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受访者拆解注意力生意:rakes in money

几位受访者算了笔账:谷歌、Facebook 不向我们收钱,是广告商在付钱,所以 We're the thing being sold(我们才是被卖掉的那样东西)。一句 rakes in money(大把捞钱)形容它怎么赚钱,一句 competing for your attention(争夺你的注意力)说清它们在抢什么。想聊互联网生意经,这几句够用。

发生了什么

没有人物冲突,是几位受访者轮流对着镜头拆解同一件事:硅谷最赚钱的公司卖的不是硬件软件,而是用户。有人先抛出 rakes in money(大把捞钱),说这些公司靠一台巨型计算机就财源滚滚;接着用 in the business of(本行就是做某事)点明最近十年它们的本行变成了卖用户;随后一句 competing for your attention(争夺你的注意力)说明它们争的到底是什么。想跟人解释免费软件怎么赚钱,或者写东西评价平台经济,这几个说法都能直接用。

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rakes in moneyNice, simple businessin the business oftrite

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本章短语

rakes in money

大把捞钱earns a lot of money quickly

有人把大公司说成一台「巨型计算机」,语气半开玩笑,紧接着用 rakes in money 点出它进账又快又轻松;随后话锋一转,追问这些钱到底从哪来。

That silly mobile game rakes in money on skins alone.那款看起来很傻的手游光靠皮肤就大把捞钱。

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  • Nice, simple business

    挺不错的简单生意

  • in the business of

    本行就是做某事

  • trite

    说滥了的、老生常谈的

  • competing for your attention

    争夺你的注意力

  • a little too simplistic

    说得有点过于简单了

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短语 · B1the most successful something of all time

有史以来最…的

Companies like Google and Facebook are some of the wealthiest and most successful of all time.
发音rakes in

rakes 末尾的 s 直接滑进 in,快说时几乎连成一个词。

They just have this giant computer that rakes in money, right? Uh...
短语 · B2an investor in something

在某个领域的投资人

So, I've been an investor in technology for 35 years.
短语 · A2sell something to someone

把东西卖给客户

The first 50 years of Silicon Valley, the industry made products-- hardware, software-- sold 'em to customers. Nice, simple business.
俚语 · B1'em

them 的口语说法——熟人之间随口说,正式写作要写 them

The first 50 years of Silicon Valley, the industry made products-- hardware, software-- sold 'em to customers. Nice, simple business.
短语 · A2pay for something

为某样东西掏钱

It's a little even trite to say now, but... because we don't pay for the products that we use, advertisers pay for the products that we use.
发音If you're not

you're 常弱化为 /jər/,轻轻滑过不停顿,重音留给后面的 not;if 与 you're 顺着一口气连起来。

The classic saying is: "If you're not paying for the product, then you are the product."
语法 · B2what they don't realize is

主语从句:what 引导的从句整体当主语,is 后面才是他们没意识到的内容。

But what they don't realize is they're competing for your attention.
短语 · B1figure out how to do something

琢磨出、想明白怎么做

Let's figure out how to get as much of this person's attention as we possibly can.
短语 · B2as much of something as we possibly can

尽可能地多拿到

Let's figure out how to get as much of this person's attention as we possibly can.
短语 · B2get someone to do something

让你拿出(时间、钱)

How much time can we get you to spend?
发音get you to

get you to 三个词挤成一拍,中间别停顿,重音留给 life 和 give。

How much of your life can we get you to give to us?
短语 · B1something makes sense

说得通、想得明白

When you think about how some of these companies work, it starts to make sense.
短语 · B2think of something as something

把某样东西当成…

There are all these services on the Internet that we think of as
短语 · B2in exchange for something

作为…的交换、拿…换来

They pay in exchange for showing their ads to us.
发音a little too

重音压在 too 上,little 轻轻带过,才听得出「过头」的分量。

That's a little too simplistic.
短语 · B1a change in something

某个方面发生的变化

It's the gradual, slight, imperceptible change in your own behavior and perception that is the product.
语法 · C1It's the gradual, slight, imperceptible change in your own behavior and perception that is the product.

强调句:It's…that… 把那一长串名词短语框住,强调的是「这点改变」,不是注意力。

It's the gradual, slight, imperceptible change in your own behavior and perception that is the product.
语法 · B2nothing else on the table that could possibly be called

定语从句:that 从句修饰 nothing else,could be called 是被动,表示「能被称作」。

There's nothing else on the table that could possibly be called the product.
短语 · B1make money from something

靠某样东西赚钱

That's the only thing there is for them to make money from.
短语 · B2in the direction you want

朝着你想要的方向

If you can go to somebody and you say, "Give me $10 million, and I will change the world one percent in the direction you want it to change..."
短语 · B1be worth a lot of money

值一大笔钱

It's the world! That can be incredible, and that's worth a lot of money.

看懂「受访者拆解注意力生意」

发音重点

  • rakes in — rakes 末尾的 s 直接滑进 in,快说时几乎连成一个词。
  • If you're not — you're 常弱化为 /jər/,轻轻滑过不停顿,重音留给后面的 not;if 与 you're 顺着一口气连起来。
  • get you to — get you to 三个词挤成一拍,中间别停顿,重音留给 life 和 give。
  • a little too — 重音压在 too 上,little 轻轻带过,才听得出「过头」的分量。
For the last ten years, the biggest companies in Silicon Valley have been in the business of selling their users.

过去十年,硅谷最大的那些公司,做的生意就是把用户卖掉。 把「卖用户」说得像一桩普通行当,越平静越刺人。

The classic saying is: "If you're not paying for the product, then you are the product."

有句经典的说法:如果你没为产品付钱,那你就是产品。 前后半句对称,一句话把免费平台的账翻了个面。

But what they don't realize is they're competing for your attention.

但人们没意识到的是,它们争的正是你的注意力。 用「没意识到」轻轻一转,刷手机就变成一场争夺。

How much of your life can we get you to give to us?

我们能让你把生命中的多少,交给我们? 把「使用时长」换成「你的人生」,一个问句就让人后背发凉。

We're the product. Our attention is the product being sold to advertisers.

我们就是产品。我们的注意力,就是被卖给广告商的那件产品。 两句话把结论钉死:先说人,再说人被卖的那部分。

关于这一章的问题

rakes in money 是什么意思?

就是「大把捞钱」。台词里说这些公司只有一台巨型计算机,却能源源不断地赚进大钱,这个词组形容的就是赚钱又多又快。

「本行就是做某事」英语怎么说?

in the business of。台词里说硅谷最大的公司最近十年 in the business of selling their users,意思就是它们的本行变成了卖用户。

imperceptible 在台词里指什么?

指「察觉不到的、极细微的」。台词说的是你行为和认知上那种缓慢、细微到你自己都感觉不到的改变。

「说得有点过于简单了」英语怎么表达?

a little too simplistic。觉得某个解释把问题讲得太干脆、省掉了关键部分,就可以用它回一句,意思是「说得有点过于简单了」。

competing for your attention 怎么理解?

就是「争夺你的注意力」。台词说很多人只把谷歌当搜索框、把 Facebook 当看朋友照片的地方,没意识到这些公司抢的其实是你的注意力。

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