推特播放美国足球比赛
时间：2019-01-12 作者：英语课 分类：2016年VOA慢速英语(四)月
Twitter to Broadcast American Football Games 推特播放美国足球比赛
National Football League Commissioner 1 Roger Goodell made the announcement Tuesday morning on Twitter.
"This fall Thursday Night Football will be streamed live...so fans will see more of this," Goodell tweeted.
The league offered the games to many other companies, including Facebook, Amazon and Verizon. Verizon is in the last year of a sponsorship deal with the NFL. The league makes about $250 million dollars per year from the deal.
The exact terms of the NFL deal with Twitter were not available. But, Twitter reportedly did not offer the most money of the bidders 3.
Roger Goodell said there is a huge number of NFL related messages on Twitter during football games. He says the organization wants to tap into that audience.
He said, "Twitter is where live events unfold and is the right partner for the NFL as we take the latest step in serving fans around the world live NFL football."
Pivotal moment
Twitter’s stock value has decreased by more than 66 percent over the past year. As a result, investors 4 have been pressuring Twitter to increase profits. Twitter shares rose by more than 3.5 percent in value after news spread about the company’s deal with the NFL.
Twitter’s success is also measured by the number of active monthly users. Twitter has not had similar growth trajectory 5 compared to the other social media sites like Facebook and Instagram.
The NFL is hoping to reach new advertisers and viewers with the Twitter deal.
Twitter CEO Jack 6 Dorsey said the agreement, "is about transforming the fan experience with football."
Words in This Story
stream – v. transmit or receive (data, especially video and audio material) over the Internet as a steady continuous flow
sponsorship – n. an arrangement in which a sponsor agrees to give money to someone or something
bidder 2 – v. a person or group that offers to pay (a particular amount of money) for something that is being sold
audience – n. the people who watch, read, or listen to something
tap into – expression to gain access to
trajectory – n. to describe a process of change or development that leads toward a particular result
- The commissioner has issued a warrant for her arrest.专员发出了对她的逮捕令。
- He was tapped for police commissioner.他被任命为警务处长。
- TV franchises will be auctioned to the highest bidder.电视特许经营权将拍卖给出价最高的投标人。
- The bidder withdrew his bid after submission of his bid.投标者在投标之后撤销了投标书。
- Bidders should proceed only if they intend on using a PayPal account to complete payment. Bidders的唯一形式，应继续只当他们在使用贝宝帐户，以完成付款打算。 来自互联网
- The other bidders for the contract complained that it had not been a fair contest. 其他竞标人抱怨说该合同的竞标不公平。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
- a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会
- It is not difficult to sketch the subsequent trajectory.很容易描绘出它们最终的轨迹。
- The path followed by a projectile is called its trajectory.抛物体所循的路径称为它的轨道。