李明娟

Are you feeling unhappy？ Even though you have lots of friends on social media， do you feel alone2？ The problem might be your social media. A study in the United Kingdom learned something you should think about.

你感到不開心嗎？即使你在社交媒體上有很多朋友，你是否也會感到孤獨？問題可能出在你的社交媒體上。英國的一項研究涉及到了你應該考慮的這件事。

Just one hour a day on your social media can make you feel worse about your life.

每天在社交媒體上只不過一個小時就可能會使你的生活變得更糟。

That wasnt the only study. The University of Michigan found that the more young people use social media， the worse they felt. The Brown University of Public Health had the same findings. Other studies can be seen all over the Internet.

那不是唯一的研究。密歇根大學發(fā)現(xiàn)，年輕人使用社交媒體越多，他們越難過。布朗公共衛(wèi)生大學有相同的發(fā)現(xiàn)，其他研究也充斥著互聯(lián)網。

Why does time on social media make kids unhappy？ No one knows for sure， but there are a few ideas：

為什么把時間花在社交媒體上會讓孩子們難過？沒有人可以肯定，但人們有一些看法：

1. Cyberbullying3.

1. 網絡欺凌。

Not all kids are bullied online， but when they are the damage4 can be hard.

并非所有孩子在網上都會受到欺凌，但是當他們受到傷害時，這傷害可能會很大。

2. Thinking that everyone else has a better life.

2. 認為其他人過上更好的生活。

Some people believe that when you see friends with exciting pictures and posts， you will think that they have more fun than you do. Youll then feel bad about yourself. Jealousy5 is making things more complicated6 when you think about online posts.

有些人認為，當你看到朋友發(fā)令人激動的照片和帖子的時候，你會認為他們比你過得更開心。然后，你會為自己感到難過，但是當你想到網上的帖子時，嫉妒這種情緒讓情況更加復雜了。

Remember， people post to make them look good. They do not post pictures that show them looking bad. You could be jealous of a life that isnt how it looks online.

請記住，人們發(fā)帖是為了讓他們看起來不錯，不會發(fā)布讓他們看起來不好的照片。你可能嫉妒的是和網上顯示出來的并不一致的那種生活

3. Time spent online gives you less time in the real world.

3. 在線花費的時間減少了你在現(xiàn)實世界中的時間。

The real world makes you move your body， which makes you feel better. That is because your brain makes “happy” chemicals7 when you exercise.

現(xiàn)實世界會讓你的身體運動起來，這會讓你感覺更好。原因是運動時大腦會產生“快樂”的化學物質。

Also， people feel great satisfaction8 when they reach a goal9 in the real world （like sitting with a friend who needs to talk or seeing a great new view after hiking10 to the top of a hill）.

同樣，當人們在現(xiàn)實世界中達到目標時，他們會感到非常滿足（例如，與需要聊聊的朋友坐下來暢談，或者在爬上山頂看到新的風景）。

When you spend time online， you miss out on all the benefits11 of living in the real world. That can make you feel bad.

當你花時間上網時，你會錯失生活在現(xiàn)實世界中的所有好處。那會讓你感到難過。

Before you say that these studies are just another way adults try to control12 what kids do， think about this： Everything bad that happens to children because they spend time on social media happens to adults， too. When your dad seems really tired after a hard day on the job or your mom has problems with a project13 shes working on， you should get them to take a break.

在你說這些研究只是成年人嘗試控制孩子行為的另一種方式之前，請考慮以下問題：孩子們把時間花在社交媒體上所產生的所有不良后果也會影響成年人。當你的父親在一天的辛苦工作后看上去很疲憊，或者你的母親正在從事的項目出了問題時，你應該讓他們休息一下。

When you are old and watch over what your grandchildren are doing， there will still be studies about why you are not happy. Some of those studies will blame14 computers and whatever new technology15 is in your hands. One hundred years from now， the best advice will still be the same： Put down your phone and go to tell someone.

當你老了，注視著孫子的所作所為時，仍然會有關于你為何不快樂的研究。其中一些研究將歸咎于計算機以及你手中的任何新技術。從現(xiàn)在開始的一百年里，最好的建議仍然是相同的：放下電話，然后告訴別人你的想法。

（英語原文選自：safesearchkids.com）