跟读练习: so you deleted social media... now what? - 通过视频学习英语口语
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You probably feel like social media has taken over your entire life.
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It's sucking dry your childlike joy and creative spark.
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It's infiltrated into every crevice of your mind.
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At what point did I pick up my phone and never put it back down again?
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So you do it.
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You do the thing.
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You finally delete social media.
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And, well, now what?
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Here are five obstacles you can expect after quitting social media and why it's worth it.
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Well, expect to reach for your phone.
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A lot.
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Just because you deleted the apps doesn't mean that your brain magically stopped being addicted to your phone.
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It's still there, you just lost access to it.
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When I first got off of social media, I found myself reaching for my phone just as much as I did before.
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I just end up scrolling through my photos or my email.
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But I realized that I used my phone as a crutch for any kind of boredom or difficulty.
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For example, when I get stuck on something at work, my instinct would be to reach for my phone and start scrolling.
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Also expect that you most likely will relapse.
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As with any addiction, relapsing is a part of the journey.
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I've relapsed and redownloaded the app so many times before
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and I noticed that for me a lot of the common triggers would be special events or trips that I'd go on.
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I used to use TikTok to search up restaurants and cool places to go.
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Of course I would end up getting sucked back into the apps
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and stay on it for much longer than I intended to.
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That's what these apps are designed to do.
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They're designed to capture your attention at a psychological level.
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It doesn't mean you're broken.
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It literally just means that the platforms are working as they're intended to.
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Hey guys, Editing Zia here.
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I just want to interject real quick and say
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that I'm not trying to imply that I'm somehow better than anyone else for not being on social media.
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I genuinely just had a really bad social media addiction to
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the point where I would spend 8 to 12 hours a day on social media
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and I realized that was really stopping me from doing literally anything else with my life.
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So for me personally, I've seen a lot of benefits from getting off of social media
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but that's not for everyone and some people can have very healthy relationships with it.
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Yeah, that's all.
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The apps are not pre-installed on my phone.
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It adds a little bit of friction
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and makes me think twice about whether whether
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or not I really want to use the app
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because I'm not going to re-download a whole app just to scroll on my phone for five minutes.
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I think for me that's a healthier balance for staying off of social media because it's not about complete restriction.
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But if I need it for some sort of research purpose, I do allow myself to do that.
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Another thing that you can expect to feel is FOMO.
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When you're off of social media, sometimes you quite literally have no idea what's going on in other people's lives.
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And because of that, it can feel very disconnecting and kind of make it feel like you don't have friends anymore.
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While I did struggle with FOMO in the beginning, over time, I've kind of learned to see as a good thing
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because now the people that i talk to
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and hang out with are people
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that i see in real life people who have my phone number
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and can contact me directly i think social media made me feel like i had a lot of friends
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because i would like and comment on other people's posts from college
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or high school but i wouldn't actually interact with these people in real life so
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when i was no longer having these types of interactions it
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definitely made me feel like my circle shrunk a lot you're also going to find
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that you don't understand pop culture internet culture or memes as much anymore
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which again used to make me feel a lot of fomo
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because when my friends in real life would bring up some internet trend i would have no idea what they're talking about.
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And every single time is always just like, Oh, have you seen this trend?
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Have you heard of this?
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And the answer is always no, I never know what's going on.
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And it definitely made me feel like I was missing out.
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But when I consider how much more clarity and control I feel over my life by getting off of social media, I feel like not understanding some internet memes is a small price to pay for that.
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One thing that I really struggled with when I got off of social media was that I felt so uninformed.
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I used to be someone that pretty much got all of my news off of social media.
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And so when I wasn't on it anymore, I felt like I just had no idea what was going on in the world or in politics.
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And that was honestly something
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that made me feel rather conflicted about getting off of social media because there's a lot happening in the world right now.
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It's very chaotic out there.
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And I didn't want to feel like I was being complacent to all the injustices that were happening around me.
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A lot of times social media would be the first place that you would hear about something.
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And so when I wasn't on it anymore, it would just take me a lot longer
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because I would only find things out
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when other people would tell me about something that happened and I would do my own research.
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I think I also began to see that as a good thing.
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It has allowed me to create my opinions separate from the opinions of other people.
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And I think when you are on social media, a lot of times it can be difficult to distinguish whether something is a belief
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that you formed yourself or if it was formed by the millions of other opinions that were on your feed.
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It's very hard to distinguish that
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because a lot of times what you passively consume can subconsciously affect your beliefs without you really knowing it.
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And so that was one thing that I was also struggling with when I was using social media.
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I felt like I kind of became an echo chamber of all the opinions I heard online.
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So now even though the trade off is
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that I don't hear my news as quickly anymore and it takes a bit more effort to gain information.
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I do think that's an overall good thing
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that I'm learning things through my own research rather than through the lens of someone else.
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I do think that social media can be a contributing factor to why our political landscape is so divisive these days.
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We do listen to opinions online and end up regurgitating them in our real lives without noticing.
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And when your TikTok algorithm sees
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that you engage with a lot of emotionally charged political content is going to give you more of that.
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And a lot of times it really makes it seem like the world is ending.
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And even though in some ways that is kind of true, I don't think it's healthy for the average person to be in taking a constant feed of negativity every day.
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Not even being uninformed, but being slowly informed is a small price to pay.
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I did not have to consume all that negativity.
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The next thing that you can expect is, of course, you are going to be bored.
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We all know that our brains are fried.
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It's called brain rot for a reason.
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Our dopamine receptors are fried.
