17. when it comes to… 當提及⋯⋯
18. no more than 最多;不超過;僅僅*
19. social-media apps 社群媒體應用程式
20. sandbox 沙盒
21. have access to 可以進入⋯⋯
22. a limited portion of ⋯⋯的一小部分
23. exceed the user agreements 超越用戶協議
24. out of anxiety 出於焦慮
25. irrational 不合理的;沒有理性的
說到私隱,抖音並不比美國的社交媒體應用更讓我擔心。行動應用程式位於技術專家所謂的「沙盒」當中,它與電腦上的應用程式不同,後者可連接訪問整臺機器,而前者只能查看到一小部分數據,即用戶允許它訪問的部分,比如你的通訊錄。雖然他們有時採取有限的方式超越用戶協議,但因擔心中國人會看到你私人資訊而刪除抖音是不理性的。
—Reed, University of Texas, finance
3. The Real Problem
Privacy should be a concern, and it’s good to hear the federal government is at least looking into it. But the bigger issue with TikTok is the drain on productivity. If Instagram is caffeine, addictive but with a clear purpose, TikTok is cocaine. I have in mind friends of mine who rot their brains watching TikTok videos for hours at a time—all while on “five-minute study breaks.”
26. it’s good to hear 很高興聽到……
27. the federal government 聯邦政府
28. looking into sth 調查;研究
29. the drain on productivity 生產力耗盡
30. caffeine 咖啡因
31. addictive 使人上癮的
32. cocaine 古柯鹼
33. have sth in mind 想好;慮及
34. five-minute study breaks 讀書時的五分鐘休息時間