VOA慢速英语2015 越南跃居YouTube十大海外市场

AS IT IS 2015-11-02 Vietnam Shoots to YouTube’s Top 10 Countries 越南跃居YouTube十大海外市场

The country of Vietnam is among YouTube’s top 10 foreign markets.

It has become a major test area in Asia.

YouTube announced the ranking at a Ho Minh City event celebrating the one-year anniversary of Vietnam’s YouTube channel.

Vietnam was not close to the top 10 two years ago. Since then, young people thrilled by technology make YouTube popular in Vietnam. The website reports that 400 hours worth of video are uploaded per minute.

Vietnam’s YouTube channel has debuted¹ with "120 percent year-on-year growth in terms of watch time,” according to Phuong Anh Nguyen, a YouTube official.

Vietnamese are watching YouTube at a big rate. Females are watching British singer Adele’s “Hello.” Foreign situation comedies, like Australia's 

“Thank God You're Here,” get 3 to 4 million views per episode² in Vietnam, according to the country’s newspaper, Tuoi Tre.

The southeast Asia country is also a YouTube test site. The company tries out services for emerging³ markets in Vietnam. An offline option of saving clips⁴ began in April.

How did Vietnam and YouTube become so friendly?

Inexpensive data plans is one reason. Vietnamese own smartphones rather than laptop computers. Vietnamese connect their smartphones to wireless⁵ Internet.

They also expect WiFi everywhere. Vietnamese tend to save videos. Their country’s videos are featured on the site. They favor YouTube over other video services like Vimeo, Hulu or Netflix.

Words in This Story

upload – v. to move or copy a file or program from a computer or device to a usually larger computer or computer network

comedy – n. a play, movie, television program or novel that is meant to make people laugh

laptop – n. a small computer that is designed to be easily carried

1 debuted   

初次表演，初次登台（debut的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• In late 2003 a full-size SUV, the Pathfinder Armada, debuted. 2003年末，全尺寸SUV的探路者无敌舰队，推出。
• The album debuted at number two and quickly went platinum. 专辑一亮相就荣登排行榜第二名，很快就取得了白金销量。

2 episode   

n.（作品的一段）情节，插曲，系列事件中之一

参考例句：

• The episode was a huge embarrassment for all concerned.这段小插曲令所有有关人员都感到非常尴尬。
• This episode remains sharply engraved on my mind.这段经历至今仍深深地铭刻在我的心中。

3 emerging   

adj.正在不断出现的

参考例句：

• Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency. 两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。
• I saw the woman emerging out of a shop. 我看见那个妇女从商店里走出来。

4 clips   

n.剪（ clip的名词复数 ）；剪短；剪报；（塑料或金属的） 夹子v.用别针别在某物上，用夹子夹在某物上（ clip的第三人称单数 ）；剪掉；缩短；给…剪毛（或发）

参考例句：

• toe clips on a bicycle 自行车上的踏脚夹套
• Use the crocodile clips to attach the cables to the battery. 用鳄鱼嘴夹把电缆接到蓄电池上。

5 wireless   

adj.无线的；n.无线电

参考例句：

• There are a lot of wireless links in a radio.收音机里有许多无线电线路。
• Wireless messages tell us that the ship was sinking.无线电报告知我们那艘船正在下沉。