英语新闻听写 脸书准备迎战特朗普？

Business Insider reports that Facebook has hired one of the top antitrust lawyers in Silicon¹ Valley.

《商业内幕》报道称脸书聘请了硅谷顶级反垄断律师之一。

It is a sign that the company could be preparing for war with Donald Trump²'s administration.

这预示着该公司可能在准备应对与唐纳德·特朗普政府之间的战争。

Kate Patchen is the chief of the Department of Justice's antitrust division in San Francisco.

凯特·帕切恩是旧金山司法部反垄断办公室主任。

She has joined Facebook as director and associate general counsel of litigation. Patchen updated her LinkedIn profile earlier this month with the news.

她加盟脸书成为其主管兼资深法律顾问。本月初，帕切恩在领英上更新了个人资料。

It was first spotted³ by the Financial Times. Business Insider has contacted Patchen and Facebook for comment.

《金融时报》事先发现此事。《商业内幕》联系到了帕切恩和脸书询问相关情况。

Patchen's hire comes in the same month in which US President Trump said his administration

帕切恩加盟脸书，同月，美国总统特朗普表示他的政府

was "looking at" antitrust proceedings⁴ against tech giants Google, Amazon, and Facebook.

正在“审视”针对科技巨头，谷歌、亚马逊和脸书提起的反垄断诉讼。

1 silicon   

n.硅(旧名矽)

参考例句：

• This company pioneered the use of silicon chip.这家公司开创了使用硅片的方法。
• A chip is a piece of silicon about the size of a postage stamp.芯片就是一枚邮票大小的硅片。

2 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

3 spotted   

adj.有斑点的，斑纹的，弄污了的

参考例句：

• The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
• Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。

4 proceedings   

n.进程，过程，议程；诉讼(程序)；公报

参考例句：

• He was released on bail pending committal proceedings. 他交保获释正在候审。
• to initiate legal proceedings against sb 对某人提起诉讼