【英语趣味课堂】社交媒介怎样影响生活-How Social Media Affects Our Life
时间:2018-12-29 作者:英语课 分类:英语趣味课堂
英语课
Alex: Hi, Katia, how are you?
Katia: I'm doing good and you Alex?
Alex: I'm doing good thank you. I have a question for you. Are you on Facebook?
Katia: Yes, I am in Facebook but I really do not check very often.
Alex: OK, how often do you check it usually?
Katia: I actually try not to check it very often. It's been taking a lot of my time so right now I check it about, I try once a week during the weekends.
Alex: OK. I used to be on Facebook a lot before. I was like checking it every day and, you know, posting on my friends' walls and trying to catch up with everybody on Facebook. But then I realised that I was losing a lot of time on it. I was, I don't know if investing 1 is the word, but I was spending a lot of time on it and I kind of like decided 2 to close my wall, because I thought that I was just spending too much time, and it was not really adding anything so, but I don't know if that's the right thing, because sometimes I feel that I need to communicate stuff 4 to my friends and since my wall has been closed for so long, I don't want to kind of like just communicate something there and then just stopped communicating through my wall any more so I don't know how to do it.
Katia: It has really become an issue 5 hasn't it? You can get lost from what is actually happening around you and live in a virtual 6 world so I'm actually a little bit worried about that, about what is happening and how we live our lives and how we present ourselves to others. I believe that it should be handled differently than it has up to now so maybe you're doing good by closing or, you know, thinking about it at least.
Alex: Yeah.
Katia: But how much, that you might have to consider.
Alex: Yeah, that's right. It's very funny how all this communication has changed in the last few years. I remember just four years ago or even five years ago I wasn't on Facebook and all the communication I used to have with my friends was through email or by phone or by meeting you know. But now with Facebook everybody spends so much time on Facebook. Sometimes if you don't publish something on Facebook, it seems that you didn't do anything so I don't know it's just weird 7.
Katia: Well the question is are you actually more in communication now than you were four or five years ago?
Alex: I am more in communication with people that I haven't been in touch with for the last ten years let's say. Like all my friends from elementary school that I wasn't really in touch and everybody's now on Facebook and now everybody is updated on what I'm doing or why I do this, what I'm going to do on next vacation, what about my plans for anything so that's a good thing I think. It really depends on how much importance you give to it.
Katia: That is true.
重点词汇:
Learn Vocabulary from the lesson
catch up
...trying to catch up with everybody on Facebook.
'Catch up,' used like this, refers to finding 8 out recent information about a friend. When you get together to talk about what is new, you are catching 9 up. Notice the following:
I feel like I have no idea what's going on in your life. We really need to catch up.
We should go out for coffee and catch up sometime 3 soon.
an issue
It has really become an issue, hasn't it?
Here, 'issue' can be replaced with 'problem.' Notice the following:
They are going to have a crazy wedding, because money is not an issue for them.
Transportation 10 will definitely 11 be an issue.
virtual world
You can get lost from what's actually happening around you and get lost in a virtual world.
A 'virtual world' refers to the world of the internet or a world created by technology, instead of the real world. Notice the following:
His parents are concerned, because most of his social interaction 12 happens in a virtual world, instead of in real life.
Most communication now happens in a virtual world, instead of between real people.
present
...how we present ourselves to others.
The way that we 'present' ourselves to others includes our physical appearance 13, as well as social interaction. Notice the following:
It is important to present yourself in a professional 14 way.
Even though she is still quite young, she presents herself as a responsible 15 adult.
consider
...That you might have to consider.
'Consider' is another way to say 'think about.' Notice the following:
Did you consider the fact that this might become a problem?
You should consider all the possibilities before you make a decision.
Katia: I'm doing good and you Alex?
Alex: I'm doing good thank you. I have a question for you. Are you on Facebook?
Katia: Yes, I am in Facebook but I really do not check very often.
Alex: OK, how often do you check it usually?
Katia: I actually try not to check it very often. It's been taking a lot of my time so right now I check it about, I try once a week during the weekends.
Alex: OK. I used to be on Facebook a lot before. I was like checking it every day and, you know, posting on my friends' walls and trying to catch up with everybody on Facebook. But then I realised that I was losing a lot of time on it. I was, I don't know if investing 1 is the word, but I was spending a lot of time on it and I kind of like decided 2 to close my wall, because I thought that I was just spending too much time, and it was not really adding anything so, but I don't know if that's the right thing, because sometimes I feel that I need to communicate stuff 4 to my friends and since my wall has been closed for so long, I don't want to kind of like just communicate something there and then just stopped communicating through my wall any more so I don't know how to do it.
Katia: It has really become an issue 5 hasn't it? You can get lost from what is actually happening around you and live in a virtual 6 world so I'm actually a little bit worried about that, about what is happening and how we live our lives and how we present ourselves to others. I believe that it should be handled differently than it has up to now so maybe you're doing good by closing or, you know, thinking about it at least.
Alex: Yeah.
Katia: But how much, that you might have to consider.
