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She and her colleagues say that this cognitive effect of ethanol consumption could have benefits in terms of sociality—but there just isn’t enough data from the wild yet to make any conclusions.
她和她的同事表示，对于社交而言，摄入乙醇的这种认知效应可能有好处，但目前在野生动物身上还没有足够的数据可以得到任何结论。
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A law passed with wide bipartisan support and signed by President Biden in April calls for ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company, to sell the app to a non-Chinese company or face a ban in the United States because of its risk to national security and free speech. The justices are considering the company’s challenge to that law. TikTok has said the law violates the First Amendment. It also says that its corporate parent is majority-owned by global investors.
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Four years ago, President Donald J. Trump denounced TikTok, the Chinese-owned video sharing app, as a threat to America’s national security. This week, as Mr. Trump prepares to retake the White House, he called it a “unique medium for freedom of expression.” “It is hard to believe that Trump’s TikTok flip-flop is about anything much more than the influence of a billionaire donor and Trump’s reluctance to give up his access to his followers on the platform,” Mr. Garin said, referring to Jeff Yass, a Republican megadonor who owns a significant share of ByteDance. “As with nearly everything Trump does, his change of position is driven by self-interest, not principle or the national interest.”
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In March, Mr. Trump suddenly declared a change in his stance on TikTok, condemning a bipartisan majority in Congress for pushing a bill that effectively did what he had tried to do four years earlier: ban the app unless its Chinese owner sells it. That change of position came around the same time that Mr. Trump met with Mr. Yass. Mr. Trump has said they did not discuss the company. But Mr. Yass helped found the trading firm Susquehanna International Group and one of the biggest supporters of the anti-tax lobbying group Club for Growth, which hired Kellyanne Conway, a former senior counselor to Mr. Trump, to lobby for TikTok in Washington.
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Mr. Trump went on to use TikTok with great success during the campaign, and has said that it was a key vehicle for reaching young people this year. His youngest son, Barron, also encouraged him to lean into the platform to win over young voters, according to two sources familiar with their interactions, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
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Mr. Trump met with executives of TikTok on Dec. 16 at Mar-a-Lago, his Florida resort, according to an official familiar with the matter. The meeting came on the same day the company asked the Supreme Court to temporarily block the law imposing the Jan. 19 deadline. Around the time of that meeting, TikTok officials told people in Mr. Trump’s orbit, and possibly the president-elect himself, that Mr. Trump should be the one to decide TikTok’s fate, according to two people with knowledge of the contacts between the two sides, who spoke on condition of anonymity. After the meeting, Mr. Trump told reporters he had a “warm spot” for TikTok and that he would look into the issue.
本文节选自：The New York Times（纽约时报）
发布时间：2024.12.30
作者：LISA FRIEDMAN, SAPNA MAHESHWARI
原文标题：How Donald Trump Went From Backing a TikTok Ban to Backing Off
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原句：As with nearly everything Trump does, his change of position is driven by self-interest, not principle or the national interest.
结构：As with X, Y is driven by A, not B or C.
和X一样，Y是由A驱动的，而不是B或者C
例句：As with any great achievement, success is driven by persistent effort, not luck or natural talent.
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阅读理解题
Which of the following best describes the evolution of Donald Trump's stance on TikTok?
A. He has consistently supported TikTok as a platform for free expression.
B. He has consistently opposed TikTok due to national security concerns.
C. He initially opposed TikTok as a national security threat but later embraced it as a tool for reaching young voters.
D. He initially supported TikTok, then opposed it, and now supports it again due to pressure from Congress.
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全文概括
TikTok's fate in the United States is currently uncertain, as a bipartisan law mandates its sale to a non-Chinese entity or faces a ban due to national security concerns. President Trump's shifting stance on TikTok, from initial condemnation to recent support, is attributed to potential influence from a billionaire donor and his desire to maintain access to his followers on the platform.
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