The social media drain

河南西華縣第一高級中學 閔正威

過度使用社交媒體會讓人們耗盡心力，失去眾多的樂趣。

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難詞探意

1.flurry/?fl?ri/n.一陣忙亂（或激動、興奮等）

2.simultaneously/?s?ml?te?ni?sli/ adv.同時地；同時發生地

3.proponent/pr??p??n?nt/ n.倡導者；支持者

4.stumble/?st?mbl/ v.絆腳；絆倒

5.drained/dre?nd/ adj.疲憊不堪的；精疲力竭的

Our world is always hunting for constant attention and engagement.Our social media accounts keep us forward like a drug,grasping us in their barbed-wire(有刺鐵絲網)fingers and grasping us at the core.We become so obsessed with constantly connecting and engaging with others that we lose sight of something extremely important to our happiness:our inner voice.

In the constantflurryof activity,likes and selfies,we can no longer see ourselves.We become people hungering for attention and instant pleasure or satisfaction.Thus,for many of us,the inner voices are silenced,and we don't let our worlds get quiet enough for us to hear them.

I'm not saying all social media are bad or that we should all give up on the society we've created.The beauty of our world is that it is,in many ways,simultaneouslysmaller and much larger than we could have ever dreamed.We have the benefit of connection,not just in our own communities,but across the world.We can engage in meaningful interactions with people we would never have the chance of knowing.I am a hugeproponentof social media and of chasing dreams.I'm a believer in the power of technology.

Still,our world is flying forward at a pace that is exhausting in a soul-defining kind of way.We become so crazy about growth and the loud noise of tomorrow that we often forget to take a moment and just breathe.There is an addictive quality that sometimes gets the best of even the most self-awareness.

It's no wonder that so many of us stumble through our lives feeling drained and lost.It's no wonder that so many of us are missing out on the simple,beautiful moments of the present.It's no wonder that so few of us actually know who we are and what we want in life.

Reading Check

1.What important thing does the author think we ignore according to paragraph 1?

2.What might be the author's concern according to paragraph 3?

3.What does the author consider himself/herself to be according to paragraph 3?

4.Why do we tend to forget to take a moment and just breathe?

5.What could be the author's attitude toward how we get along with social media?

Language Study

Sentence for writing

It's no wonder that so many of us stumble through our lives feeling drained and lost.

【信息提取】It be no wonder that...難怪……

【句式仿寫】難怪他能取得如此巨大的成就。