科技对年轻人有害吗？6分钟英语：英语精读讲义

6 Minute English from the BBC.

BBC六分钟英语。

Hello, this is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English.

大家好，这里是BBC英语教学的六分钟英语。

I'm Neil.

我是尼尔。

And I'm Sam.

我是萨姆。

When you were a teenager, 語法

当你还是青少年的时候，

did your parents worry that you were watching too much television, 短語搭配

你的父母担心你看太多电视吗，

Sam?

萨姆？

Huh.

呵。

They used to tell me that watching too much TV would turn my eyes square. 講解

他们以前常跟我说，看太多电视会把眼睛看成方形的。

But they were only joking.

但他们只是在开玩笑。

When I was growing up,

在我长大的时候，

there were only three or four television channels.

只有三四个电视频道。

For parents today,

对于今天的父母来说，

there are hundreds of TV channels to worry about,

有几百个电视频道让他们操心，

not to mention the internet, 短語搭配

更不用说互联网、

video games,

电子游戏，

and social media.

和社交媒体了。

And all of it is accessible through a smartphone. 短語搭配

而所有这些都可以通过智能手机接触到。

No wonder parents are worried about the impact of technology on young people. 短語搭配

难怪父母们担心科技对年轻人的影响。

I don't think it's all bad news, 語氣意圖

我认为并不全是坏消息，

Neil.

尼尔。

In fact,

事实上，

in this program,

在本期节目中，

we'll be taking a look at a new report which finds little evidence to link technology with mental health problems in adolescence. 短語搭配

我们将看一份新报告，该报告发现几乎没有证据表明科技与青春期心理健康问题有关。

That's young people who are in the process of developing from children into adults. 短語搭配

也就是正处于从儿童成长为成人的年轻人。

I'm not convinced, 語氣意圖

我不太相信，

Sam.

萨姆。

Think about how much time youngsters spend staring at screens every day. 語法

想想年轻人每天花多少时间盯着屏幕。

True,

没错，

but unlike passively watching television, 表達脈絡

但与被动看电视不同，

today's technology is interactive,

如今的科技是互动的，

connecting teenagers to their friends around the world. 短語搭配

将青少年与世界各地的朋友联系起来。

Well,

好吧，

maybe my quiz question will change your mind. 短語搭配

也许我的问答题会改变你的想法。

Are you ready?

准备好了吗？

On average, 短語搭配

平均来说，

how many hours per day do British teenagers spend on their screens? 短語搭配

英国青少年每天在屏幕前花费多少小时？

Is it A,

是A，

5 and a half hours,

5个半小时，

B,

B，

6 and a half hours,

6个半小时，

or C,

还是C，

7 and a half hours?

7个半小时？

Hmm,

嗯，

I'll say it's B, 語氣意圖

我猜是B，

6 and a half hours.

6个半小时。

That sounds a lot to me. 語氣意圖

这听起来已经很多了。

Well,

嗯，

whatever Neil thinks, 表達脈絡

不管尼尔怎么想，

a new study from the Oxford Internet Institute paints a more hopeful picture. 習語

牛津互联网研究院的一项新研究描绘了一幅更令人满怀希望的画面。

The study analyzed data from over 400,000 British and American teenagers 用詞

该研究分析了超过40万名英美青少年的数据，

and found little or no link between adolescent tech use 短語搭配

发现青少年使用科技产品

and mental health problems.

与心理健康问题之间几乎或完全没有联系。

Listen to Gareth Mitchell and Ghislaine Boddington,

来听听加雷斯·米切尔和吉莱恩·博丁顿，

co-presenters of BBC World Service's Digital Planet,

BBC世界频道《数字星球》节目的联合主持人，

as they discuss the report's findings. 語法

讨论该报告的发现。

Ghislaine Boddington,

吉莱恩·博丁顿，

you've been looking at some of the findings yourself, 語法

你自己也在看其中的一些发现，

haven't you? 語氣意圖

不是吗？

So,

那么，

so what's your response so far? 語氣意圖

到目前为止你有什么反应？

Were you expecting Ghislaine to see some kind of smoking gun, 講解

吉莱恩，你是不是期待能看到某种确凿的证据，

some kind of link that would say,

某种能说明问题的关联，比如

"Here we are,

"就是这个，

here are the harms"?

这就是危害所在"？

Not really, 語氣意圖

不完全是，

because I think we're at a point where teenagers are much more savvy than many adults think. 講解

因为我认为我们现在的阶段，青少年比许多成年人想象的要精明得多。

So,

所以，

you know,

你知道，

we are at risk, all of us as journalists and research community

作为记者和研究界人士，我们所有人都面临一种风险，

to assume maybe this is much more terrible problem than we understand,

那就是可能会认为这是一个比我们了解的要可怕得多的问题，

because if I know about teenagers around me,

因为就我对我周围青少年的了解而言，

and one thing that they do all have is app blockers on their sites, 語法

他们确实都有的一个东西就是他们网站上的应用拦截器，

and they are actually quite aware of the addiction problems, 短語搭配

而且他们实际上非常清楚上瘾的问题，

the design,

这些设计，

you know,

你知道，

designed for addiction.

为让人上瘾而进行的设计。

Many people assume that social media harms teenagers.

