外研版（2019）選擇性必修二Unit2ImprovingyourselfUnderstandingIdeasUnderstandingIdeasLearningobjectivesBytheendofthissection,youwillbeableto:knowthemainideaofthepassage;findoutthebenefitsofsocialmediadetoxandfindsupportingevidence;ponderifyouareaddictedinsocialmediaanddoyouwanttochangethesituation.Readthefactsandanswerthequestions.Onaverage,ChineseInternetusers

eachspendtwohoursadayonsocial

media:atotalof730hourseachyear.Theaverageageofsocialmediausers

inChinain2017was33.1yearsold,as

against32.4in2016and31.2in2015.Thetopfournegativeaspectsofsocial

mediaasrankedbyChineseusers

are:reducedtimeforreadingprinted

books,poorereyesight,privacyand

informationsecurityconcerns,and

reducedsleeptime.Pre-readingReadthefactsandanswerthequestions.1.Whatconclusionscanyoudraw

fromthefacts?2.Howmuchtimedoyouspend

onsocialmediaeachday?What

negativeeffectsdoesthishave

onyou?WecaninferfromthefactsthatChineseInternetusersspendalotoftimeonsocial

media,negativelyaffectingdifferentaspectsof

theirlives,andthattheaverageageofsocial

mediausersinChinahasrisenduringrecentyears.Pre-readingLookatthetitleofthepassageandthepictures.Predictwhatthepassageisabout.detox:treatmentgiventopeople

tohelpthemstopdrinking

alcoholortakingdrugs.Laterit

canbeextendedtokeeping

awayfromaddiction.Pre-readingdetox:de-(off)+toxPrediction:Thepassagemaytalkaboutacampaignfor

stoppingusingsocialmedia.

WhileReadingModerator:Todaymarksthelastdayofthe

SocialMediaDetox,BrentonHigh’s

fundraisingcampaignfornewsports

equipment.Atthestartofthedetox,

over100studentshadbeenpersuadedtostopusing

socialmedia,inANYform,forsevendays.This

meantnomessagingfriends,nopostingphotos,no

blogging–nothing.Theyhadbeenpromisedmoney

byfamilyandfriendsforeachdayspentwithout

usingsocialmedia.Theywereexcited.Theywere

nervous.Butcouldtheydoit?Withthedetoxnowfinished,they’veswitchedon

theirdevicesandthey’rebackonline.Ibetyou’re

aseagerasIamtofindoutjusthowmanyhave

beenmotivatedenoughtolastthefullsevendays!

Andwhat,ifanything,hasbeenlearntfromthe

experience.Anna

17Ilastedtwodays.Thedetoxwasmore

difficulttotoleratethanIhadexpected.I

feltlikeIhadlostanarm!Noteatingfor

twodayswouldhavebeeneasier!Buton

reflection,Icanseehowmuchofmytime

hadbeenoccupiedwithcheckingmyphone.

I’mnowtryingtospendlesstimeonlineand

moretimepickingupmyhobbies.SocialMediaDetoxWhileReadingDevon

16Ilastedfourdays.OnMonday,myclassmateandIspoke

aboutwhatwedidattheweekend–itfeltreallystrange

nottoalreadyknowwhathehaddone.Wewouldusually

havepostedpicturesandupdatedourprofiles.Doingthe

detoxmeantwehadtotalkandexplainwhatwewere

doingandthinking!Itmademerealisethevalueofreal

contactthatIhadforgotten.Cindy

18Imanagedthewholeweek!Atfirst,IreallyfeltIwas

missingout.Then,insteadofmessagingmyfriend,I

wentroundtoherhouse.Withoutourphones,wehada

properconversationforovertwohours,withoutbeing

distractedbymessagesfromotherpeople.Itfeltsogood!

