Sep.18 2022 Binge-watching TV viewers 'spend more than eight hours' glued to favourite shows

2022年的连续剧观看者在看喜欢的电视剧时能全神贯注的看“超过8小时”

标题的glued to sth翻译成全神贯注即可，glue是胶水站着的意思

A Radio Times survey of television viewing habits reveals that half of all viewers have spent more than eight hours glued to the box watching the same show.

一个由广播时报发起的对电视观看习惯的调查显示，有超过一半的观众会全神贯注的窝起来看同一个电视剧超过8小时。

Three quarters admit being glued to the screen for more than four hours in one sitting.

四分之三的人承认在屏幕前可以一坐就坐超过四小时。

The cultural phenomenon is aided by key features of services such as Netflix and Amazon Prime that will automatically start the next episode of a show 15 seconds after the end of the last one unless it is switched off.

像Netflix和Amazon Prime这样的流媒体服务商，在一集电视剧结束后15秒自动播放下一集的这一关键功能助长了这一文化现象。

cultural phenomenon 文化现象

aided by… 助长了

The survey of 5, 500 people explored how viewers consume television via on-demand and streaming services.

这项针对 5, 500 人的调查探讨了观众如何通过点播和流媒体服务消费电视节目。

on-demand 点播

streaming services 流媒体

consume 消费

The vast majority — 80 percent — revealed they had lost sleep in order to carry on watching a series, while almost one in five admitted calling into work sick in order to continue with a box set binge.

绝大多数——80%的人透露，他们有因为追剧而导致失眠，而5分之1的人承认他们因为想要继续疯狂追剧而请过病假。

the vast majority：绝大多数

admitted：承认

a box set binge：疯狂追剧？不确定

Tim Glanfield, editorial director of RadioTimes.com, said: "The rise of the streaming giants from the US and the traditional British broadcasters' adoption of streaming and catch-up services has fundamentally changed the way we consume TV." But many experts have warned that binge watching is bad for your health, linking it to depression and loneliness as it encourages neglect of work, relationships and family.

广播时报的编辑总监TG说到：“来自美国的流媒体巨头和英国广播公司采用流媒体服务和追赶服务（电视直播回放）从根本上改变了我们消费电视的习惯”。

catch-up：分析下来是类似点播的服务，可以随时会看各类节目

fundamentally：根本上地

但很多专家提醒道，连续剧的观看是非常不利于健康的，并将其与沮丧和孤独联系起来，因为他变相的在鼓励忽视工作，人际关系与家庭。

depression：沮丧

loneliness：孤独

生肉 Sep.18 2022 Binge-watching TV viewers 'spend more than eight hours' glued to favourite shows

A Radio Times survey of television viewing habits reveals that half of all viewers have spent more than eight hours glued to the box watching the same show.

The cultural phenomenon is aided by key features of services such as Netflix and Amazon Prime that will automatically start the next episode of a show 15 seconds after the end of the last one unless it is switched off.

The survey of 5, 500 people explored how viewers consume television via on-demand and streaming services.

The vast majority — 80 percent — revealed they had lost sleep in order to carry on watching a series, while almost one in five admitted calling into work sick in order to continue with a box set binge.

Tim Glanfield, editorial director of RadioTimes.com, said: "The rise of the streaming giants from the US and the traditional British broadcasters' adoption of streaming and catch-up services has fundamentally changed the way we consume TV." But many experts have warned that binge watching is bad for your health, linking it to depression and loneliness as it encourages neglect of work, relationships and family.