扎克伯格对Facebook股价下跌表示“失望”

时间：2012-09-12 07:57:44

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The boss of social network Facebook has spoken for the first time of the drop in his company's market value.

社交网络Facebook老板首次就其公司市值下跌发表讲话。
 
Mark Zuckerberg called the drop in his firm's value "disappointing". The value of its shares is almost half the $38 debut1 price in May. 
 
But he vowed2 that Facebook will make more money on phones than on desktops3.
 
"Over the next three to five years, the biggest question on everyone's mind is really going to be how well Facebook does with mobile."
 
Speaking at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference in San Francisco, Mr Zuckerberg said: "Literally4, six months ago we didn't have an ad on mobile."
 
Earlier this year, Facebook launched native apps for Apple's iOS smartphones and its Android rival by Google. 
 
"Ads have to be more integrated into the product on mobile," Mr Zuckerberg said.
 
In another exchange, he joked: "Everything I do breaks, but I fix it quickly."
 
'Moving the needle'
 
Facebook is the word's most popular social network with 950 million users.
 
When asked of constant rumours5 that he was building a Facebook phone, he rejected the speculation6 and pointed7 to the site's huge reach.
 
"If we make a phone we could get maybe 10 million users? Twelve million users? That doesn't move the needle for us.
 
"Building a phone is the wrong strategy for us."
 
He admitted the fall in Facebook's share price had made it harder to find and retain staff. "It doesn't help," he said.
 
"There are tons of people that are super-pessimistic," Mr Zuckerberg said. "I would personally rather be underestimated. It gives us latitude8（纬度，界限） to go out and make some big bets."
 
Since their debut at $38 in May, Facebook shares have lost 49% of their value. They closed at $19.43 on Tuesday.
 
Mr Zuckerberg owns about 444 million Facebook shares plus an option to issue another 60 million.
 
Last month, Peter Thiel, a venture capitalist and one of Facebook's earliest backers, sold much of his stake and made more than $1bn in total from his investment in Facebook.

 


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1 debut IxGxy     
n.首次演出，初次露面
参考例句：
  • That same year he made his Broadway debut, playing a suave radio journalist.在那同一年里，他初次在百老汇登台，扮演一个温文而雅的电台记者。
  • The actress made her debut in the new comedy.这位演员在那出新喜剧中首次登台演出。
2 vowed 6996270667378281d2f9ee561353c089     
起誓，发誓（vow的过去式与过去分词形式）
参考例句：
  • He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
  • I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。
3 desktops 48b7203c1bafa2d05e78161da65feeed     
桌面( desktop的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • You switch between these virtual desktops by clicking on the one you want to make active. 只需单击你所希望激活的桌面就可以在这些虚拟桌面之间进行切换。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
  • Laptops outsell desktops for the first time in the United States. 膝上型电脑首次在美国销售量胜过桌上型电脑。
4 literally 28Wzv     
adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实
参考例句：
  • He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
  • Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。
5 rumours ba6e2decd2e28dec9a80f28cb99e131d     
n.传闻( rumour的名词复数 )；风闻；谣言；谣传
参考例句：
  • The rumours were completely baseless. 那些谣传毫无根据。
  • Rumours of job losses were later confirmed. 裁员的传言后来得到了证实。
6 speculation 9vGwe     
n.思索，沉思；猜测；投机
参考例句：
  • Her mind is occupied with speculation.她的头脑忙于思考。
  • There is widespread speculation that he is going to resign.人们普遍推测他要辞职。
7 pointed Il8zB4     
adj.尖的，直截了当的
参考例句：
  • He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
  • She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。
8 latitude i23xV     
n.纬度，行动或言论的自由(范围)，(pl.)地区
参考例句：
  • The latitude of the island is 20 degrees south.该岛的纬度是南纬20度。
  • The two cities are at approximately the same latitude.这两个城市差不多位于同一纬度上。

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