Are you still using text messages or QQ to chat with your family or friends? If your answer is “yes”, we have to say you are out. A new way of communicating called “WeChat” has been more and more popular in the past three years.
WeChat is a mobile text and voice messaging communication service developed by Tencent in China, first released in January 2011. With WeChat, we can communicate with friends by sending text messages, voice messages, we can share our photos or videos, share our location, we can even chat with lots of friends at the same time. More important, it is free for the users.
In May 2011, WeChat had four to five million users, and by the end of 2011, it had 50 million users. WeChat had more than 100 million users by March 2012. In April 2012, Weixin changes its name as WeChat for the international market. In September 2012, WeChat had more than 200 million users according to Tencent CEO, Ma Huateng. Today WeChat has influence not only in Mainland China, HK, Taiwan, South-East Asia, but Chinese People areas around the world. In July 2013, Tencent announced WeChat had 70 million users outside China and Lionel Messi, the famous Argentine football player became the latest product ambassador of WeChat.
In a word, WeChat is a lifestyle now. Do you WeChat today?
小题1:According to the passage, we can do many things with WeChat EXCEPT ______.
A. text messages
B. share location
C. shop for free
小题2:The underline word “release” here means ________ in Chinese.
A. 发布 B. 设置 C. 释放
小题3:How many users did WeChat have outside China in July 2013?
A. 70 million.
B. 50 million.
C. 100 million.
小题4:Who is the CEO of Tencent?
A. Lionel Messi. B. Ma Yun. C. Ma Huateng.
小题5:Where do you probably read this message?
A. National Geography.
B. Trend & Health.
C. New Science and Technology.
