跟读练习: Why You Should Quit Social Media - Why It's Bad For You (animated) - 通过YouTube学习英语口语
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The use of social media has skyrocketed in the last decade.
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The use of social media has skyrocketed in the last decade.
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We are spending more and more time on Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and Twitter.
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Whenever we have some free time, we check our news feed, to see if something new has happened.
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Whether we'd like to admit it or not, it's changing why and how we do certain things; and especially how we look at them.
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Too much use of social media has been linked to higher levels of loneliness and depression.
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And we know that an entire new generation is growing up with lower self-esteem than all previous generations.
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Interestingly enough, people who browse social media more often than others, seem to suffer the most.
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Let's take a look at why this is happening.
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One thing that social media does is that it shows us fake lives of others.
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When you scroll through Instagram or Facebook feed, what do you see?
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Everyone you know is always on exotic vacations, they have amazing dinner parties with friends, and they are in perfect relationships.
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And you? You are just sitting there, living your boring life, while everyone is always out there enjoying themselves.
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However this is far from the truth.
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The only thing that is shared through social networks are the positive aspects of our lives.
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When you're going through difficult times you don't really want people to know that you're struggling.
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Most people are not going to share publicly that they are feeling sad or depressed.
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So it's natural to only share the best moments of our day.
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What happens is that we only see the highlights of those people, but we think that their life is constantly this way.
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They don't show us behind the scenes, because that's not as exciting.
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But I assure you, they have a lot more problems than you might think.
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Let me show you an example that happened just the other day.
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I went out with a friend of mine for a cup of coffee.
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And the only thing we talked about was her relationship problem.
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She and her boyfriend have been fighting a lot over the smallest things.
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She said she'll probably break up with him, since they can't stand each other anymore.
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But guess what happened later that day?
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She posted a picture on Instagram with her boyfriend, basically saying how he was the love of her life and how amazing their life together was.
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The photo got tons of likes and comments, basically saying how perfect they were for each other.
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This behavior is toxic.
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Like millions of other people she is trying to portray how great her life is, while simultaneously being depressed.
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This is what social media does.
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It makes people put a filter on their lives.
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What my friend is trying to portray to others, isn't the same as what is really going on.
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If you didn't know what was happening behind the scenes and you saw her Instagram post, you would probably think, "Wow, look how great her life is.
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Mine is nothing like that, I wish I could have a relationship like hers." And this is exactly where low self esteem comes from.
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You might wonder if there is something wrong with you, because your life doesn't look that way.
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Everyone who posts on social networks seems to have their life figured out, while you don't know even know in which direction you're going.
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But most people don't have anything figured out, even if they are making it seem that way.
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You just have to remember that behind the scenes, most people live regular boring lives, so there's no need to feel discouraged.
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You might think that I hate social media.
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But really I don't.
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However I urge you to think about how you spend your time on it.
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Social media is a tool, and like all other tools it depends on how you use it.
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You can find loads of inspiration or information, which will motivate you or add value to your life.
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It's through Youtube, a social platform, that you found this video after all.
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But you don't want to get sucked in and spend tons of your time on it, especially since it's designed to be highly addictive.
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The average user now spends more than 2 hours a day across all social networks.
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This is quite alarming, because when you think about it, that's a lot of time.
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We are not enjoying and living our life, but instead we're mindlessly consuming irrelevant content.
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Since you probably don't want to completely quit social media and become a hermit, let's take a look at how to use the platforms more efficiently.
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One thing you should do is unfriend useless friends.
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Many people have hundreds of friends across all platforms.
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But are they really meaningful friendships?
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Of course not.
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An average person has 1-3 close friends.
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The rest are superficial friendships.
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If you don't want to unfriend people you can still unfollow them, and become more selective about who you follow.
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Like that guy you spoke to once, who just posts pictures of his cats every single day.
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Unfollowed.
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This way when you check your news feed it's not full of clutter and irrelevant information.
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And don't be afraid of missing out.
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If something really important happens, someone will probably tell you about it.
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Ironically when you're on your phone and social media all day, you don't realize that what you're actually missing out on is real life.
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Nowadays we take our phones everywhere with us.
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And a lot of us have this habit of constantly checking our phone for notifications.
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Every time we are waiting in line, or are just bored, we pull out our phone and mindlessly check social media.
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Mainly out of habit.
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The solution here is to remove those apps from your phone or block all the notifications.
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This way we're not just a click away from being pulled in to social media rabbit hole.
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We know that once we start we just have to check every single post.
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So not having the app, there is no real temptation to check your phone mindlessly.
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Yes, you could still go to instagram.com or facebook.com website if you really wanted to.
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But there is this additional barrier of resistance that you have to overcome.
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This time it's not just one click away and you won't check it just out of habit, but it's going to be a conscious decision.
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What we really need to do is put more thought in how we spend our free time.
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If we don't have anything to do at any given moment, then these addictive apps will always be an appealing option.
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So I recommend you fill this free time with something of more quality.
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Preferably with something that will actually benefit you.
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I urge you to look at how much time you're spending on social media every day.
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Don't be one of those people who never look up from their phone or computer.
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Real life is going on around you.
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So be present.
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You don't want to spend your time in virtual reality with people that you don't even know, that just post fake social updates.
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It's ok to be bored and just let your mind wander sometimes.
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But it's even better to live your life in a way that excites you.
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I still use social media myself, however I have restricted it to once per day.
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And because I have removed all the useless friends, I'm done checking it in 10 minutes..
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This way I don't miss out on anything and I don't waste my time constantly checking my news feed, waiting for someone to post something.
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If social media is not motivating you, inspiring you, challenging you to be better, then it's time to reflect on why you even have it.
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This way you'll become better than yesterday.
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背景与上下文
在过去的十年中，社交媒体的使用激增，越来越多的人花费大量时间在Facebook、Instagram、Snapchat和Twitter等平台上。当我们有空闲时间时，往往会查看新闻动态，看看是否发生了什么新鲜事。然而，社交媒体的过度使用与孤独感和抑郁症的增加有着密切的关联。在这种背景下，许多年轻一代的自尊心水平比以往任何一代都低。人们在社交媒体上展示的往往是他们生活中美好的一面，而忽略了那些令人沮丧的瞬间。这种现象使得许多人在无意识中产生了比较，从而影响到他们的自我认知。
日常交流的五个热门短语
- “活在别人的阴影下” - 这是描述人们在社交媒体上对他人生活的不切实际的比较。
- “分享到好的瞬间” - 行动常常反映我们只愿意分享生活中积极的一面。
- “生活的另一面” - 一个提醒，许多人在社交平台上并不会展示生活中艰难的时刻。
- “过滤生活” - 社交媒体常使人们在分享时，滤去负面情绪，留下美好的瞬间。
- “停止比较” - 提醒人们停止与他人的生活进行不必要的比较，以减少焦虑。
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