ThenIdecidedtovisitadifferentfriendeveryday.Bythe

fifthday,Iwondered–wasIreallymissingoutbynot

constantlycheckingmyphonetoseewhateveryoneelse

wasupto?WhileReadingMax17I’membarrassedtosaythatIthrewinthetowelonthefirstday!Iknewtherewasapartyhappeningthatevening,butwithoutaccesstosocialmediaIcouldn’trememberwhereitwas!Intheend,Iturnedonmyphonetocheck,butcouldn’tresisthavingaquicklookatmysocialmediaaccounts.What’sworse,Ithenspentsomuchtimecatchinguponnews,Ialmostmissedtheparty!George

16Ididallsevendays,too!Tobehonest,Ididn’tfindthe

detoxtoodifficult,butIdidgivemyphonetomydadto

avoidgivingin!MybrotherthoughtIshouldmakefull

useofthetimewithoutmyphone,sohetookmetocheck

outourlocalsportscentre.Anhour’ssporteachdayleft

metiredoutandwantingtogotobedearly.Thedetox

mademehealthier!WhileReadingModeratorThedetoxraisedatotalof￡1,632.82fornew

schoolsportsequipment!Welldone,everyone

whotookpart!Afterreadingthepostsonthis

forum,itseemsthatsomethingotherthan

moneyhasalsobeenraisedthroughthedetox.

Awarenessofjusthowmuchwerelyonsocialmediacan

helpusstepawayfromitandcommunicatewitheach

otherbetter.SocialMediaDetoxintroductionofthecampaignBrentonHigh’sfundraisingcampaignfornewsportsequipmentItwasmoredifficultthanshehadexpected.Shefeltlikelosinganarm!Anna(2days)Over100studentstookpartandagreedtostopusingsocialmediaforsevendays.Theywouldreceivemoneyforeachdayspentwithoutusingsocialmedia.studentrepresentativesDevon(4days)Reaction:Sherealisedhowmuchtimehadbeentakenupwithcheckingherphone.Result:Sheisnowtryingtospendmoretimepickingupherhobbies.Reaction:Result:Hefeltstrangenottoalreadyknowwhathisclassmatehaddoneattheweekend.Herealisedthevalueofrealcontact.summaryStructureCindy(7days)George(7days)Reaction:Result:Atfirst,shefeltshewasmissingout.Sherealisedshehadn’tbeenmissingoutanything.Reaction:Result:Hedidn’tfinditdifficult.Thedetoxmadehimhealthier.Theschoolraisedenoughmoneyfornewsportsequipment.Awarenessofhowmuchwerelyonsocialmediacanhelpuscommunicatewitheachotherbetter.SocialMediaDetoxintroductionofthecampaignsummaryStructurestudentrepresentativesChoosethebenefitsofthesocialmediadetoxandfindevidencetosupportyourchoices.()1Ithelpedstudentslearnhowtobestcommunicateusingsocialmedia.()2Itraisedmoneyforschoolsportsequipment.()3Itmadestudentswanttospendevenmoretimeonsocialmedia.()4Itmadestudentsrealisehowmuchtimetheyhadbeenspendingonsocialmedia.()5Itencouragedstudentstofindnewwaystocommunicateandtrynewactivities.Organiseinformationfromthepassageandcompletethesummaries.

Anna

(2Days)

Reaction:Itwasmoredifficultthanshehadexpected.Shefeltlike1

.

Result:Shecannowseehowmuchtimehadbeentakenupwithcheckingherphone.Sheisnowtryingtospendmoretime2

.shehadlosinganarmSOCIALMEDIADETOXpickingupherhobbies

Devon

(4

Days)

Reaction:WhenhesawaclassmateonMonday,hefelt3

___________

nottoalreadyknowwhathisclassmatehaddoneattheweekend.Result:Theyhadtotalkandexplainwhattheyweredoingandthinking!Itmadehimrealise4

.reallystrangethevalueofrealcontactthathehadforgottenOrganiseinformationfromthepassageandcompletethesummaries.

Cindy

(7

Days)

Reaction:Atfirst,shereallyfelt5

.