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Our attention spans are cooked.
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We quite literally don't know how to be bored as a society anymore.
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And I think that there's a lot of damage in not allowing a society to be bored
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because I think that in allowing yourself to be bored, creativity is born.
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Inspiration is born.
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It's really hard to create.
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It's really hard to do anything meaningful when you're constantly numbing your brain with a constant stream of fast dopamine.
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It's hard to do hard things when easy things are so insanely gratifying.
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And that was another reason
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that I originally got off of social media to begin with was because I felt like I couldn't do challenging things anymore.
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I couldn't sit down and focus on a project I really wanted to do
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because it was just easier and more fun for me to go scroll on TikTok instead.
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Sometimes it takes you being bored, staring at the wall, staring at a blank canvas.
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And I felt like for me, I lost the skill of being bored.
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I couldn't go up the elevator for 10 seconds without pulling out my phone.
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I can't even go to the bathroom without going on my phone.
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I got so used to filling every single gap of time with entertainment that I didn't have time to just think anymore.
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So for me, when I first deleted social media, it felt like an uncomfortable silence.
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My brain wasn't used to being so under stimulated.
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But I think once you get over those initial feelings of discomfort, it becomes a lot easier for you to sit down
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and read or sit down and draw or do something creative to lean into your hobbies.
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Because yes, it is extremely hard to create when all you do is consume and consumption is not a hobby.
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Getting off of social media is just insanely under stimulating and you're going to be bored.
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But I think that there are great things on the other side of boredom.
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So yes, I just told you all these reasons why you're going to struggle getting off of social media, why it's going to suck.
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So why is it worth it to do it anyways?
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The silver lining here, getting off of social media gave me three noticeable improvements to my quality of life.
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One, your friendships and your relationships will be few, but they will be deeper and more meaningful.
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Yeah, it's going to feel like you're losing friends, but it also gives you so much more time and energy to really nourish the ones that you care about.
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Social media gives us the illusion that we're surrounded by people and yet we still feel so alone.
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Shutting out that noise allows you to focus on the people who really matter.
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Number two, you will find inspiration.
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Like I said, great things are bred out of boredom.
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You have to allow yourself to be bored.
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You have to allow yourself to be understimulated for any creativity to flow.
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I've personally started passion projects such as this YouTube channel.
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And last but not least, number three, you will develop your personal style, taste, opinions, and beliefs.
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When there's no longer the noise of everyone else, it becomes a lot easier for you to understand what you truly like.
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Our generation is going through an identity crisis.
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We so deeply fear the loss of individuality, but the only way to truly know yourself, understand yourself, is by giving yourself time to be alone.
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And that means cutting out the noise.
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Do you really like that thing?
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Do you really want to buy it?
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Do you really believe in this cause?
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Or have you just been influenced?
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All right, guys, that's all I have for you today.
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Thank you for joining me again.
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If you like this video Please make sure to like and subscribe and I will see you guys next time.
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Bye.
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关于本课
在这节课中，您将通过观看一段关于社交媒体的影响的视频，练习您的英语口语。此视频探讨了删除社交媒体后所面临的挑战，同时提供个人经验和反思。通过学习视频中的内容，您将提升自己的听力理解能力，并学习如何用流利的英语表达自己的想法。
关键词汇与短语
- 社交媒体 (social media) - 指任何在线平台用于社交互动。
- 成瘾 (addiction) - 对某种事物产生强烈而无法自控的需求。
- 回归 (relapse) - 在尝试戒除某种习惯后重新开始该习惯。
- 疑虑 (friction) - 引发思考的因素，使我们在做决定时更加谨慎。
- 错失恐惧 (FOMO) - 害怕错过他人生活中的重要时刻。
- 健康关系 (healthy relationship) - 与社交媒体的使用保持适度且不影响生活质量的状态。
- 心理层面 (psychological level) - 影响思维和情感的深层次环境或因素。
- 研究目的 (research purpose) - 为特定目标而使用社交媒体的情况。
练习技巧
在观看该视频时，建议您尝试以下几点，以便更有效地进行英语口语练习：
- 影子跟读 (shadowing)：在听的同时，跟随视频的讲话者重复其内容。这可以帮助您提高英语发音和口语流利度。
- 慢速练习 (slow practice)：如果视频的速度较快，可以使用播放功能调慢速度。这将使您更容易跟上讲话者的节奏。
- 分段学习 (segment learning)：将视频内容分成小段，逐段练习。每一段结束后，尝试复述一下其意思，从而加深理解。
- 情感表达 (emotional expression)：注意讲话者的语气和情感变化。在跟读的过程中，尝试模拟其情感表达，以增强口语的表现力。
- 创造场景 (create scenarios)：在自己生活中寻找与视频内容相关的场景，通过对话练习加深记忆，增强语感。
通过这些方法，您将能够更好地提升您的英语口语能力，并在生活中自由地使用英语交流。
什么是跟读法？
跟读法 (Shadowing) 是一种有科学依据的语言学习技巧，最初开发用于专业口译员的培训，并由多语言者Alexander Arguelles博士普及。这个方法简单而强大：您在听英语母语原声的同时立即大声重复——就像是一个延迟1-2秒紧跟说话者的影子。与被动听力或语法练习不同，跟读法强迫您的大脑和口腔肌肉同时处理并模仿真实的讲话模式。研究表明它能显着提高发音准确性，语调，节奏，连读，听力理解和口语流利度——使其成为雅思口语备考和真实英语交流最有效的方法之一。