Alex: Yeah, that's right. It's very funny how all this communication has changed in the last few years. I remember just four years ago or even five years ago I wasn't on Facebook and all the communication I used to have with my friends was through email or by phone or by meeting you know. But now with Facebook everybody spends so much time on Facebook. Sometimes if you don't publish something on Facebook, it seems that you didn't do anything so I don't know it's just weird 7.
Katia: Well the question is are you actually more in communication now than you were four or five years ago?
Alex: I am more in communication with people that I haven't been in touch with for the last ten years let's say. Like all my friends from elementary school that I wasn't really in touch and everybody's now on Facebook and now everybody is updated on what I'm doing or why I do this, what I'm going to do on next vacation, what about my plans for anything so that's a good thing I think. It really depends on how much importance you give to it.
Katia: That is true.
重点词汇:
Learn Vocabulary from the lesson
catch up
...trying to catch up with everybody on Facebook.
'Catch up,' used like this, refers to finding 8 out recent information about a friend. When you get together to talk about what is new, you are catching 9 up. Notice the following:
I feel like I have no idea what's going on in your life. We really need to catch up.
We should go out for coffee and catch up sometime 3 soon.
an issue
It has really become an issue, hasn't it?
Here, 'issue' can be replaced with 'problem.' Notice the following:
They are going to have a crazy wedding, because money is not an issue for them.
Transportation 10 will definitely 11 be an issue.
virtual world
You can get lost from what's actually happening around you and get lost in a virtual world.
A 'virtual world' refers to the world of the internet or a world created by technology, instead of the real world. Notice the following:
His parents are concerned, because most of his social interaction 12 happens in a virtual world, instead of in real life.
Most communication now happens in a virtual world, instead of between real people.
present
...how we present ourselves to others.
The way that we 'present' ourselves to others includes our physical appearance 13, as well as social interaction. Notice the following:
It is important to present yourself in a professional 14 way.
Even though she is still quite young, she presents herself as a responsible 15 adult.
consider
...That you might have to consider.
'Consider' is another way to say 'think about.' Notice the following:
Did you consider the fact that this might become a problem?
You should consider all the possibilities before you make a decision.
1 investing
v.投资,花费( invest的现在分词 );授予;(把资金)投入;投入(时间、精力等)
- He was timid about investing money. 他不敢投资。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- Europe also caught the excitement of investing in American railroads. 欧洲人对投资美国铁路也极感兴趣。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
2 decided
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
- This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
- There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
3 sometime
adv.将来某一时候;改天
- He came sometime last month.上个月某个时候他曾经来过。
- It will happen sometime and somewhere.有朝一日这总会在什么地方发生的。
4 stuff
n.原料,材料,东西;vt.填满;吃饱
- We could supply you with the stuff in the raw tomorrow.明天我们可以供应你原材料。
- He is not the stuff.他不是这个材料。
5 issue
n.出版,发行,(报刊等)期、号,论点,问题,结果, (水,血等的)流出;vt.使流出,放出,发行(钞票等),发布(命令),出版(书等)发给;vi.发行,流出,造成...结果,进行辩护,传下
- I bought the book the day after its issue.这书出版后的第一天,我就去买了它。
- I'll support her down the line on that issue.在那个问题上我将全力支持她。
6 virtual
adj.实质上的,事实上的,实际上的
- This reply is a virtual acceptance of our offer.这一回答实质上是接受了我们的建议。
- At that time the East India Company was the virtual ruler of Bengal.那时东印度公司是孟加拉的实际统治者。
7 weird
adj.古怪的,离奇的;怪诞的,神秘而可怕的
- From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来,他好像有点怪。
- His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。
8 finding
n.发现,发现物;调查的结果
- The finding makes some sense.该发现具有一定的意义。
- That's an encouraging finding.这是一个鼓舞人心的发现。
9 catching
adj.易传染的,有魅力的,迷人的,接住
- There are those who think eczema is catching.有人就是认为湿疹会传染。
- Enthusiasm is very catching.热情非常富有感染力。
10 transportation
n.运输,运输系统,运输工具
- The transportation of goods by air costs a lot.航空运输货物花费很高。
- He finally solved the difficulty of transportation.他终于解决了运输的困难。
11 definitely
adv.一定地,肯定地;明确地,确切地
- The team will definitely lose if he doesn't play.如果他不参加比赛,这个队肯定会输。
- I shall definitely be home before six o'clock.6点以前,我一定回家。
12 interaction
n.交流;相互作用,相互影响,合作
- The interaction of the two groups produced many good ideas.两个组的相互交流产生了许多好主意。
- Price is determined through the interaction of demand and supply.价格在供需的相互作用中形成。
13 appearance
n.出现,露面;容貌
- In appearance, he was a little like his father.他看起来有点像他的父亲。
- She was a young woman of good appearance.她是一位年轻貌美的女子。
14 professional
adj.专业的;职业的;n.专业人员;职业运动员
- He is a professional tennis player.他是一名职业网球运动员。
- I need a professional to sort out my finances.我需要专业人士为我管理财务。
15 responsible
adj.有责任的,应负责的;可靠的,可信赖的;责任重大的;vi.休息,睡;静止,停止
- He must be responsible to me for this matter.这件事他必须对我负责。
- The police are responsible for the preservation of law and order.警察负责维持法律与秩序。