The late-night television host, carpool karaoke king and father of three young children
深夜电视节目《拼车卡拉秀》的主持人,同时也是三个孩子的父亲，
was talking about the children's song "Baby Shark."
正在谈论一首儿歌《小鲨鱼》。
Maybe you have not heard the song, but that seems impossible.
也许你没有听过这首歌,不过这好像不大可能。
In 2015,a South Korean educational content maker, Pinkfong,
2015年,韩国教育内容制作商碰碰狐
released its first "Baby Shark" video.
发布了它们的第一个《小鲨鱼》视频。
Later, it broke the internet with a version
随后，另一版《小鯊鱼》视频刷爆互联网。
that mixed animation and two loveable humankids,
这个版本融合了动画和两个可爱的真人小孩。
The video shows them dancing to the story of a shark family, K-popstyle.
视频中,两个孩子随着讲述鲨鱼家故的音乐跳韩流风舞蹈。
The video has more than 2 billion views on YouTube.
这个视频在YouTube.上的浏览超过20亿。
A group called Super Simple also has well-loved versions of the song,
一个叫"超简单”乐队演绎的歌曲版本同样广受喜爱。
And YouTube provides a huge number of other “Baby Shark” offerings to choose from.
YouTube上还提供了大其它《小鲨鱼》视频供选择。
Some parents of special needs kids think "BabyShark" 【 is more than fun 】.
不只是…… be more than+adj.
Eg: I'm more than happy to be here.
一些有特殊需求的孩子的父母认为，《小鲨鱼》不仅仅可以用于娱乐。
They argue it has helped their 【 young ones 】.
他们认为它能帮助他们的孩子。
Holly Anderson of the U.S. state Utah is a mother of four.
美国犹他州的莉-安德森是四个孩子的母亲。
Her 3-year-old son has autism,
她三岁的儿子患有自闭症,
a disorder that can affect social skills, speech and other areas.
一种可以影响社交技能、言语和其它方面的障碍。
Anderson said her son "【 has a very difficult time <staying 】 sill>, even for a moment,
做什么有困难 have a difficult/hard time doing
保持不动 stay sill
安德森说她的儿子"哪怕是一瞬间也静不下来，
And usually spends his time running around in therapy.
他的时间通常花在治疗上。
But she said the "Baby Shark" song and video helps her son calm down.
但是她说《小鲨鱼》的歌曲和视频能够帮助她的儿子安静下
Bob Cunningham is an educator and adviser for the nonprofit Understood.org.
鲍勃坎宁安是非营利组织Understood.org的教育家和顾问。
He praised "Baby Shark" as catchy and colorful.
他称赞小鲨鱼引人入胜，色彩缤纷。
He added, "Both the music and the animation are predictable,
他补充道, “这首歌的音乐和动画都是可以预测的，
with repeated words, phrases, colors and movements."
它使用了重复的单词、词组、颜色和动作。
The combinations can 【 capture and keep children's attention 】,
抓住并保持某人的注意力 capture and keep someone's attention
坎宁安指出,这种组合能够吸引和保持孩子的注意力，
even for children who 【 have trouble paying 】 attention, Cunningham said,
做……有困难 have trouble doing
即使对那些注意力难以集中的孩子也是这样。
The song and video also 【 occupy most of the senses 】 at the same time
调动感官
另外,歌曲和视频同时占据了大部分感官,
and 【 combine language with music 】 and movement.
结合...与...
并且将语言和音乐、动作结合在一起
【 In addition to 】 being famous, 【 "Baby Shark" sells 】.
除...之外，还有...
...卖得好/受欢迎 sth. sells...
《小鲨鱼》不仅出了名,它还很叫卖。
A Montreal-based company,WowWee
一家总部位于蒙特利尔的公司WowWee
has a Pinkfong license for North America to sell the shark family in soft toys.
拥有碰碰狐的授权,可以在北美销售鲨鱼家族的毛绒玩具。
The toys sing when pressed in the middle.
按一下玩具中间,它们就会唱歌
The online marketplace Amazon took orders for the toys with a guarantee
网上商城亚马逊接受了这些玩具订单。
That they would arrive by Christmas.
并保证可以在圣诞节前送到。
WowWee's chief technology officer, Davin Sufer,
WowWee的首席技术官戴维苏弗说,
said they 【 sold out 】in less than three days.
售罄 sell out/be sold out
Eg: The new movie is such a hit that all of its tickets have been sold out.
这些玩具在三天内就售空了。
He said of the song.
谈到这首歌时，他说。
"You hear it once or twice and you hear yourself singing, 'doo doo doo doo doo doo.'
“你听了一两遍这首歌就会发现自己唱着嘟啷嘟嘟嘟嘟。
I could see maybe parents getting a little tired of it,but kids aren't."
我可以看到,也许父母对此感到有点厌倦,但孩子们不会。
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