【外文阅读精讲(35)】刷短视频，你上瘾了吗？｜考研英语｜高考｜专升本｜四六级｜

Finding short videos irresistible?

Related words：

1. indulge in sth 沉迷于
2. addictive 使人上瘾的
3. gambling addiction 赌博成瘾
4. intermittent 断断续续的 eg. Rain showers will be intermittent throughout the evening.
5. step up in isuuing regular alerts 加强警告
6. put a 'like' and forward the video to my friends 点赞转发给我的盆友
7. innocuous 无伤大雅的，无关紧要的
8. snippet （新闻、对话）片段，一则
9. scoll through 滚屏
10. algorithms 算法

Vocabulary：

1. on a regular basis 经常地，常态化地，相同的用法还有 on a daily basis, or on a weekly basis
2. step up 加块，加强
3. cursory 草率的，
4. pitable 可怜的
5. outraged 愤慨的，气愤的
6. in succession 接连的
7. urge 强烈的欲望 I have/ feel an urge to do sth.
8. euphoric = extremely happy and excited 当时的快感
9. vitiate = weaken 削弱
10. imperceptibly 不知不觉的

Nice sentence：

1. Long-term viewing of short videos could interfere with their normal social interactions.
2. （刷短视频上瘾的原因）“Intermittent reinforcement" can account for the urge to constantly scroll through the short videos. In other words, the videos would provide a positive and euphoric response in the brain, pretty much like a gambling addiction. For clicking on these seemingly innocuous videos, you will be thrown into a mindless spiral as we eagerly move from one snippet to the next, each lasting 20 to 30 seconds, and are shocked, amused, and outraged in rapid session. You never have a chance to get board, for you are always curious about what the next piece would be like, craving more and expecting more. All that is needed is slight twitching of one of your fingers.