It can sometimes be difficult to realize you're living in truly historic times when you're right in the middle of it. Thankfully, we have Twitter, a kind of real-time pulse tracking the events of our world as they happen, and 2015 was packed with epic, historic moments.
有時(shí)你身處在重大歷史時(shí)刻，卻難以意識(shí)到。幸好，我們有推特，它能時(shí)刻把握我們這個(gè)時(shí)代的脈搏。2015年就充滿(mǎn)了史詩(shī)般的歷史瞬間。

We got our hands on this year's activity data from Twitter and, no matter what lens you view 2015 through, these moments reveal the true face of the past year, from its dramatic highs to its somber lows.
我們從推特拿到了今年的活動(dòng)數(shù)據(jù)，無(wú)論你以什么眼光去看待2015，這些瞬間都是即將過(guò)去的這一年的真實(shí)模樣，有激動(dòng)人心的頂峰，也有悲沮嚴(yán)峻的低谷。

Top Retweets
轉(zhuǎn)發(fā)最多的推文

Despite the current tensions around events like mass shootings, terrorism and civil protests, it turns out that the soothing balm of entertainment ruled Twitter in 2015, with tweets about music group One Direction ranking as the top three retweets of the year. The very top tweet, Harry Styles wishing his departing bandmate Zayn Malik goodbye, embodied the positive nature of the social network when it's at its best.
雖然當(dāng)下充滿(mǎn)了大規(guī)模槍擊案、恐怖襲擊和群眾抗議活動(dòng)，但是在2015年娛樂(lè)圈依舊統(tǒng)治了推特。轉(zhuǎn)發(fā)次數(shù)排名前三的都是跟單向樂(lè)隊(duì)（One Direction）有關(guān)。排名第一的是哈里·斯泰爾斯對(duì)樂(lè)隊(duì)成員澤恩·馬利克說(shuō)再見(jiàn)的推文，呈現(xiàn)了社交網(wǎng)絡(luò)正能量的本質(zhì)。

All the love as always. H
永遠(yuǎn)愛(ài)你。

— Harry Styles. (@Harry_Styles) March 26, 2015
——哈里·斯泰爾斯（@哈里·斯泰爾斯）2015年3月26日

Trailing right behind that, President Barack Obama's tweet approving of the Supreme Court's ruling to legalize same-sex marriage in the US was a huge hit. For many, the president's opinion on the topic, which has been a divisive issue in some states over the past few years, signaled a beginning of the end to the debate about same-sex marriage rights.
轉(zhuǎn)發(fā)量緊隨其后的，是奧巴馬總統(tǒng)發(fā)推贊同最高法院裁定同性婚姻合法。對(duì)許多人來(lái)說(shuō)，總統(tǒng)在這個(gè)問(wèn)題上的觀點(diǎn)終結(jié)了過(guò)去幾年來(lái)在各個(gè)州關(guān)于同性婚姻權(quán)益的爭(zhēng)論。

Today is a big step in our march toward equality. Gay and lesbian couples now have the right to marry, just like anyone else. #LoveWins
今天是我們邁向平等的一大步。男同和女同們現(xiàn)在跟其他人一樣有結(jié)婚的權(quán)利了。＃真愛(ài)無(wú)敵

— President Obama (@POTUS) June 26, 2015
——奧巴馬總統(tǒng)（@美國(guó)總統(tǒng)）2015年6月26日

One particularly popular retweet was the final message from actor Leonard Nimoy. "A life is like a garden," Nimoy wrote, just before passing away on February 27. "Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory." The message served as a kind of reminder that your last tweet may, unexpectedly, become the last important message you send to the world.
還有一個(gè)特別熱門(mén)的轉(zhuǎn)發(fā)是演員倫納德·尼莫伊的最后一條推文。“生命就像一個(gè)花園，”尼莫伊在2月27日臨終前寫(xiě)道，“完美的時(shí)刻可以品嘗，卻無(wú)法保存，除了在記憶之中。”這條推文提醒人們，你的最后一條推文可能會(huì)意外成為你留給這個(gè)世界的最后一條重要的信息。

Hashtags
話(huà)題標(biāo)簽

Like the top retweets, the top hashtags on Twitter were focused on positive messages. As protests over police brutality disproportionately targeting black people in the US grew, the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter continued to carry over from the previous year. Controversial to some as a politically complicated issue, the hashtag nevertheless became the go-to phrase on Twitter when looking to draw attention to the issue of race and law enforcement in the US.
同最熱轉(zhuǎn)發(fā)一樣，推特上的最熱話(huà)題也集中在正能量上。隨著人們抗議美國(guó)警察針對(duì)黑人暴行的情緒高漲，＃黑人的生命也重要 這一話(huà)題從去年一直延續(xù)到今年。這一話(huà)題標(biāo)簽成為了美國(guó)種族和執(zhí)法問(wèn)題在推特上吸引注意力的指示性標(biāo)語(yǔ)，雖然對(duì)有些人而言這是個(gè)復(fù)雜的政治問(wèn)題。

Of course, no one will soon forget the hashtags #JeSuisParis (a callback to #JeSuisCharlie) and #PrayForParis, both of which took over Twitter in the wake of the terrorist attacks in November in Paris. The outpouring of support from heads of state, including President Barack Obama, as well as a wide array of celebrities, let the people of Paris know that the world was behind them.
當(dāng)然，沒(méi)有人會(huì)很快忘記＃我在巴黎 和#為巴黎祈福。在11月巴黎恐怖襲擊之后，整個(gè)推特都是這些話(huà)題。各國(guó)元首們，包括奧巴馬總統(tǒng)，以及許多名人通過(guò)它們向巴黎市民傳遞全世界的支持。

On the much lighter side of things, hashtags like #PlutoFlyBy and #TheDress both played to the Internet's fascination with the exploration of space and the more mundane, yet no less mysterious, debates over the color of a now famous dress.
也有一些不那么沉重的話(huà)題，如#飛越冥王星 和#裙子顏色，各自代表了互聯(lián)網(wǎng)對(duì)宇宙空間探索和同樣神秘的草根話(huà)題的興趣，比如那條著名裙子的顏色。

Vocabulary

somber: 憂(yōu)郁的；嚴(yán)峻的
mundane: 世俗的，平凡的

英文來(lái)源：mashable.com
譯者：張卉
審校&編輯：丹妮