许多人想当然地认为社交媒体对青少年有害。

So, Gareth asks Ghislaine whether she was expecting to find a smoking gun in the report. 習語

因此，加雷斯问吉莱恩，她是否期望在报告中找到确凿的证据（smoking gun）。

The expression a smoking gun means evidence that proves something is true.

表达 a smoking gun 的意思是证明某事属实的证据。

For example,

例如，

evidence proving that technology is harmful to young people.

证明科技对年轻人有害的证据。

But Ghislaine doesn't think this is true.

但吉莱恩认为这不是真的。

Actually,

实际上，

she calls teenagers savvy, 語法

她称青少年为 savvy（精明/懂行），

meaning that they have practical knowledge of technology and a good understanding of how to use it. 短語搭配

意思是他们拥有关于科技的实用知识，并且很了解如何使用科技。

One example of teenagers being technologically savvy is their use of app blockers, 用詞

青少年在科技方面精明的一个例子是他们使用应用拦截器，

software that prevents unwanted apps and websites from popping up 語法

这是一种可以防止不需要的应用和网站弹出的软件，

and allows users to set timers which limit screen time. 講解

并且允许用户设置计时器以限制屏幕使用时间。

And reducing screen time is important because nowadays most video games and social media are designed for addiction, 講解

减少屏幕使用时间很重要，因为如今大多数电子游戏和社交媒体都是为让人上瘾而设计的，

intended to manipulate human psychology to make the user want to keep playing. 講解

旨在操纵人类心理，让用户想要一直玩下去。

But it seems that today's adolescents are savvy enough to know how to use electronic devices sensibly. 語法

但似乎现在的青少年足够精明，知道如何理智地使用电子设备。

How else can we explain the fact that, 表達脈絡

否则我们如何解释，

according to this research, 短語搭配

根据这项研究，

there's no clear link between using tech and mental health problems?

使用科技和心理健康问题之间并没有明确的联系？

Yes,

是的，

that's certainly the view of the research team leader,

这无疑是研究小组负责人

Dr. Matti Vuorre.

马蒂·沃雷博士的观点。

Here he is speaking with BBC World Service program Digital Planet

这里他在接受BBC世界频道《数字星球》节目采访时，

about an interesting and very modern term.

谈论了一个有趣且非常现代的词汇。

See if you can hear it.

看看你是否能听出来。

We often hear the term digital native. 文化背景

我们经常听到数字原住民这个词。

Um, you know,

嗯，你知道，

you grow up with a device in your hand almost, 短語動詞

你几乎是手里拿着一台设备长大的，

um, and then it's not a surprise that you are, 短語搭配

嗯，所以你

uh, skilled in using those technologies to your benefit. 短語搭配

能熟练地运用这些技术来造福自己也就不足为奇了。

Did you hear the expression Dr. Vuorre used,

你听到沃雷博士用的表达了吗，

Sam?

萨姆？

Yes, he called teenagers digital natives,

听到了，他称青少年为数字原住民，

meaning someone who is very familiar and comfortable using computers and digital technology 短語搭配

指的是非常熟悉和习惯使用计算机及数字技术的人，

because they've grown up with them.

因为他们是伴随着这些技术长大的。

So,

所以，

maybe there are benefits to spending hours looking at screens after all. 講解

也许花几个小时看屏幕终究还是有好处的。

In my quiz question,

在我的测试题中，

I asked Sam about the average daily screen time for British teenagers. 用詞

我问萨姆关于英国青少年平均每天的屏幕使用时间。

I said it was B,

我选的是B，

6 and a half hours.

6个半小时。

Which was the correct answer.

这是正确答案。

Very savvy of you, Sam. 語氣意圖

你真懂行，萨姆。

Okay, let's recap the vocabulary from this program 表達脈絡

好的，让我们回顾一下本期节目中

about the impact of tech on adolescents.

关于科技对青少年影响的词汇。

That's young people who are developing into adults.

青少年指的是正在成长为成年人的年轻人。

Today's adolescents are digital natives,

如今的青少年是数字原住民，

people who are very familiar with digital technology

即非常熟悉数字技术的人，

because they've grown up with it.

因为他们是伴随着数字技术长大的。

If you are savvy,

如果你是懂行的（savvy），

you have a good practical understanding of something.

你对某事物就有很好的实际理解。

A smoking gun refers to information or evidence that proves that something is true. 短語搭配

确凿证据（smoking gun）指的是证明某事属实的信息或证据。

An app blocker is software that blocks pop-up apps and websites 用詞

应用拦截器是拦截弹出应用和网站

and allows users to set screen time limits.

并允许用户设置屏幕时间限制的软件。

And designed for addiction describes immersive video games and social media

而为让人上瘾而设计（designed for addiction）描述的是沉浸式电子游戏和社交媒体，

which are designed to manipulate human psychology

它们被设计用来操纵人类心理，

and make it hard to stop playing.

让你很难停止玩耍。

That's all for this program,

这就是本期节目的全部内容，

but if you're interested in the issues around digital technology

如果你对数字科技相关的话题感兴趣，

and want to find out more,

并想了解更多，

then why not visit the BBC Digital Planet website 語氣意圖

那么为什么不访问BBC《数字星球》的网站，

or follow them on their Twitter handle at @digitalplanet. 用詞

或者在Twitter上关注他们的账号 @digitalplanet 呢。

Bye for now.

先再见啦。

Goodbye.

再见。

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