go to on their mobile device," Foster told VOA via email. "If this trend continues, Facebook could easily become the primary source of traffic for publishers and companies. This could change the digital landscape for content, as the content we prefer to consume on mobile is quite different than content we prefer on a browser."
Much of Facebook's revenue comes from sales of ads that are tailored for users based on their Facebook activities and friends.
Earlier this year in March, the European Court of Justice – the EU's highest-such court – heard a complaint against Facebook. The social media site allegedly passed data from European users to the U.S. National Security Agency. This violates EU privacy protections.
Despite privacy concerns, analyst Foster says the numbers suggest people actually like the product, and the number of users will grow.
"For Facebook's reach, if they are the best at delivering content, then they will continue to get more users which will continue the cycle," he said.
I'm Jim Tedder.
词汇学习
1.accessibility n.易接近；便利性；可以得到
The easy accessibility of the area is important.
这个地区的交通便利性很重要。
2.revenue n.财政收入；税收收入；收益
It suffered its biggest drop in revenue as a result of the global economic crisis.
由于全球经济危机，它的收入遭受了历史上最大的跌幅。
3.additionally adv.此外
The maintenance programme will additionally seek to keep the sites free of graffiti.
这个维护方案还会试图保护这些地点不被涂鸦。
4.overall adj.全部的；全体的
There has been no discernible overall trend since 1975.
自1975年以来一直没有一个明朗的大趋势。
5.calculate v.预测，推测
I believe I am capable of calculating the political consequences accurately...
我觉得我能准确预料此事的政治后果。
6.primary adj.首要的，主要的
His misunderstanding of language was the primary cause of his other problems.
他对语言的误解是引起其他问题的主要原因。
7.tailor vt.调整，制作
We can tailor the program to the patient's needs.
我们可以根据病人的需要调整治疗方案。
内容解析
1.Facebook also reported that 75 percent of its users access the site via mobile devices as of March 2015.
as of截至
The regulations come into force as of today.
本条例自即日起施行。
2.Additionally, more than half of Facebook's revenue comes from nations other than the United States.
other than不；除了；绝不是
There may be alternative methods of substantiation other than written records.
除书面记录外，可能还有其他方法可以证实。
3.This could change the digital landscape for content, as the content we prefer to consume on mobile is quite different than content we prefer on a browser.
prefer to较喜欢，宁愿
Some girls prefer to do their revision at home.
有些女孩更愿意在家复习功课。
参考翻译
社交网络脸书(Facebook)报告称其目前在全球范围内每月有14.4亿活跃用户，比中国人口还多5千万，比印度人口多1.88亿以上。
脸书(Facebook)还报告称，截止到2015年3月，75%的用户是通过移动设备访问该网站的。
尽管其用户基础和通过智能手机及平板电脑访问的可用性不断增长，脸书(Facebook)的收入比去年同期下降13%至9.33亿美元。
分析人员表示这可能是多个因素共同作用的结果。
在过去一年，脸书(Facebook)斥资收购了图片分享应用程序Instagram，还推出了让用户直接沟通的Messenger，并且增加了视频服务，与YouTube竞争。
此外，脸书(Facebook)一半以上的收益来自于美国以外的国家。例如，该网站在印度尼西亚很受欢迎。近期美元升值可能也削弱了脸书(Facebook)的整体利润。
脸书(Facebook)联合创始人兼CEO马克·扎克伯格(Mark Zuckerberg)在一份面向媒体的声明中称脸书(Facebook)的季度报告是“良好的一个季度，也是一年良好的开始”。
脸书(Facebook)于2004年12月问世，但是其在最初四年增长甚微。社交媒体策略分析师Ben Foster认为脸书(Facebook)从2009年4月开始爆炸性增长。
Foster通过电子邮件对美国之音表示，“移动端月度活跃用户的强势增长提示我们，Facebook正成为人们使用移动设备的主要任务。如果这种趋势继续下去，Facebook就能轻易成为广告发布者和各个公司的主要流量来源。这可能会改变内容的数字前景，因为我们在手机上选择阅读的内容同我们在浏览器上选择的完全不同。”
Facebook大部分收入来自基于用户的Facebook活跃内容和朋友圈为用户量身定做的广告销售。
今年三月，作为欧盟最高法庭的欧洲法院对一起针对Facebook的诉讼进行了聆讯。据传这家社交媒体网站将欧洲用户数据传给了美国国家安全局。这违反了欧盟的隐私保护政策。
尽管存在这些隐私忧患，分析师福斯特表示，各项数字表明人们真正喜欢该产品，用户数量还会继续增长。
“对于Facebook的未来，如果它们是内容分发上的最佳选择，它们就能获得更多用户并周而复始。”
我是Jim Tedder。
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