In Me at the Zoo, Jawed Karim is shown standing in front of a few elephants as he talks about their long trunks1. To be honest, it is not a remarkable or exciting video for any reason except one. Me at the Zoo was the first video uploaded to YouTube in 2005.
It was not until 2006 that YouTube really started to take off. By July of that year, YouTube was getting 100 million views per day. Then, on October 9 of that year, in an announcement that shocked the technological world, Google revealed it had bought YouTube for US$1.68 billion in stock2. At the time, people thought the price was too high. Now, that looks like one of the best deals of all time. Presently, YouTube is valued at nearly US$46 billion and commentators3 predict that number will rise to US$100 billion in a few years. The reason for that is that nearly everyone loves viral videos4. Whether it is a cat with a frown5 on its face or a two-year-old dancing, people enjoy going on YouTube to be entertained.
To be honest, ... 老實說，……
= Frankly (speaking), ...
To be honest, I feel stressed out.
老實說，我覺得壓力很大。
remarkable a. 卓越的
The remarkable film only took five weeks to shoot.
這部了不起的電影只花了五個星期的時間拍攝。
upload vt. 上傳
Carl uploaded some pictures to Facebook for his friends to see.
卡爾上傳一些照片到臉書給朋友看。
take off （口語）（指觀念、產品等）突然大受歡迎；（飛機）起飛
Soft serve ice cream really has taken off recently.
霜淇淋最近突然大受歡迎。
The plane is going to take off in five minutes.
飛機即將在五分鐘後起飛。
announcement n. 公告；宣佈
Mark has an important announcement to make, so please quiet down.
馬克有重要的事情要宣佈，所以請大家安靜。
at the time 在那時
Bob was very poor at the time.
鮑伯那時候很窮。
be valued at... 價值為……
These famous paintings are valued at US$3 million each.
這些名畫每一幅被估價為三百萬美元。
predict vt. 預測
The famous designer predicted that miniskirts will catch on again next season.
那位名設計師預測迷你裙在下一季將再度流行。
