新奇事件簿 社交媒体正在损害我们的社会

A former Facebook executive¹ has said social media is doing great harm to society around the world. The executive is a man called Chamath Palihapitiya. He joined Facebook in 2007 and became a vice² president. He was responsible for increasing the number of users⁴ Facebook had. Mr Palihapitiya said he feels very guilty about getting more people to use social networks. He said the networks are destroying society because they are changing people's behavior. Twenty years ago, people talked to each other face to face. Today, people message each other and do not talk. People also really care about what other people think of them. They post photos and wait to see how many people like the photo. They get very sad if people do not like the photo.

前任Facebook高管称社交媒体对社会造成巨大损害。该高管名叫查马斯·帕里哈毕提亚（Chamath Palihapitiya）他于2007年加入Facebook并担任副总裁一职。他负责增加Fackbook现有用户数量。帕里哈毕提亚先生表示让更多的人使用社交网络，他感到很内疚。他说道，互联网正在摧毁我们的社会，因为它改变了人们的行为举止。二十年前，人们面对面交谈。而今天，大家互相发讯息而不交谈。人们还是一样在乎别人对自己的看法。他们po出照片，等着看有多人喜欢他们的照片。如果人们不喜欢这些照片，他们会很难过。

Mr Palihapitiya said people should take a long break from social media so they can experience real life. He wants people to value each other instead of valuing online "hearts, likes, and thumbs-up". Palihapitiya also points out how fake⁵ news is affecting how we see the world. It is becoming easier for large websites to spread lies. It is also becoming easier to hurt other people online. Anyone can hide behind a fake user³ name and post lies about other people. Palihapitiya said this was a global problem. He is worried about social media so much that he has banned his children from using it. However, he did state that Facebook was a good company. He said: "Of course, it's not all bad. Facebook overwhelmingly⁶ does good in the world."

帕里哈毕提亚先生表示，人们应该离开社交网路，休息一会，这样才能体验真正的生活。他希望大家重视彼此而不是在线“收藏、喜欢和点赞”。帕里哈毕提亚还指出假新闻是如何影响我们对世界的看法的。大型的网站很容易传播虚假消息。这也更容易伤及其他网民。任何人都可以躲在虚假用户名后边进行造谣。帕里哈毕提亚称这是一个全球性问题。他对社交媒体感到非常担忧，因此他不允许自己的孩子使用社交媒体。然而，他还强调Facebook是个很好的公司。他说道：“当然，社交网络并不全是坏事。Facebook确实做得很好。”

 

1 executive   

adj.执行的，行政的；n.执行者，行政官，经理

参考例句：

• A good executive usually gets on well with people.一个好的高级管理人员通常与人们相处得很好。
• He is a man of great executive ability.他是个具有极高管理能力的人。

2 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

3 user   

n.用户，使用者

参考例句：

• The company is the biggest user of oil.该公司是最大的石油用户。
• The umbrella keeps the rains off the user.雨伞使撑伞人免受雨淋。

4 users   

用户，使用者( user的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The new software will prove a boon to Internet users. 这种新软件将会对互联网用户大有益处。
• Ramps should be provided for wheelchair users. 应该给轮椅使用者提供坡道。

5 fake   

vt.伪造，造假，假装；n.假货，赝品

参考例句：

• He can tell a fake from the original.他能分辨出赝品和真品。
• You can easily fake up an excuse to avoid going out with him.你可以很容易地编造一个借口而不与他一同外出。

6 overwhelmingly   

adv.压倒性地；不可抵抗地

参考例句：

• They voted overwhelmingly against the proposal. 他们以压倒多数票否决了该提案。
• The local economy is overwhelmingly dependent on oil and gas extraction. 当地经济过于依赖石油和天然气的开采。