How Can We Talk Online With More Than Words?

王秀鳳

Would you like to talk with your friends online in your free time？ The answer must be ： Yes， I’d like to. When you’re talking to friends online， you might sometimes use an emoji or a meme to show how you feel. Memes are more complex than emojis. They have text on an image.

Why do people like using them so much？ I think there are a few reasons. With emojis and memes， we are able to show our feelings without having to type. It makes communication easier. If I want to say “ I love you”， I can just send someone a “heart” emoji. Or I can send an “angry face” emoji to say “ I’m very upset right now！ ”

Emojis and memes also help us show feelings that are hard to put into words， but that we all understand. For example， when you want to celebrate a victory， you can use the Success Kid meme. It’s a picture of a boy with a clenched fist and a determined face. It’s easy to use a simple picture to show a thought or feeling that everyone knows.

There are also stickers. These are just simple images—sometimes still， sometimes animated. They usually don’t have text， so they’re a bit simpler than memes.

People use all of these things for different reasons. Emojis are quick and simple， and almost every phone or messaging app has them. Memes and stickers， on the other hand， have to be collected from others.

在網上怎樣能用文字以外的形式來交流？

你喜歡在空閑時間和你的朋友在線聊天嗎？答案一定是：是的，我非常樂意。當你在網上和朋友聊天時，有時可能會使用表情符號或表情包來表達你的感受。表情包比表情符號更復雜。表情包圖像上有文字。

為什么人們如此喜歡使用表情符號或表情包？我認為有幾個原因。有了表情符號和表情包，我們可以不用打字就能表達自己的感受。它使我們更容易溝通。如果我想說“我愛你”，我可以發一個“心”形表情符號。生氣時我可以發送一個“生氣的臉”表情圖來說明“我現在很難過！”

表情符號和表情包也可以幫助我們表達難以用語言表達的情感，但我們都能理解。例如，當你想慶祝勝利時，你可以使用Success Kid meme。這是一張男孩緊握拳頭表情堅定的圖片。用一張簡單的圖片來表達每個人都知道的想法或感覺非常容易。

另外還有貼紙。這些只是簡單的圖像，有時是靜止的，有時是動畫的，它們通常沒有文本，所以比表情包更簡單一些。

人們使用這些東西的初衷各不相同。表情符號既快速又簡單，幾乎每個手機或短信應用都有。另一方面，表情包和貼紙得從別人那里收集（以便日后使用）。