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Here's why we need Wii U.
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Anyone can be like a superhero.
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Silly rabbit, tricks are for kids.
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Hi, I'm Brett.
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Kids spend a lot of time on screens these days.
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And where there are screens, there are ads.
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And lots of them.
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In this video, you're going to learn how advertising rewires kids' brains.
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Carl Sagan once said that the visions we offer our children shape the future.
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But these days we're not treating kids like shapers of the future, we're treating them like shoppers of the future.
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How?
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By serving up ads everywhere.
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On TV, with product placements and the shows they watch, in apps and even in video games.
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But kids don't always understand that advertising isn't designed to shape them into healthy, happy adults.
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It's designed to sell them more stuff.
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Some marketers even intentionally take advantage of young people's insecurities
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and their desire to fit in and that's all
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because advertisers care about what's best for their bottom line not what's best for kids
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so what do children learn from this constant stream of advertising kids learn
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that buying more stuff leads to more happiness in short the more ads kids see the more materialistic they become
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that means that they're more likely to say they want to be rich
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and famous when they grow up and that having lots of money is important to learn more I talked to this guy.
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Josh from Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood explained some of the consequences of these materialistic values.
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Research shows that kids who are more materialistic report lower levels of happiness
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and that's not surprising given that materialism teaches us that stuff is what's important.
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In fact it's actually our relationships and our life satisfaction that makes us happy.
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These materialistic kids also have lower academic performance and it may be
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because they're more concerned with appearing successful than actually learning new skills
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and ideas and when it comes to sharing
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and caring well they don't care about that either
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when asked what they would do with the money
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if they won the lottery kids who were more materialistic are less likely to say they would use
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that money to help others oh yeah they're less likely to care about the environment too the research shows
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that materialistic kids are less likely to recycle or turn off the lights
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when they leave a room but advertising doesn't just affect kids brains it's harming their bodies too.
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About 98 % of televised food ads that kids see are for unhealthy foods like soda, candy, and fast food.
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Studies have shown the more ads for unhealthy food that kids see, the more of this unhealthy food that they eat, raising their risk for obesity, diabetes, and other health complications.
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Black and Hispanic kids and teens are exposed to twice as much junk food marketing as their white peers.
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So yeah, advertising is really bad for children and for society at large.
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But here's the good news.
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People know that advertising to children is a problem.
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In one poll in 2014, 57 % of respondents supported banning all advertising to children.
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You can be part of the solution too.
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Let's help kids understand what commercials and marketing are all about and teach them that more stuff doesn't bring more happiness.
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Just as kids learn negative lessons from advertising, they can unlearn it too.
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And that starts by asking questions.
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If you watch media with your children, that gives you the opportunity to have conversations when the advertisements come on.
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You can ask your children, what is the ad trying to do?
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Who made it?
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But it's also important to reduce children's screen time.
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Not only will that improve their academic performance, help with their relationships, and make them more physically healthy, but it will also reduce their exposure to advertising,
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which is trying to convince them of the big lie, that stuff will make them happy.
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Groups like the Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood can help.
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So the Campaign for Commercial -Free Childhood has all sorts of resources to help parents
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and caregivers reduce the amount of time that children spend with ad -supported screens.
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And finally, we advocate for policies that would protect children from marketing, because if we want less materialistic kids, it's important that we change the rules of society so
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that all kids have a chance to grow up and be citizens first and consumers later.
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Thank you.
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本片段的口语训练目标
通过模仿视频中的对话，提升英语流畅度与表达自然度，尤其针对说明性内容的口语输出能力。视频中涉及广告对儿童影响的分析，包含大量逻辑清晰的论述，非常适合练习影子跟读（shadow speak），帮助学习者掌握如何有条理地阐述观点，同时培养对长句节奏的把控。
实用短语库
- rewires kids' brains（重塑孩子的大脑）
- take advantage of（利用）
- bottom line（底线，利润）
- materialistic values（物质主义价值观）
- life satisfaction（生活满意度）
- health complications（健康并发症）
- advocate for policies（倡导政策）
这些短语覆盖社会议题讨论场景，通过英语影子跟读反复练习，能快速积累实用表达，让口语更具说服力。
攻克发音与节奏难点
视频中存在不少长难句，如“the more ads kids see, the more materialistic they become”，其语调起伏和意群划分是关键。练习时可采用shadowspeak技巧，逐句跟读并注意“the more...the more...”结构的重读位置。此外，“obesity”“diabetes”等医学词汇的发音也需重点突破，通过模仿视频中的清晰发音，纠正自身口音误区。坚持一周，就能明显感受到口语流畅度的提升！
视频中的语法
说话人最常用的结构，并附上视频中的原话：
| 结构 | 视频中的用法 |
|---|---|
| 被动语态 be + 过去分词 — 强调发生了什么，而不是谁做的 | isn't designed · are exposed |
| 定语从句 who / which + 从句 — 补充说明人或事物 | kids who are · kids who were |
什么是跟读法？
跟读法 (Shadowing) 是一种有科学依据的语言学习技巧，最初开发用于专业口译员的培训，并由多语言者Alexander Arguelles博士普及。这个方法简单而强大：您在听英语母语原声的同时立即大声重复——就像是一个延迟1-2秒紧跟说话者的影子。与被动听力或语法练习不同，跟读法强迫您的大脑和口腔肌肉同时处理并模仿真实的讲话模式。研究表明它能显着提高发音准确性，语调，节奏，连读，听力理解和口语流利度——使其成为雅思口语备考和真实英语交流最有效的方法之一。