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Listen to BBC news reports and answer the questions to test your understanding.

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From female gorilla friendships to Michelin styled food in space, We know you'll find something that interests you.

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六分钟英语。

Six Minute English.

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你好。

Hello.

这里是BBC学习英语的六分钟英语。

This is six Minute English from BBC Learning English.

我是尼尔。

I'm Neil.

我是贝卡。

And I'm Becca.

尼尔，我注意到你进录音棚之前一直在看手机。

Neil, I noticed that you were checking your phone before you came into the studio to record this programme.

是的，我可能确实看了。

Yes, I probably was.

贝卡，我花在手机上的时间实在太多了，我自己也很反感这样。

You know, Becca, I spend far too much time looking at my phone and I really don't like it.

你呢？

How about you?

我觉得你不是一个人这样。

I don't think you're alone.

我玩手机的时间也太多了。

I also spend way too much time looking at my phone.

贝卡，我们俩都是成年人，但今天要聊的是儿童的屏幕使用时间。

Well, Becca, we are both adults but today we're talking about screen time and children.

屏幕使用时间，就是你使用智能手机、平板电脑和笔记本电脑等设备所花的时间。

Screen time that's how much time you spend using devices like smartphones, tablets and laptops.

很多家长都特别担心孩子在这类设备上花太多时间。

Yes, and it's a particular worry of many parents that their children spend too much time on these devices.

去年年底，澳大利亚禁止16岁以下青少年使用社交媒体应用，英国等国家也在考虑采取类似措施。

At the end of last year, Australia banned access to social media apps for under 16s and countries like The UK are considering similar measures.

为什么会这样呢？

So why is this?

在本期节目中，我们会听到剑桥大学的一位临床心理学家兼研究员，谈谈儿童的屏幕使用问题。

In this episode we'll hear from a clinical psychologist and research associate at the University of Cambridge talking about screen time and children.

和往常一样，我们会学到一些实用的新词和表达，别忘了，本期所有词汇和文字稿都在我们的网站 bbclearningenglish.com 上。

As usual, we'll be learning some useful new words and phrases and remember you'll find all this episode's vocabulary along with the transcript on our website bbclearningenglish.com.

不过在那之前，尼尔，我有个问题想问你。

But first Neil, I have a question for you.

根据英国媒体监管机构的数据，三到四岁的孩子中，有多少人拥有智能手机？

According to The UK media regulator, how many children aged three to four have a smartphone?

是a) 二十分之一，b) 十分之一，还是c) 五分之一？

Is it a) one in twenty b) one in ten or c) one in five?

哇。

Wow.

嗯，我猜是二十分之一，但我觉得实际比例可能更高。

Well, I'm going to guess one in twenty, but I think it's probably more than that.

好吧，答案我们稍后再揭晓。

Well, we'll find out the answer later.

艾米莉·古代卡博士是剑桥大学的研究员。

Doctor Emily Gudaika is a research associate at the University of Cambridge.

她在这里向BBC世界服务节目《科技生活》的主持人希奥娜·麦科勒姆，表达了自己对是否应该完全禁止孩子使用电子屏幕的看法。

Here she tells Shiona McCollum, presenter of BBC World Service programme Tech Life, her thoughts on whether we should take away children's screen devices completely.

我觉得关键不在于完全让孩子远离科技，而在于我们如何有意识地引导他们使用科技。

Yeah, I think it's not as much as getting them away from technology, but being really intentional about how we use technology with children.

对我来说，标准必须更高。因此我会思考如何设计产品，把儿童的成长放在首位，真正理解不同年龄段的孩子是如何学习和发展的，然后再看科技能否在这方面提供支持。

For me, the bar absolutely needs to be higher and therefore I think about how to design products that think about childhood first and really think about how children at different stages learn and develop, and then see if there's a way that technology can enable that.

艾米莉指出，父母不该阻止孩子使用科技，而应该更用心地规划孩子如何使用它。

Emily highlights how rather than stopping children from using technology, parents need to be more intentional about how their children use it.

意图就是做某事的计划或动机。

An intention is a plan or reason to do something.

有意识地做事，就是带着这样的计划或动机去行动。

So to be intentional is to act with that plan or reason in mind.

这样可能会让你行事更加谨慎。

It may make you act more carefully as a result.

艾米莉还提到，标准必须更高。

Emily also says the bar needs to be higher.

俗语‘门槛太低’意思是标准、期望或要求非常低，很容易达到。

The idiom the bar is low means that the standards, expectations or requirements are minimal and very easy to meet.

因此，她认为标准应该更高。

Therefore, she believes the bar needs to be higher.

父母需要提高对孩子的期望。

Parents need to make their expectations higher.

在考虑孩子使用科技的时间时，他们需要更谨慎地思考和行动。

They need to think or act more carefully when considering how much time children spend with technology.

