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Hello. This is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English. I'm Neil.
大家好。这里是BBC六分钟英语节目。我是Neil。
And I'm Beth. In this programme, we're discussing the positives and negatives of social media in the lives of young people.
我是Beth。在这个节目中，我们将讨论社交媒体对年轻人生活的影响。
And this is a really trending topic at the moment because of what's happening in Australia, where a new law to limit under 16-year-olds' access to social media is being debated.
这是目前非常流行的话题，因为澳大利亚正在讨论一项限制16岁以下青少年使用社交媒体的新法律。
Neil, tell me one good thing and one bad thing about having social media in your life.
Neil，告诉我社交媒体在你生活中的益处和坏处。
Well, one good thing is it means I can see what friends are doing who live far away and one bad thing is it's really addictive and a massive waste of time.
好的方面是，我可以通过社交媒体看到住在很远的朋友在做什么，坏事是它很容易上瘾，而且浪费大量时间。
Well, it's interesting to hear a man's perspective, Neil, because when it comes to issues like cyber-bullying,
Neil，听到一个男人的观点很有趣，因为当谈到网络欺凌等问题时，
it's often young women who are most affected, so soon we'll be hearing from women in different countries about their online experiences.
受影响最大的往往是年轻女性，所以很快我们将听到来自不同国家的女性讲述她们的在线经历。
And remember you can find all the vocabulary and a worksheet on our website, bbclearningenglish.com.
请记住，您可以在我们的网站bbclearningenglish.com上找到所有词汇和活页练习题。
But first I have a question for you, Beth. In 2024, which was the most regularly used social media platform in the world? Was it: a) Facebook? b) Instagram? or c) TikTok?
但首先我要问你一个问题，Beth。2024年，世界上使用最频繁的社交媒体平台是哪个？是：a)Facebook？b)Instagram？还是c)TikTok？
Oh, I'm going to say TikTok. Well, we'll find out the answer at the end of the programme. Now, let's start with the positive side of social media.
我猜是TikTok。我们会在节目结束时揭晓正确答案。现在，让我们从社交媒体的积极方面开始。
As a politics student at Oklahoma University, twenty-one-year-old Haleigh Hurst campaigned in the 2024 US presidential election.
作为俄克拉荷马大学政治系的学生，21岁的Haleigh Hurst参加了2024年美国总统大选的竞选活动。
Here, she explains one benefit of social media to BBC World Service programme, Pick of the World:
在这里，她向BBC世界服务节目《世界精选》解释了社交媒体的一个好处：
I do think social media has played a huge role in educating young voters on different policies and different people who are running.
我确实认为社交媒体在教育年轻选民了解不同的政策和不同的竞选者方面发挥了巨大作用。
I know Trump has recently said that he has a soft spot in his heart for TikTok. With the growth of social media it has sparked a lot more debates. I think my generation too has seen so many climactic things happen.
我知道特朗普最近说他对TikTok情有独钟。随着社交媒体的发展，它引发了更多的争论。我认为我们这一代人也见证了许多高潮的发生。
Haleigh thinks one good thing about social media is that it sparks debates and conversations – it causes debates to start.
Haleigh认为社交媒体的一个好处是它引发了辩论和对话。
She comments that Donald Trump is a fan of social media by saying he has a soft spot for TikTok.
她评论说唐纳德·特朗普是社交媒体的粉丝，对TikTok情有独钟。
If you have a soft spot for something or someone, you feel affectionate and fond of it; you like it a lot.
如果你have a soft spot for something or someone，你会对它产生感情和喜爱；你非常喜欢它。
But of course, that's not the whole story. Increasingly, young women are reporting the negative impact social media is making on their lives, and the pressure they feel to appear 'perfect' online, especially from men.
但当然，这并不是全部。越来越多的年轻女性报告了社交媒体对其生活产生的负面影响，以及她们在网上表现出“完美”的压力，尤其是来自男性的压力。
Maanvi Sharma, aged 28, is a businesswoman and model with a large Instagram following who lives in Delhi, India.
28岁的Maanvi Sharma是一名女商人和模特，在Instagram上拥有大量粉丝，住在印度德里。
And Kemi Adeyemi, is a twenty-six-year-old travel blogger from Lagos in Nigeria.
而Kemi Adeyemi是一位26岁的旅游博主，来自尼日利亚拉各斯。
Both young women discussed these social media worries with BBC World Service programme, Pick of the World:
两位年轻女性在接受BBC国际服务节目《世界精选》采访时讨论了这些社交媒体方面的担忧：
the person you're dating, they might leave you just because of the social media. They might think that you're not good for, you know, marriage like….
