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This new game encouraged dishonesty and mob dynamics: Users were guided not just by their true preferences 
but by their past experiences of reward and punishment, and their prediction of how others would react to each new action. One of the engineers at Twitter who had worked on the “Retweet” button later revealed that he regretted his contribution because it had made Twitter a nastier place. As he watched Twitter mobs forming through the use of the new tool, he thought to himself, “We might have just handed a 4-year-old a loaded weapon.”
思考题：
The Twitter engineer showed regret because__.
A.he has not done a great job technically
B.he took no part in the successful feature
C.he has handed guns to underage users
D.he has made a nasty feature possible
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词汇突破：
1.dishonesty：不诚实
2.mob dynamics:暴民动态
3.preferences：喜好
4.nastier：更脏
5.loaded weapon：上好膛的武器
句子解析：
第一句：
This new game encouraged dishonesty and mob dynamics: 
Users were guided not just by their true preferences but by their past experiences of reward and punishment, and their prediction of how others would react to each new action.
参考译文：这种新游戏鼓励不诚实和暴民动态：用户不仅受自己真实偏好的指引，还被过去的奖惩经历的影响，也囿于对他人看到不同新动态的反应的预判。”
第二句：
One of the engineersat Twitter who had worked on the “Retweet” button laterrevealed thathe regretted his contributionbecause it had made Twitter a nastier place.
参考译文：推特的一位曾工作于“转发”功能的工程师后来透露，他对自己的贡献感到后悔，因为它让推特变得更糟糕。
第三句：
As he watched Twitter mobs forming through the use of the new tool,he thought to himself, “We might have just handed a 4-year-old a loaded weapon.”
参考译文：当推特暴徒通过这个新工具成形时，他心想，“我们可能刚给四岁孩子递了一件上好膛的武器。
思考题解析：
The Twitter engineer showed regret because__.
定位到第二句：
推特的一位曾工作于“转发”功能的工程师后来透露，他对自己的贡献感到后悔，因为它让推特变得更糟糕。
所以对应：
D. he has made a nasty feature possible
（他让一个惹人厌的功能成为可能）
D选项正确。
A. he has not done a great job technically
（他技术上干得不好）
不是技术不好，而是好的技术被用到了不好的地方。
A选项错误。
B. he took no part in the successful feature
（他没有参与那个成功的功能）
他参与了！
B选项错误。
C. he has handed guns to underage users
（他把枪递给了未成年用户）
这只是一个比喻！
C选项错误。
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