The social media drain

河南西华县第一高级中学 闵正威

过度使用社交媒体会让人们耗尽心力，失去众多的乐趣。

体裁 议论文 文章词数 322 建议用时 6 min

难词探意

1.flurry/΄flʌri/n.一阵忙乱（或激动、兴奋等）

2.simultaneously/ˌsıml΄teıniəsli/ adv.同时地；同时发生地

3.proponent/prə΄pəʊnənt/ n.倡导者；支持者

4.stumble/΄stʌmbl/ v.绊脚；绊倒

5.drained/dreınd/ adj.疲惫不堪的；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(有刺铁丝网)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...难怪……

【句式仿写】难怪他能取得如此巨大的成就。