你可能也听过人们说‘提高标准’或‘降低标准’。

You might also hear people say set the bar higher or lower.

艾米莉认为，更加用心并提高标准，能帮助孩子在科技陪伴下更好地学习和成长。

Emily believes that being more intentional and setting the bar higher will enable children to learn and develop alongside technology.

如果你让某事成为可能，就是支持或促进某人去做这件事。

If you enable something, you encourage somebody's ability to do something or to make something possible.

接下来，我们来听一听临床心理学家、在线育儿平台创始人贝基·肯尼迪博士，为BBC世界服务节目《科技人生》谈父母如何看待科技与孩子的关系。

Now let's hear Doctor Becky Kennedy, a clinical psychologist and founder of an online parenting platform, talking about how parents feel about tech and children for BBC World Service programme Tech Life.

我发现父母们非常渴望了解孩子接触科技的实际情况，并希望获得一些切实可行、贴合现实的方法，能在家里做出一些小调整，让情况变得更好。

I find parents are very, very eager to understand what's really happening around technology in kids and then have practical, realistic things they can do in their home to make little shifts that feel better.

贝基发现，很多家长都迫切想了解孩子使用科技产品的情况。

Becky has found that many parents are eager to understand their children's use of technology.

‘迫切’是一个形容词，表示非常想要做某事或拥有某物。

Eager is an adjective that describes wanting to do or have something very much.

贝基还谈到了做一些小调整。

Becky also talks about making little shifts.

‘调整’指的是微小的改变。

A shift is a small change.

这个词既可以作动词，也可以作名词。

It can be used as a verb or a noun.

贝基举了个例子，比如把设备移到看不见的地方，这样就能帮助家长减少孩子的屏幕时间。

Becky shares an example of a shift that can help parents reduce children's screen time moving the device somewhere it can't be seen.

你甚至可以对孩子说：‘你知道我为什么把它挪走吗？’

You can even say to a kid, you know why I moved it?

其实是因为，要我看到房间里有屏幕却不去碰，对我来说真的很难。

It's actually because it's a really hard thing for me to expect from you, to see a screen in a room and not want to use it.

我当初没让你能顺利做到。

I wasn't setting you up for success.

贝基解释说，如果孩子能看见设备，要他们减少屏幕时间确实很难。

Becky explains how it's difficult for children to be expected to reduce their screen time if they can see their device.

设备摆在眼前，就等于没给他们创造成功的条件。

Having the device in view doesn't set them up for success.

如果你为某人‘做好准备’，就是帮他们创造顺利达成目标的环境。

If you set someone up for something, you prepare them for it.

对。

Yes.

比如刚才，我问尼尔关于屏幕时间的问题时，就让他措手不及了。

For example, earlier I set Neil up for a shock when I asked him a question about screen time.

尼尔，我问过你，根据英国媒体监管机构的数据，三到四岁的孩子中，有多少人拥有智能手机？

Neil, I asked you, according to The UK media regulator, how many children aged three to four have a smartphone?

我说是二十分之一。

And I said one in twenty.

其实呢，是五分之一。

Well, it is in fact, c, one in five.

哇，我以为会比我说的更高一些。

Wow, I thought it might be more than I said.

现在我们来回顾一下学过的词汇，先从‘intentional’开始。

Now let's recap the vocabulary we've learned starting with intentional.

这是一个形容词，意思是做事有计划、有目的。

It's an adjective that describes acting with a plan or reason in mind.

我们还学过‘the bar needs to be higher’这个表达。

We had the expression the bar needs to be higher.

把标准提高，就是把期望值调得更高。

To set the bar higher is to make your expectations higher.

还有‘enable’，意思是帮助某人具备做某事的能力，或者让某事成为可能。

We also had enable this is to encourage someone's ability to do something or to make something possible.

‘eager’就是非常渴望做某事或拥有某物。

To be eager is to want to do or have something very much.

shift 指的是一个小的改变。

A shift is a small change.

你也可以把它当动词用，表示稍微调整一下某事。

You can also use it as a verb to mean changing something slightly.

如果你为某人做好了准备，就是帮他们提前做好了应对的安排。

And if you set someone up for something, you prepare them for it.

好了，我们这六分钟又到了。

Once again, our six minutes are up.

如果你喜欢这期节目，欢迎访问我们的网站 bbclearningenglish.com，那里有测验和免费练习资料，帮你巩固所学词汇。

If you enjoyed this episode, you'll find a quiz and a free worksheet to practise the vocabulary you've learnt on our website b b c learning english dot com.

我们很快再见，现在先说再见了。

See you again soon, but for now, it's goodbye.

再见。

Goodbye.

六分钟英语。

Six Minute English.

来自BBC学习英语网站。

From bbclearningenglish.com.