1.正反双方的观点及理由;
2.你的看法。
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Li Hua
The Impact of Social Media on Adolescents (青少年)
Using social media has become a routine activity for most young people. In recent years, the number of young people using social media has increased dramatically, so a large part of their social and emotional development is occurring while they are on the Internet.
Social media allow young people to achieve online many of the tasks that are important to them offline: staying connected with friends and family, making new friends, and exchanging ideas. Some schools successfully use blogs as teaching tools, which has the benefit of improving skills in written expression and creativity. At the same time, social media helps them get what they want, increase their knowledge and confidence in their academic (学业的) performance.
While social media provides many benefits, it can also have a negative impact on young people, both physically and mentally. It is easy to become addicted, and research shows that students who spend too much time on social media can suffer from poor sleep, eye fatigue, negative body image, depression, anxiety and more. Research also indicates that there are frequent online expressions of offline behaviours, which have introduced problems such as cyberbullying and online harassment (骚扰).
Using social media becomes a risk to adolescents more than they can realise. When people go on to websites, they leave evidence of their visits. This ongoing record of online activity is called the “digital footprint”. One of the biggest threats to young people on social media is to their digital footprint and future reputations (名誉). Young people who lack an awareness of privacy issues often post inappropriate material without understanding that “what goes online stays online”. As a result, future jobs and college acceptance maybe put in danger by inexperienced clicks of the mouse.
1. Why is a large part of young people’s social and emotional development occurring on the Internet?2. What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?
3. Please decide which part is false in the following statement, then underline it and explain why.
➤ Young people’s improper digital footprint may have an impact on cyberbullying and online harassment.
4. You have been physically distanced from school this term. How do you make full use of social media to better your life and study? Please give one or two examples. (In about 40 words)
While the Internet can bring people closer together, it can also harm friendships. Talking online through a screen makes it harder for people to concentrate or show friendliness