字节跳动引起美国关注

【问题】

字节跳动为何会引起美国关注？

字节跳动对美国造成何种威胁？

【摘录】

It is the only big chinese firm whose share of the domestic advertising market is growing fast, from 9% to 17% in 2019, according to Bernstein, a research firm.

A recentlylaunchedadvertising network, Pangle, which lets advertisers reach consumers across any of its non-chinese apps, may at last help itmonetiseTikTok.

No wonder Americanrivals are trying toclip its wings.

Facebook's TikTok clone, Lasso, hasflopped.

YouTube is said to be developing another.

But the biggest threat has emerged in the form of America‘s government,waryof China's rise in anysphere.

Politicians in Washington fear that data on American users is being handed to Beijing; that Chinesealgorithmdesigners are infecting impressionable western youngsters with communistpropaganda; and that ByteDance content iscensoredin line with partywhims.

【生词】

launch v.

发起（有组织的活动）eg. launch a campaign

发行（小说或产品）

使船下水 eg. launch a lifeboat

发射(导弹或火箭等）eg. launch a rocket/missile

猛扑 eg. he launched himself at me.

monetise/-tize v 货币化

rival

n. 竞争对手;与之匹敌的人

v. 与...竞争;比得上 同 compare with

clip ones wings

折断双翅（根据文章翻译）

flop

v. 扑通坐下 flop into/on sth；彻底失败；演砸

n. 彻底失败；廉价旅馆

adv. 正好地，恰巧地

wary

adj. 小心的，谨慎的 (同cautious)

wary of sb/sth

wary of doing sth

n. wariness

adv. warily

sphere

n.领域 public sphere

范围，界 the political sphere 政界 （同domain)

algorithm

n. 算法，运算法则。

propaganda

n.宣传

censor

n.检察员 ticket censor

v.审查

whim

n.一时的兴致；突发奇想

eg. we brought the house on a whim

我们出于冲动买了这个房子。

eg. he fires people at whim

他随心所欲的解雇别人。

【译文参考】

据研究公司伯恩斯称，字节跳动是中国唯一一家在国内市场快速拓展的大公司，至2019年，从9%增长到17%。

最近，字节跳动发行一个广告网Pangle软件,这可以让广告商通过任何非中文应用接触到消费者，最终可能会使TikTok货币化。

难怪美国的竞争对手想要遏制其发展。

脸书推出的TikTok 克隆版彻底失败。

据说YouTobe 正在开发另一款应用软件。

美国政府是最大的威胁，因为其对中国在任何领域的崛起都保持警惕之心。

华盛顿的政客们担心美国用户的数据会提供给北京；担心中国的算法设计师向易受影响的西方年轻人宣传共产主义；以及字节跳动的内容会受到审查，以符合党的意愿。