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2019外研版选择性必修二全册课文英汉互译Unit2ImprovingyourselfUnderstandingideasSocialMediaDetoxModeratorTodaymarksthelastdayoftheSocialMediaDetox,BrentonHigh’sfundraisingcampaignfornewsportsequipment.Atthestartofthedetox,over100studentshadbeenpersuadedtostopusingsocialmedia,inANYform,forsevendays.Thismeantnomessagingfriends,nopostingphotos,noblogging----nothing.Theyhadbeenpromisedmoneybyfamilyandfriendsforeachdayspentwithoutusingsocialmedia.Theywerenervous.Butcouldtheydoit?Withthedetoxfinished,they’veswitchedontheirdevicesandthey’rebackonline.Ibetyou’reaseagerasIamtofindoutjusthowmanyhavebeenmotivatedenoughtolastthefullsevendays!Andwhat,ifanything,havebeenlearntfromtheexperience?Anna17Ilastedtwodays.ThedetoxwasmoredifficulttotoleratethanIhadexpected.IfeltlikeIhadlostanarm!Noteatingfortwodayswouldhavebeeneasier!Butonreflection,Icanseehowmuchofmytimehadbeenoccupiedwithcheckingmyphone.I’mnowtryingtospendlesstimeonlineandmoretimepickingupmyhobbies.Devon16Ilastedfourdays.OnMonday,ourclassmateandIspokeaboutwhatwedidattheweekend—itfeltstrangenottoalreadyknowwhathehaddone.Wewouldhavepostedpicturesandupdatedourprofiles.Doingthedetoxmeantwehadtotalkandexplainwhatweweredingandthinking!ItmademerealisethevalueofrealcontactthatIhandforgotten.Cindy18Imanagedthewholeweek!Atfirst,IreallyfeltIwasmissingout.Then,insteadofmessagingmyfriend,Iwentaroundtoherhouse.Withoutourphones,wehadaproperconversationforovertwohours.Withoutbeingdistractedbymessagesfromotherpeople,itfeltsogood!Thenidecidedtovisitadifferentfriendeveryday.Bythefifthday,Iwondered—wasIreallymissingoutbynotconstantlycheckingmyphonetoseewhateveryoneelsewasupto?Gorge16Ididallsevendays,too!Tobehonest,Ididn’tfindthedetoxtoodifficult,butIdidgivemyphonetomyfathertoavoidgivingin!MybrotherthoughtIshouldmakefulluseofthetimewithoutmyphone;sohetookmetocheckoutourlocalsportscentre.Anhour’ssporteachdayleftmetiredoutandsentmeearlytobed.Thedetoxmademehealthier!Max17I’membarrassedtosaythatIthrewinthetowelonthefirstday!Iknewtherewasapartyhappeningthatevening,butwithoutaccesstosocialmediaIcouldn’trememberwhereitwas!Intheend,Iturnonmyphonetocheck,butcouldn’tresisthavingaquicklookatmysocialmediaaccounts.What’sworse,Ithenspentsomuchtimecatchinguponnews,Ialmostmissedtheparty.ModeratorThedetoxraisedatotalof$1,632.82fornewschoolsportsequipment!Welldone,everyonewhotookpart!Afterreadingthepostsonthisforum,itseemsthatsomethingratherthanmoneyhasalsobeenraisedthroughthedetox.Awarenessofjusthowmuchwerelyonsocialmediacanhelpusstepawayfromitandcommunicatewitheachotherbetter.