Result:Withouttheirphones,sheandherfriend6

_________________________forovertwohours.Bythefifthday,

sherealisedthatshehadn’tbeenmissingoutonanything.shewasmissingoutSOCIALMEDIADETOXhadaproperconversation

George

(7

Days)

Reaction:

Hedidn’tfindthedetoxtoodifficult,buthedidgivehisphonetohisdadtoavoid

7

.

Result:Anhour’ssporteachdaylefthimtiredoutandwantingtogotobedearly.Thedetoxmadehim8

.givinginhealthierOrganiseinformationfromthepassageandcompletethesummaries.

Max(Lessthan1Day)

Reaction:

He9

onthefirstday.Heusedhisphonetocheckwhereapartywas.

Result:

Hespentsomuchtimeusinghisphoneto10

______________

onsocialmedia,andhealmostmissedtheparty.SOCIALMEDIADETOXthrewinthetowelcatchuponnewsNowworkinpairs.Choosethepersonthatyoumostidentifywithandgiveadviceonwhattheyshoulddonext.1.Whatisyourunderstandingof“something”in“Afterreadingthepostsonthisforum,itseemsthatsomethingotherthanmoneyhasalsobeenraisedthroughthedetox”?2.Doyouthinkthedetoxwasworthwhile?Why?3.Whatwouldyoudoifyouhadtogiveupsocialmediaforaweek?4.Haveyouencounteredanydifficultiesinunderstandingthemainideaofthepassage?Sharethemwiththeclassandaskforadvice.Think&ShareTranslation社交媒體脫癮

主持人

布倫頓高中為給購置新的體育設備籌款，舉辦了一項名為“社交媒體脫癮”的活動。今天是活動的最后一天。脫癮活動初期，我們成功說服100多名學生連續七天不得使用任何形式的社交媒體。這就意味著他們在這段時間內不能給朋友發短信，不能上傳照片，不能發博客，與社交媒體相關的任何形式的活動都不行。脫離社交媒體的每一天，他們都能收到來自家人和朋友的獎勵金。對此，他們很興奮，也很緊張。但他們真的能做到嗎?

如今，脫癮活動已結束，他們紛紛開啟電子設備，重返網絡。相信你和我一樣，迫切想知道多少人有足夠的動力堅持了整整七天！而他們，又從此次經歷中學到了什么？

安娜17歲我堅持了兩天。社交媒體脫癮比我預期的更加難以忍受。沒了社交媒體，就像缺少一只胳膊一般。讓我餓兩天可能還更輕松些!但一番反思后，我也意識到平日花在看手機上的時間太多了。現在，我正試圖減少上網時間，把更多精力用于重拾自己的愛好。Translation

德文16歲

我堅持了四天。周一，我和同學討論了周末各自的活動——我并不知道他都做了些什么，這感覺太奇怪了。因為平時我們都會上傳照片，更新各自的動態。參與這次脫癮活動，意味著我們不得不互相交流并向對方解釋自己的所做所想。這也讓我意識到已經遺忘了的真正溝通的重要性。

辛迪18歲

我堅持了整整一周！最初，我真的感覺自己錯過了無數消息。但我忍住沒給朋友發消息，而是直接去了她家。沒有手機的我們，好好地聊了兩個多小時，沒有被其他人的消息干擾，這感覺真棒！接下來我決定每天去見一位不同的朋友。到第五天時我在想，當我不再忙于查看手機關注他人生活的時候，我真的錯過了很多嗎？

Translation

喬治16歲我也堅持了整整七天！說實話，我覺得社交媒體脫癮沒那么難，但為了讓自己不要半途而廢，我還是把手機上交給爸爸了。哥哥覺得我應該充分規劃好沒有手機的日子，因此他帶我去了我們當地的體育中心。每天一小時的運動讓人筋疲力盡，想早點上床休息。脫癮活動讓我更健康了！

馬克斯17歲

我都不好意思說自己第一天就打了退堂鼓。脫癮活動開始的當晚有個聚會，但如果不靠社交媒體的話，我怎么也想不起地點在哪兒！最后我還是打開手機查看了一下，結果沒忍住，偷看了一眼我的社交媒體賬戶。更糟的是，我花了大把時間刷新動態，差點錯過了本該要去的聚會！

主持人

此次脫癮活動總共為學校募集了1,632.82英鎊，用于購置新的體育設備！每位參與者都做得很棒！看了論壇上的各個帖子，這次活動對人們的影響似乎遠遠不止通過活動籌集到的錢。脫癮活動還讓我們意識到自己對社交媒體的依賴程度，從而幫助我們擺脫它的束縛，更好地互相溝通。security

/s??kj??r?ti/

n.

