VOA慢速英语2018 谷歌庆祝第二十生日

Google Celebrates 20th Birthday

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Google turned 20 years old on Thursday.

周四谷歌迎来了20周年。

The search engine celebrated¹ with a special "Google Doodle" video on its U.S. homepage. The fun, animated² video noted³ some of the most common Google searches throughout the company’s history.

这家搜索引擎网站在其美国主页上以一个谷歌涂鸦特别视频来作为庆祝。这个有趣的动画提到了整个公司历史上最常见的一些搜索内容。

One popular search from 1998, its first year in operation, was a simple question: “What is Google?”

1998年是该公司运作的第一年，当时最热门的搜索内容是一个简单的问题：“谷歌是什么？”

Other popular searches in the last 20 years include “What will happen on Y2K” -- the start of the year 2000 -- “is Pluto⁴ still a planet,” “what is a selfie,” and, more recently, “show me pictures of cute animals.”

过去20年其它热门的搜索内容包括：“2000年会发生什么？”“冥王星还算是行星吗？”“什么是自拍？”以及最近热搜的“显示可爱的动物图片。”

Along with the special Doodle Thursday, Google also took a look back at some of its most memorable⁵ Doodles. They include its first animated, or moving, Doodle on Halloween in 2000; a quickly drawn⁶ Doodle to mark the discovery of water on the moon; and one on Earth Day in 2015 that featured the first Doodle quiz.

周四除了特别涂鸦，谷歌还回顾了一些令人难忘的涂鸦，其中包括2000年万圣节发布的首个动画涂鸦，纪念月球上发现水的速绘涂鸦，以及2015年世界地球日的第一个涂鸦测试。

Google also created a special 20th anniversary website, 20years.withgoogle.com. The site tells visitors interesting search trends throughout Google’s history. For example, David Beckham was the most-searched soccer player from 2000 to 2004. And Jessica Alba was the most-searched female actor from 2005 to 2007.

谷歌还创建了一个20周年纪念特别网站，网址是20years.withgoogle.com。该网站给访客讲述了整个谷歌历史上一些有趣的搜索趋势。例如，贝克汉姆是2000年到2004年被搜索最多的足球运动员，杰西卡·阿尔巴（Jessica Alba）是2005年到2007年被搜索最多的女演员。

Two doctoral students from Stanford University, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, launched the search engine in September 1998. Their aim was to make the world’s information more useful and more organized.

来自斯坦福大学的两名博士生拉里·佩奇（Larry Page）以及谢尔盖·布林（Sergey Brin）于1998年9月推出了这个搜索引擎网站。他们的目标是让全球信息更实用有序。

Today, users can search in over 150 languages in more than 190 countries. And Google is the most visited site in the world, according to Alexa Internet.

如今，用户可以在190个国家以150多种语言搜索。根据Alexa Internet的数据，谷歌是全球访问量最大的网站。

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Words in This Story

animated - adj. produced by the creation of a series of drawings, pictures, etc., that are shown quickly one after another

memorable - adj. very good or interesting and worth remembering

according to - prep. as stated, reported, or recorded by (someone or something)

1 celebrated   

adj.有名的，声誉卓著的

参考例句：

• He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
• The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。

2 animated   

adj.生气勃勃的，活跃的，愉快的

参考例句：

• His observations gave rise to an animated and lively discussion.他的言论引起了一场气氛热烈而活跃的讨论。
• We had an animated discussion over current events last evening.昨天晚上我们热烈地讨论时事。

3 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。

4 Pluto   

n.冥王星

参考例句：

• Pluto is the furthest planet from the sun.冥王星是离太阳最远的行星。
• Pluto has an elliptic orbit.冥王星的轨道是椭圆形的。

5 memorable   

adj.值得回忆的，难忘的，特别的，显著的

参考例句：

• This was indeed the most memorable day of my life.这的确是我一生中最值得怀念的日子。
• The veteran soldier has fought many memorable battles.这个老兵参加过许多难忘的战斗。

6 drawn   

v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的

参考例句：

• All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
• Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。