VOA慢速英語: 世界富人有他們獨有的臉書

World's Rich Get Their Own Facebook
世界富人有他們自己的臉書
From VOA Learning English, this is the Technology Report.
VOA英語學(xué)習(xí)，這里是科技報道。
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.
臉書以及其它的社交媒體網(wǎng)站對任何人都是免費(fèi)的。但是一個新的社交網(wǎng)站承諾更排外，只允許富人加入。這個網(wǎng)站叫那不勒斯。想要加入，使用人必須支付9000美元，其中包括6000美元加入費(fèi)，還有每年3000美元的會員費(fèi)。
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.
詹姆斯·塔奇·皮特是那不勒斯網(wǎng)站的創(chuàng)始人。他是來自位美國紐約東部的作曲家和樂隊指揮。他說他相信這項服務(wù)有需求人群。他表示在其他社交網(wǎng)站上很難找到像他那樣的人。
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."
他說在那不勒斯，富人可以談?wù)撍Q之為“生活中美好的事情”。用他的話說：“那不勒斯是一個在線的國家俱樂部，關(guān)注于把世界各地的會員聯(lián)系起來。”這是為擁有金錢多于時間的人準(zhǔn)備的。
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.
與臉書不同，那不勒斯上得任何東西都是私人的。這個網(wǎng)站用搜索引擎谷歌或者必應(yīng)沒辦法涵括或者檢索到。非成員在訪問網(wǎng)站的時候只能看到登陸界面。網(wǎng)站的登陸信息是隱藏的或者說是加密的。這給網(wǎng)站的會員更多私人空間。
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.
那不勒斯網(wǎng)站沒有任何廣告，雇用監(jiān)督員來阻止不良行為。會員年齡必須至少21歲。他們必須使用自己的真實姓名和地址進(jìn)行注冊。一旦注冊成功，會員可以創(chuàng)建群組，加入網(wǎng)站討論中。
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."
詹姆斯·皮特先生沒有說他希望網(wǎng)站會員人數(shù)會增加到多少。他也沒有說網(wǎng)站有多少會員，只是說現(xiàn)在有一小組“預(yù)獲資格的會員”。
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."
網(wǎng)站表示：“永遠(yuǎn)不會在俱樂部里公開會員的確切數(shù)目。特別是我們不會泄露或者核實任何會員的身份信息。”
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.
這就是VOA英語學(xué)習(xí)的科技報道。想要獲得更多科技新聞報道，請訪問我們的VOA英語學(xué)習(xí)新聞網(wǎng)站。在臉書上給我們點贊，推特上跟著關(guān)注VOA學(xué)習(xí)英語。我是喬納森·伊凡。