安全【教材語境】reducedtimeforreadingprintedbooks,poorereyesight,privacyandinformationsecurityconcerns,andreducedsleeptime.(P18)閱讀印刷書籍的時間減少、視力下降、隱私和信息安全問題以及睡眠時間減少。

Theyposeaseriousthreattosecurity.

他們對安全構成嚴重威脅。Words&Expressionsmoderator

/?m?d?re?t?/

n.

主持人【教材語境】Moderator(P18)主持人ShealsoactedasmoderatororleaderataUNICEFeventlastDecember.?

去年12月，她還擔任了聯合國兒童基金會一次活動的主持人。

detox

/?di?t?ks/

n.

脫癮【教材語境】TodaymarksthelastdayoftheSocialMediaDetox,BrentonHigh’sfundraisingcampaignfornewsportsequipment.(P18)布倫頓高中為給購置新的體育設備籌款，舉辦了一項名為“社交媒體脫癮”的活動。

Honeycanhelptodetoxthebody.

蜂蜜有助于身體解毒。Words&Expressions

fundraising

/?f?nd?re?z??/

n.

募捐，籌款【教材語境】TodaymarksthelastdayoftheSocialMediaDetox,BrentonHigh’sfundraisingcampaignfornewsportsequipment.(P18)布倫頓高中為給購置新的體育設備籌款，舉辦了一項名為“社交媒體脫癮”的活動。Fundraisingistocollectorproducemoneytoacharitytohelpothers.

籌款是為慈善機構募集或創造資金以幫助他人。Words&Expressions

switch

/sw?t?/

n.

（用開關）改變，轉換【教材語境】Withthedetoxnowfinished,they’veswitchedontheirdevicesandthey’rebackonline.(P18)如今，脫癮活動已結束，他們紛紛開啟電子設備，重返網絡。

Theheatingisonatimeswitch.

暖氣靠定時開關自動供熱。Words&Expressionsswitchon

（用開關）開，打開【教材語境】Withthedetoxnowfinished,they’veswitchedontheirdevicesandthey’rebackonline.(P18)如今，脫癮活動已結束，他們紛紛開啟電子設備，重返網絡。

YoucanswitchontheTV.

你可以打開電視。

occupy

/??kj?pa?/

v.

占用，占去（時間）【教材語境】...,Icanseehowmuchofmytimehadbeenoccupiedwithcheckingmyphone.(P18)我也意識到平日花在看手機上的時間太多了。Evensmallaircraftoccupyalotofspace.

即便小飛機也占很多空間。

Words&Expressions

profile

/?pr??fa?l/

n.

概況【教材語境】Wewouldusuallyhavepostedpicturesandupdatedourprofiles.(P19)因為平時我們都會上傳照片，更新各自的動態。

Thedealwillcertainlyraisethecompany’sinternationalprofile.

這宗交易肯定會提高這家公司的國際形象。Words&Expressions

distract

/d??str?kt/

v.

分散（注意力），使分心【教材語境】Withoutourphones,wehadaproperconversationforovertwohours,withoutbeingdistractedbymessagesfromotherpeople.(P19)沒有手機的我們，好好地聊了兩個多小時，沒有被其他人的消息干擾。Itwasanotherattempttodistractattentionfromthetruth.

這又是企圖分散人們對事實真相的注意力。

Words&Expressions

constantly

/?k?nst?ntli/

adv.

持續不斷地；經常地【教材語境】Bythefifthdaywondered–wasIreallymissingoutbynotconstantlycheckingmyphonetoseewhateveryoneels