英语新闻听写 脸书董事会力挺桑德伯格的调查请求

 

Social Media giant Facebook's board has come out in support of COO Sheryl Sandberg.

社交媒体巨头脸书的董事会已经宣布支持首席运营官谢丽尔·桑德伯格。

Business Insider reports that Sandberg has been under heavy criticism over her involvement in efforts to investigate George Soros and critics of Facebook.

据“Business Insider”报道，桑德伯格因参与调查乔治·索罗斯和脸书的批评者而受到了严厉的批评。

In a letter, the Silicon¹ Valley tech giant's board supported Sandberg's controversial request to investigate Soros

在信中，这家硅谷科技巨头的董事会支持桑德伯格颇有争议的请求——调查索罗斯

and whether the billionaire investor² philanthropist had shorted the company's stock after calling the social network a "menace to society."

以及这位亿万富翁投资者兼慈善家称这家社交网络公司为“社会威胁”之前是否卖空了该公司的股票。

The letter was sent by Facebook's general counsel Colin Stretch to Patrick Gaspard, president of Soros's Open Society Foundations.

这封信是脸书法律总顾问科林·斯特雷奇寄给索罗斯的开放社会基金会主席帕特里克·加斯帕德的。

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 investor   

n.投资者，投资人

参考例句：

• My nephew is a cautious investor.我侄子是个小心谨慎的投资者。
• The investor believes that his investment will pay off handsomely soon.这个投资者相信他的投资不久会有相当大的收益。