▍原文

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg reportedly?

warned lawmakers and other officials?

about the rise of popular video app TikTok

during trips to Washington, DC, last year.?

At a private dinner

at the White House in October,?

the tech executive apparently

tried to convince President Donald Trump

that the threat?

Chinese?internet companies

pose?to American business

should be a bigger concern than

reining in Facebook.

據(jù)報道，F(xiàn)acebook首席執(zhí)行官馬克·扎克伯格去年訪問華盛頓期間曾警告立法者和其他官員關(guān)于流行視頻應(yīng)用程序tiktok的興起。去年10月，在白宮的一次私人晚宴上，這位科技業(yè)高管顯然試圖說服唐納德·特朗普(donaldTrump)總統(tǒng)，中國互聯(lián)網(wǎng)公司對美國商業(yè)構(gòu)成的威脅，應(yīng)該比控制Facebook更令人擔(dān)憂。

▍語言點?

reportedly /r?'p??rt?dl?/ adv. 據(jù)報道

warn sb. about sth. 提醒某人關(guān)于某事

(let sb. know sth.)

executive /?ɡ?zekj?t?v/ n. 高管，執(zhí)行總監(jiān)

(a manager in an organization or company who helps make important decisions)

· CEO(chief executive officer): 首席執(zhí)行官

convince /k?n'v?ns/ vt. 說服

(persuade sb to do sth)

pose threat to sb./sth.: 對某人/某事造成威脅

concern /k?n's??rn/ n. 擔(dān)憂

rein in: 控制（美）

(control)

· rein back: 控制（英）

· rein /re?n/ n. 韁繩