考研英语时文赏读：短视频正在吞噬孩子们的青春

考研英语来源：同源外刊 2019-08-05　

Kids waste too much time on short videos

孩子们浪费了太多的时间去刷短视频

The survey shows that 70.6 percent of the parents worry that their children might lose interest in studies by becoming addicted to short video clips.

最近一项调查显示，70.6%的家长担心他们的孩子会因为沉迷于短视频而对学习失去兴趣。

Watching short video clips has become increasingly popular among young people, as they are easy to watch and can be interesting. However, some short video clips contain bad, vulgar, and even illegal content, although thanks to the efforts of the internet-regulatory departments, such content is not as common as it used to be.

短视频因其简单易懂和富有趣味，而在年轻人中越来越受欢迎。然而，一些短视频包含了不良、低俗甚至是违法的内容，不过，在网络监管部门的努力下，此类视频已经不像从前那么猖獗了。

The main problem now is that although the content is mainly amusing entertainment, young people are wasting too much time watching the videos.

现在的主要问题是，虽然短视频主要是娱乐性的，但年轻人却浪费太多的时间去刷短视频了。

Everybody has limited time, and the more time young people spend watching such videos, the less time they will devote to their studies. A young person’s future depends on how he or she spends the time.

每个人的时间都是有限的，年轻人刷短视频花费的时间越多，投入到学习中的时间就越少。一个年轻人的未来取决于他(她)是如何分配时间的。

According to experts, if children watch short videos for an hour or two each day, that is enough to curb their interest in their school work, and may also damage their eyesight.

有专家表示，如果孩子每天花一到两个小时的时间刷短视频，就足以抑制他们对学习的兴趣，还将有损他们的视力。

If a large amount of time is spent watching short videos, it inevitably means young people are not giving enough attention to their school and home lives.

如果年轻人花大把的时间去刷短视频，这无疑意味着他们对学校和家庭的关注将减少。

There are some short videos whose content has some educational value, but on the whole it is true to say they are of little value. Nevertheless, many teenagers have plunged into the wave of short videos and have lost their bearings.

虽然有些短视频的内容具有一定的教育价值，但总的来说，短视频没什么价值。然而，许多青少年已经陷入了短视频的浪潮中，迷失了方向。

(全文共245个词，China Daily)

重难点词汇：

vulgar adj. 粗俗的;通俗的;本土的 n. 平民，百姓

inevitably adv. 不可避免地;必然地

plunge v. 骤降;颠簸;跳进;陷入;栽种 n. 骤降;投入;跳进;跳水

bearing n. 轴承;关系;方位;举止