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AI太火了,别的东西短缺了

AI is too hot, other things are in shortage

Script

Hello everyone.

Welcome to the Simple Chinese Podcast.

Today we talk about big news.

AI

This news is about AI.

AI

AI is very popular now.

AI

Big companies are all doing AI.

They spent a lot of money.

亿

This sum of money is 700 billion US dollars.

This is truly a lot.

But this has brought problems.

First, we want to talk about workers.

AI

AI computers need a lot of electricity.

We need many people to fix electricity.

These people are called electricians.

Now electricians are very few.

Electricians are very hard to find.

Many jobs have stopped.

Building houses has also become slow.

Next, we want to talk about mobile phones.

Your mobile phone might become expensive.

Why will it become expensive?

AI

Because AI needs chips.

Mobile phones also need chips.

Chips are not enough to use now.

If chips are few, the price is high.

Buying a phone requires spending more money.

In addition, we want to talk about investment.

This is a matter about money.

AI

Companies gave all the money to AI.

Other good projects have no money.

New ideas have no money.

This is actually not very good.

AI

AI took away all the money.

Finally, we need to think a bit.

AI

AI develops very fast.

But our lives have changed.

Finding an electrician is hard.

Buying a phone is expensive.

This is a big matter.

Thank you everyone for listening.

We will see you next time.

Key Vocabulary

播客bōkèpodcast

Noun. An audio program. Measure word: 个 (gè).

流行liúxíngpopular / trendy

Adjective/Verb. Describes something that is widespread or fashionable.

美元měiyuánUS Dollar

Noun. The currency of the United States.

短缺duǎnquēshortage

Noun/Verb. A state where something is needed cannot be obtained in sufficient amounts.

电工diàngōngelectrician

Noun. A person whose job is to install or repair electrical equipment. Measure word: 个 (gè) or 位 (wèi).

tíngto stop

Verb. To come to a halt or cease activity.

手机shǒujīmobile phone

Noun. Measure word: 部 (bù) or 个 (gè).

芯片xīnpiàncomputer chip

Noun. A small piece of semiconducting material used to make integrated circuits. Measure word: 块 (kuài).

价格jiàgéprice

Noun. The amount of money expected, required, or given in payment for something.

投资tóuzīinvestment / to invest

Noun/Verb. Putting money into something with the expectation of gain.

项目xiàngmùproject

Noun. A planned piece of work. Measure word: 个 (gè).

生活shēnghuólife / to live

Noun/Verb. The existence of an individual or group.

Grammar Points

Subject + 在 + Verb

Indicates an action in progress (Present Continuous). similar to '-ing' in English.

大公司都在做AI

Subject + 变 + Adjective + 了

Indicates a change of state. 'To become' + adjective.

你的手机可能变贵

盖房子也变慢了

因为 ... 所以 ...

Cause and effect pattern. 'Because ... therefore ...'. In spoken Chinese, '所以' is sometimes omitted if the context is clear, or used alone.

因为AI需要芯片

Subject + 把 + Object + Verb

The 'Ba' construction. It emphasizes what happens to the object. The subject does something to the object.

公司把钱都给了AI

如果 ... 就 ...

Conditional sentence structure. 'If ... then ...'.

如果芯片很少,价格就高

Proper Nouns

AIAIArtificial Intelligence美元MěiyuánUS Dollar

Sources

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