你约会的对象可能会因为社交媒体而离开你。他们可能会认为你不适合结婚。
You can't be a good partner because you're on social media, because you're being watched by a lot of people, and they feel a little intimidated by this…
你不可能成为一个好的伴侣，因为你在社交媒体上，因为你被很多人关注，他们对此感到有点害怕……
"You know what, we saw your girlfriend - Oh my gosh! She was wearing this, Oh my God!" But it's affecting my personal life…
“我们看到了你的女朋友——哦，天哪！她穿着这个，天哪！”但这影响了我的个人生活……
Some men or some people, they want you to shrink yourself so that they can, like, be the bigger person.
有些男人或有些人希望你缩小自己，这样他们就可以放大自己。
They get to listen to what your friends say about you, what your family says about you, and they are not able to, like, stand up for you,
他们可以听你的朋友对你说的话，你的家人对你说的话，他们无法站出来为你说话，
to say, "Oh, I know this person. I believe she's not, like, doing these things for other reasons".
说：“我认识这个人。我相信她不会因为其他原因做这些事情”。
Maanvi thinks some men are intimidated by her popularity on Instagram. Intimidated means to feel frightened or nervous because you lack confidence.
Maanvi认为，有些男人对她在Instagram上的受欢迎程度感到害怕。Intimidated意味着因为缺乏自信而感到害怕或紧张。
She feels people gossip about her posts and photos, using expressions like, 'Oh my gosh!' and 'Oh my God!' to express their shock or surprise.
她觉得人们对她的帖子和照片八卦，使用'Oh my gosh!'和'Oh my God!'等来表达他们的震惊。
And Kemi agrees. She says that on social media, some people want her to shrink herself, a phrase meaning that you underuse your full potential in order to avoid making people uncomfortable, or to fit in.
Kemi也同意这一点。她说，在社交媒体上，有些人希望她shrink herself，这个短语的意思是，为了避免让别人不舒服或融入其中，你没有充分发挥自己的潜力。
When she's bullied online, Kemi says that these people don't stand up for her. To stand up for someone means to defend or support someone who's being criticised or bullied.
当她在网上受到欺凌时，Kemi说这些人不会为她挺身而出。To stand up for someone意味着为受到批评或欺凌的人辩护或支持。
And I think it's time you revealed the answer to your question, Neil. I asked which was the most regularly used social media platform in the world in 2024 – Facebook, Instagram or TikTok?
我认为是时候揭晓你问题的答案了，Neil。我问2024年世界上使用最频繁的社交媒体平台是哪个——Facebook、Instagram还是TikTok？
What did you say Beth? TikTok. I'm afraid you're wrong. It's Facebook, with over three billion regular users.
你说什么，Beth？TikTok。恐怕你错了。是Facebook，它有超过30亿的常规用户。
OK, let's recap the vocabulary we've learned in this programme, starting with the verb spark, meaning to cause something, such as a debate or argument, to start happening.
好的，让我们回顾一下在本期节目中学到的词汇，从动词spark开始，意思是引起某事（例如辩论或争论）开始发生。
If you have a soft spot for someone, you feel affection for them; you like them very much.
如果你have a soft spot for someone，你会对他们产生感情；你非常喜欢他们。
To be intimidated means to feel frightened or nervous because you lack confidence in a situation.
To be intimidated意味着因为对某种情况缺乏信心而感到害怕或紧张。
The expressions 'Oh my gosh!' and 'Oh my God!' are exclamations of strong feelings like shock, surprise, anger or disbelief.
“Oh my gosh!”和“Oh my God!”这些表达方式表达了强烈的情感，如震惊、惊讶、愤怒或难以置信。
If you shrink yourself, you make yourself smaller and don't use your full potential in order to make others feel comfortable, or to fit in with them.
如果你shrink yourself，你就会使自己变得渺小，无法充分发挥自己的潜力，让别人感到舒适，或者融入他们。
And finally, to stand up for someone means to be vocal in defending a person who is being bullied. Once again, our time is up!
最后，to stand up for someone意味着大声为被欺负的人辩护。六分钟时间到了！
But if you're ready for more, head over to the BBC Learning English website to try the worksheet with a quiz for this programme! See you there soon! Goodbye!
但是，如果你准备好了，请前往BBC学习英语网站尝试本节目的测验练习题！很快再见！再见！
