生活英语|snubs 网站快照族

Snubs are users of snapchat, a mobile app that allows users to capture videos and pictures that self-destruct after a few seconds.

网站快照族就是阅后即焚这个手机应用的用户。这个应用能让用户拍照录视频并且几秒内就会自动销毁。

Snubs are mainly teenagers aged^{1 between 13 and 25, who are having fun with the service. There are all sorts of things snubs like to share for immediate2 consumption, ranging from wacky facial expressions to pictures of a meal they're about to eat. It's a way to share a moment with a specific friend and -- in a way -- a bit of an antidote3 to traditional social networking. In fact, the motivation for creating the app was to create a service that provided more privacy than other social networks.}

网站快照族一般是13岁到25岁的年轻人，并且玩这个应用玩得不亦乐乎。网站快照族之间有不少可以推荐的速食，譬如搞怪的脸部表情或者他们马上要吃的食物。这是一种和一位特殊朋友推荐特殊一刻的办法，并且也并不像传统的社交互联网那样古板。事实上，创造这个应用的初衷就是提供一种比其他社交互联网更隐私的平台。

Teenagers crave^{4 for fashion and speed. Becoming one of the snubs is likely to be a new way of identifying one another. Join the snubs or it would create generation gap between you and the youngsters.}

年轻人人喜欢时髦，追求速度，而成为网站快照族也已明显成为一种认可彼此身份的新方法，快玩起来吧，不要和青年产生代沟咯。