What is social media? It m    1     all kinds of Internet applications (应用), such as QQ, blogs, WeChat and so on. Social media (媒体) plays an important part in our daily life. By using them, users can s    2     things like photos, videos and posts with other people.

Social media is certainly an interesting p    3     to learn others’ opinions on the Internet. But when you are reading so many opinions online, it’s quite possible for you to see some opinions that you strongly disagree with. In fact, you might feel like you should r    4     to these opinions at once. You might do some research, f    5     some facts and reply to them. You finish writing out your reply, click “post”and win the argument (争论)!

Most people don’t like it when other people disagree with their ideas, especially (尤其) online strangers. It’s not possible that they will c    6     their opinions just because you argued with them. In fact, you may make them feel more sure that they’re c    7    .

And the thing is that, when you get in these kinds of fights online, it s    8     influences (影响) you. You might not know it at first, b    9     the argument that you take part in can easily make you feel unhappy. If you argue often, you start to enjoy arguing and then end up doing it even more. It’s a dangerous cycle.

I guess the best thing to do is to tell y    10     that most arguments are meaningless. There are much better and more interesting things to do, both online and in real life.

Do you know Tik-Tok (抖音)? Some people are not actors or     1     (actress), but they are real artists in everyday life. They post short videos on Tik-Tok, and it is     2     popular app (软件) in China now. It     3     (start) to be popular in 2017. Many young children became     4     in it. They could make videos w    5     different music. It gave them a chance (机会) to show themselves.

One day, a student Xiaomen posted a video about practicing dancing on Tik-Tok. To his     6    , he got 540 thousand fans quickly. After that, Xiaomen a    7     his friends enjoyed showing their interesting ideas on it. He said he used Tik-Tok as a way to make others happy. He could     8     watch others’ videos from it, so it was a good way to hear other people’s voices.

However, if you s    9     too much time on it, you will miss a lot of excellent things in real life. Try to t    10     off your phone and go out to enjoy natural things like sunshine and clean air. Be an artist in the real life.

Amy Lyons is     1     Australian. She has tasted quite a lot of Chinese dishes in over 60 cities and made vlogs (视频博客) to share her love of China in the past eight years.

“China is a country     2     over 5000 years’ history. I’m     3     in Chinese food, history and culture,” said Amy.     4     dream is to make great videos about China and help people     5     a different China. She     6     came to China as an exchange student at Fudan University in 2014. “People were so friendly in China. I wanted to do many things when I stay here,” she said.

    7    , she had to return to Australia to be with her family because of COVID-19. “Luckily, here in Sydney, we have lots of great     8     restaurants, too,” said Amy.

Amy said,” I will come     9     to China again when possible.” Her next stop will be Changchun, northeast China’s Jilin Province. She will let     10     people know about the beauty of China through her vlogs.