你知道短剧吗

Nǐ zhī dào duǎn jù ma

Do you know about short dramas?

就是在短视频盛行的现在

Jiù shì zài duǎn shì pín shèng xíng de xiàn zài

That is, in the current era where short videos are prevalent

出现的一种电视剧

Chū xiàn de yī zhǒng diàn shì jù

A type of TV drama that has emerged

它的特点是一集非常短

Tā de tè diǎn shì yī jí fēi cháng duǎn

Its characte’ristic is that each episode is very short

可能只有几分钟

Kě néng zhǐ yǒu jǐ fēn zhōng

It may be only a few minutes long

而且剧情很狗血

Ér qiě jù qíng hěn gǒu xiě

And the plot is very melodramatic  (or "cheesy")

它们抓住人性的缺点

Tā men zhuā zhù rén xìng de quē diǎn

They seize on the flaws of human nature

来吸引观众的眼球

Lái xī yǐn guān zhòng de yǎn qiú

To catch the audience's attention

比如，穿越到古代做一个富豪

Bǐ rú, chuān yuè dào gǔ dài zuò yī gè fù háo

For example, traveling back to ancient times to become a wealthy person

这种模式最早在中国出现

Zhè zhǒng mó shì zuì zǎo zài zhōng guó chū xiàn

This model first appeared in China

现在中国人把这一套复制到了其它国家

Xiàn zài zhōng guó rén bǎ zhè yī tào fù zhì dào le qí tā guó jiā

Nowadays, Chinese people have copied this model to other countries

我听说美国的短剧也很火

Wǒ tīng shuō měi guó de duǎn jù yě hěn huǒ

I heard that short dramas are also very popular in the United States

像什么总统爱上清洁工什么的

Xiàng shén me zǒng tǒng ài shàng qīng jié gōng shén me de

Like plots such as "the president falls in love with a cleaner"

对于我们有学识有文化的人来说

Duì yú wǒ men yǒu xué shí yǒu wén huà de rén lái shuō

For people like us who are educated and cultured

这个现象真的有些恶心

Zhè ge xiàn xiàng zhēn de yǒu xiē ě xīn

This phenomenon  is really somewhat disgusting

但是这是否就是一种劣币驱逐良币呢

Dàn shì zhè shì fǒu jiù shì yī zhǒng liè bì qū zhú liáng bì ne

But is this a case of "bad money driving out good money"?

你是否看过一本书叫《娱乐至死》

Nǐ shì fǒu kàn guò yī běn shū jiào 《Yú Lè Zhì Sǐ》

Have you read a book called "Amusing Ourselves to Death"?

作者担心电视会让人堕落

Zuò zhě dān xīn diàn shì huì ràng rén duò luò

The author was worried that television would make people degenerate  

如果作者看到现在的互联网的情况

Rú guǒ zuò zhě kàn dào xiàn zài de hù lián wǎng de qíng kuàng

If the author saw the current state of the Internet

不知道作何感想

Bù zhī dào zuò hé gǎn xiǎng

I wonder what thoughts he would have

有些人说

Yǒu xiē rén shuō

Some people say

现在的移动互联网和短视频，还有AI

Xiàn zài de yí dòng hù lián wǎng hé duǎn shì pín, hái yǒu AI

Today's mobile Internet, short videos, and AI

让人更加的两极分化

Ràng rén gèng jiā de liǎng jí fēn huà

Are making people more polarized

很多的人迷失在及时享乐中

Hěn duō de rén mí shī zài jí shí xiǎng lè zhōng

Many people are lost in instant gratification

少数人积极进取，提高自己的认知

Shǎo shù rén jī jí jìn qǔ, tí gāo zì jǐ de rèn zhī

A small number of people are proactive and strive to improve their cognitive abilities

你喜欢看短剧吗？

Nǐ xǐ huān kàn duǎn jù ma?

Do you like watching short dramas?

你是否每天被大量的碎片信息所淹没呢

Nǐ shì fǒu měi tiān bèi dà liàng de suì piàn xìn xī suǒ yān mò ne

Are you overwhelmed by a large amount of fragmented information every day?

你每天刷多长时间的短视频呢

Nǐ měi tiān shuā duō cháng shí jiān de duǎn shì pín ne

How much time do you spend scrolling through short videos every day?