VOA慢速英语2014 年轻的越南人喜欢网络视频

 

AS IT IS 2014-10-11 Young Vietnamese Love Online Videos 年轻的越南人喜欢网络视频

Last year, a young woman in Vietnam named Phuong Nghi bought a smartphone. Her parents had refused to buy one for her. They might have been worried that she would spend too much time using it. If so, they were right to be concerned. We recently asked Phuong Nghi how much time she spends just watching videos on the device¹. The answer she gave? Eight hours…a day.

Millions of young Vietnamese spend a lot of time on the Internet. Phuong Nghi said “my mother was afraid I would use it too much and that it would not be good for me.”

Many Vietnamese are watching videos on the Internet. The Nielsen research company released² a report last week about online video use in Asia. The report says 91 percent people in Vietnam who use the Internet watch videos online at least once a week. It said more than 80 percent of Internet users³ in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Thailand watched online videos at least once a week. In Malaysia, it was 67 percent and in Singapore, 56 percent.

Nielsen also found that many people in Vietnam use more than one electronic device at the same time. The company talked to people it calls “digital consumers” who own more than one device. It found that more people in Vietnam use more than one device at the same time than in any country in the area. It reported 84 percent of Vietnamese who are online use three devices⁴ at the same time. Nielsen said this shows what it calls a “growing consumption⁵ of online video content” in Asia.

Nancy Jaffe works⁶ for Nielsen in Southeast Asia. In her words, “consumers are exercising their choice of how, when and where they can obtain their content and are more active in their media habits than ever before.”

Online videos can be a problem for Vietnam’s leaders. The country is ruled by one party. It limits media and the Internet. Websites like YouTube and Facebook permit people to post and watch videos that the government might not permit on traditional media. The government recently fined the creators of one online show for failing to ask for permission to make the program. The show is called “Apartment 69.” It talks about the sexual⁷ activities of young Vietnamese.

The Internet has been good to some media makers⁸. Two years ago, Huynh Nguyen Dang Khoa created a series called “My Best Gay⁹ Friend.”  It is considered Vietnam’s first comedy centered on homosexuals. Each show in the series received about one million views. It brought worldwide attention to the homosexual rights movement in Vietnam.

The Nielsen company says more smartphones and Internet service in Vietnam are the main reasons for the increase in online video use. The Nielsen report said four times more people used smartphones to get on the Internet in the last three years. The use of laptop computers for Internet access doubled. Nielsen said Vietnamese citizens spend 15.5 hours online for personal use each week. That is the lowest number in the report. People in other countries were online at least 20 hours a week.

Most of Vietnam gets Internet service from one undersea cable¹⁰. Service is often slow or completely cut because of frequent cable damage.

Words in This Story

refuse – v. to reject; to not accept, give or do something

consumer – n. a person who buys goods and services

device – n. an object, machine, or piece of equipment that has been made for some special purpose

limit – v. to stop or prevent an increase in (something)

damage – v. physical harm that is done to something

frequent – adj. happening often

1 device   

n.器械，装置；计划，策略，诡计

参考例句：

• The device will be in production by the end of the year.该装置将于年底投入生产。
• The device will save much time and effort for us.这种装置会使我们节省大量时间和气力。

2 released   

v.释放( release的过去式和过去分词 )；放开；发布；发行

参考例句：

• He was released on bail pending committal proceedings. 他交保获释正在候审。
• With hindsight it is easy to say they should not have released him. 事后才说他们本不应该释放他，这倒容易。

3 users   

用户，使用者( user的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The new software will prove a boon to Internet users. 这种新软件将会对互联网用户大有益处。
• Ramps should be provided for wheelchair users. 应该给轮椅使用者提供坡道。

4 devices   

n.设备；装置( device的名词复数 )；花招；（为实现某种目的的）计划；手段

参考例句：

• electrical labour-saving devices around the home 节省劳力的各种家用电器
• modern labour-saving devices such as washing machines and dishwashers 诸如洗衣机和洗碗机之类的现代化省力设备

5 consumption   

n.消费，消耗，消费额，消耗量，结核病

参考例句：

• Consumption of oil has declined in recent years.石油消耗量在最近几年下降了。
• The meat was condemned as unfit for human consumption.这种肉已被宣布不适宜人们食用。

6 works   

n.作品，著作；工厂，活动部件，机件

参考例句：

• We expect writers to produce more and better works.我们期望作家们写出更多更好的作品。
• The novel is regarded as one of the classic works.这篇小说被公认为是最优秀的作品之一。

7 sexual   

adj.性的，两性的，性别的

参考例句：

• He was a person of gross sexual appetites.他是个性欲旺盛的人。
• It is socially irresponsible to refuse young people advice on sexual matters.拒绝向年轻人提供性方面的建议是对社会不负责任。

8 makers   

n.制造者，制造商（maker的复数形式）

参考例句：

• The makers of the product assured us that there had been no sacrifice of quality. 这一产品的制造商向我们保证说他们没有牺牲质量。
• The makers are about to launch out a new product. 制造商们马上要生产一种新产品。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 gay   

adj.同性恋的；色彩鲜艳的；n.(男)同性恋者

参考例句：

• I don't know he was a gay person.我不知道他是同性恋者。
• Spring comes round to the earth again and everything looks fresh and gay.春回大地，万象更新。

10 cable   

n.缆绳，索；电缆；电报；vt.电汇，打电报

参考例句：

• Don't forget to cable us as soon as you arrive.别忘了一到就给我发个电报。
• The worker attached a cable.工人连接电缆。