社交媒体排毒主持人今天是社交媒体排毒活动的最后一天，BrentonHigh学校为新运动器材募集资金。在排毒开始时，100多名学生被劝说停止使用任何形式的社交媒体7天。这意味着不能和朋友发短信，不能上传照片，不能写博客——什么都没有。他们的家人和朋友向他们承诺，在不使用社交媒体的情况下，每过一天就会给钱。他们紧张。但他们能做到吗?排毒结束后，他们就会打开设备，重新开始工作。我敢打赌，你和我一样急切地想知道，到底有多少人有足够的动力来坚持整整七天!如果有的话，我们从这次经历中学到了什么?安娜17我坚持了两天。排毒比我想象的更难以忍受。我感觉我失去了一只手臂!两天不吃东西会更容易!但仔细一想，我就知道自己花了多少时间在查看手机上。我现在正试着少花点时间上网，多花点时间培养我的爱好。德文郡16我坚持了四天。周一，我们的同学和我谈到了我们在周末做了什么——不知道他做了什么感觉很奇怪。我们会上传照片，更新个人资料。做排毒意味着我们必须说话，解释我们在想什么!它让我意识到我忘记的真实接触的价值。辛迪18我应付了整整一周!一开始，我真的觉得我错过了什么。然后，我没有给我的朋友发信息，而是去了她的房子。在没有电话的情况下，我们进行了两个多小时的正常交谈。不用被别人的信息分散注意力，感觉太好了!然后我决定每天拜访不同的朋友。到了第五天，我想知道，我真的错过了不经常看手机看别人在做什么吗?峡谷16我也干了整整七天!老实说，我并没有觉得排毒太难，但我确实把手机给了我父亲，以免屈服!我哥哥认为我应该充分利用没有手机的时间;所以他带我去看看我们当地的体育中心。每天一小时的运动让我筋疲力尽，早早上床睡觉。排毒让我更健康!马克斯17我不好意思说，我在第一天就放弃了!我知道那天晚上有个派对，但是因为没有社交媒体，我不记得派对在哪里了!最后，我打开手机查看，但还是忍不住快速浏览了一下我的社交媒体账户。更糟糕的是，我花了那么多时间追新闻，差点错过了聚会。主持人这次戒毒活动共筹集了1,632.82美元，用于购置新的学校体育器材!干得好，每个参加的人!在阅读了这个论坛的帖子后，似乎除了钱之外，还有什么东西通过戒毒得到了提升。意识到我们有多依赖社交媒体可以帮助我们远离它，更好地与他人交流。DevelopingideasValuableValuesThespendingpowerofyoungpeoplevariesfrompersontoperson.Each,however,isfacedwiththesamequestion:whattodowiththemoney?Somehandlethislesswellthanothers.Recentheadlineshaveseenmoreandmoreteensmaxingouttheirparents’creditcardsongamesandotheronlineactivities.Incontrasttothesebigspenders,therearealsoteensthatproveageisnobarriertomakinggooduseofmoney.Withthehelpofhergrandfather,eight-year-oldKhloeThompsonstartedmaking“KareBags”forthehomelesspeopleinherdistrict.Insidethebagsarenecessitiessuchastoothpaste,soapandsocks,boughtfirstwithherpocketmoneyandthenthroughcrowdfunding.Theseitemshelpedtomakethelivesofthepoorandhomelesspeoplealittlebiteasier.OnreceivingaKarebag,onewomansaid,“Youmakemefeellikeahumanbeing.”Howeverpeopleintendtousetheirmoney,managingitseemstobeunprecedentedlyimportanttoyoungergenerations.A2016studysaid17statesoftheUSrequirehighschoolstudentstotakecourseinpersonalfinance.Forthosewhohavenoaccesstocourses,helpmightbeathandthankstoJerryWitkovskyandhismethodofusingfourjarstoteachteenagershowtospendtheirmoneywisely.WhenJerry’sgrandchildrenturned13,hispresenttoeachofthemwerethreejars:oneforspending,oneforsaving,andanotherforgiving—hehassinceaddedafourthjarforinvesting.Itwasfromthenonthathisgrandchildrenstartedtobeincontrolofwhattodowiththemoneytheyreceive:spend,save,invest,orgive?Jerry’sbirthdaypresenttohisgrandparentsis,however,muchmorethanmoneyandafewjars—heisgivingthemanopportunitytolearnlifelongvalues.ThevaluetaughtwiththeSpendingjaristhatyouareresponsibleforyourownhappiness.Moneygivesyouinde