【雅思雙語】新浪微博一季度虧損擴(kuò)大

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2014-05-28 來源：新通外語網(wǎng)igo99.cn 作者：閱讀量：手機(jī)閱讀

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新浪微博上市至今已經(jīng)一月有余，經(jīng)營業(yè)績怎么樣呢——新浪微博周四宣布今年第一季度虧損較一年前有所擴(kuò)大，導(dǎo)致股價(jià)在盤后交易時(shí)段下跌。

新浪微博上市至今已經(jīng)一月有余，經(jīng)營業(yè)績怎么樣呢？一起來看看這篇雙語新聞所披露的信息：

Weibo's loss widens as costs surge

Like US rival Twitter, Weibo has had a rocky entry onto the public markets.		新浪微博周四宣布今年第一季度虧損較一年前有所擴(kuò)大，導(dǎo)致股價(jià)在盤后交易時(shí)段下跌。

Shares of the Twitter-like service spun out of Chinese internet group Sina fell in post-market trading after its quarterly loss widened from a year earlier.		新浪微博是從中國互聯(lián)網(wǎng)集團(tuán)新浪(Sina)剝離出來的社交網(wǎng)絡(luò)平臺。

In its first set of results since an initial public offering in New York in April, Weibo said revenues more than doubled to $67.5m, matching Wall Street's forecasts, as sales of display adverts on the social network rose.		這是新浪微博自今年4月在紐約首次公開發(fā)行(IPO)以來公布的首輪業(yè)績。它表示，今年第一季度，因廣告銷售額上升，收入增長逾一倍，至6750萬美元，與華爾街預(yù)期相符。

The company's loss, however, widened to $47.3m, or 31 cents per share, from $19.2m a year earlier. Weibo put that down to higher taxes as well as increased spending on marketing and staffing.		然而，虧損擴(kuò)大至4730萬美元（合每股31美分），一年前為虧損1920萬美元。新浪微博將其歸咎于稅賦的提高以及營銷和員工支出的增加。

Weibo offers investors exposure to the growth of the internet in China.		對投資者而言，新浪微博為他們提供了一個(gè)買入不斷壯大的中國互聯(lián)網(wǎng)市場的機(jī)會。

However, the unprofitable company's ambitions to secure a valuation of almost $8bn were dented last month by a rotation out of internet and technology shares in the US, as investors sought out relatively safer stocks.		然而，上月美國互聯(lián)網(wǎng)和科技股大幅下跌，使得尚未盈利的新浪微博不得不削減了最初的融資目標(biāo)——最初的融資計(jì)劃意味著它的估值能高達(dá)80億美元。

The vast majority of Weibo's revenue comes from advertising on user news feeds. The micro-blog, where users can play games and share news, counted 144m monthly active users at the end of March, up 34 per cent from a year earlier.		新浪微博絕大部分收入來自其網(wǎng)站上呈現(xiàn)的廣告。今年3月底，新浪微博的月度活躍用戶達(dá)到1.44億，同比增長34%。用戶可以在新浪微博上玩游戲和分享新聞。

Adjusting for several items, Weibo said its loss narrowed to $4.8m, or 3 cents a share, compared to Wall Street expectations for 6 cents.		新浪微博表示，在會計(jì)上對幾個(gè)項(xiàng)目作調(diào)整后，一季度虧損額將縮窄至480萬美元（合每股3美分），而華爾街的預(yù)測為每股6美分。

Weibo ultimately sold fewer shares than it originally hoped at the low end of expectations. After touching a high of $24.48, shares have fallen by nearly a fifth.		新浪微博上市時(shí)，不僅發(fā)行規(guī)模不及最初預(yù)期，發(fā)行價(jià)也處于預(yù)期低端。股價(jià)一度觸及24.48美元高點(diǎn)后，已下挫近五分之一。