网上交友
Directions:
Study the following cartoon carefully and write an essay in which you should
1) describe the cartoon briefly
2) interpret its meaning, and
3) give your comment on it
Hints:
"Beauty"
Chinese Academy
Social Science
Superhighway
Helen
"Prince Charming"
The cartoon vividly shows that when two teenagers meet their net friend named "Beauty", to their astonishment, they find an old lady in front of a computer. The purpose of this drawing is to show us that due attention has to be paid to the issue of Internet friendship. According to the recent survey by the Chinese Academy of Social Science, 80% of people who roam the information Superhighway are there in search of social interaction. As a consequence, the voice speaking through the other side of the line can be used to disguise aspects of a user's personality. And this might bring an unpleasant or even damaging outcome. Numerous examples can be given, but this will suffice. One of my closest friends, Helen, started a net relationship with a man she knew as "Prince Charming". The physical contact, however, reveals that her beloved idol was a husband with wife. In my view, first and foremost, it is true that people may gain community on the Net, but this exists only in cyberspace. Furthermore, although Internet friendship can give users companionship and even romance, it often ends with failure and even disaster. It is high time that we placed great emphasis on this phenomenon.
这幅漫画生动显示了党两个年轻人见到名叫“美女老佛爷”的网友时，他们惊讶地看到一位老奶奶坐在电脑前。这幅图的目的是告诉我们应该充分重视网络友谊问题。 根据中国社科院的最新调查，80%的人在信息高速公路上浏览是在寻找社交。其结果是，网线另一端发出的声音可以用来掩盖一名用户性格的方方面面。而这可能造成不快甚至破坏性的后果。这样的例子有很多，但下面这个就足以说明问题。我最好的一个朋友海伦和一个网名叫“白马王子”的男子开始了一场网恋。而亲身接触证明了她深爱的偶像是一名有妇之夫。 在我看来，首先人们确实可以在网上获得社交，但这只存在于数字空间中。此外，尽管网络友谊可以给用户带来友情甚至爱情，但它往往以失败甚至灾难告终。我们应对这一现象引起重视。