社交媒体改变家庭关系_BEC初级作文

社交媒体改变家庭关系

但在2017年，情况不同了。上个月，宠爱孩子的父母开始每天向所有的朋友和家人发送孩子的照片。而现在，让我的朋友非常迷惑的是，他们要求我的朋友给孩子发文字消息。这其中的想法是，这些“文字”能够公布到网上，以彰显祖父母时刻在思念着他们刚出世的孙子，从而让整个家庭“联系起来”。“这太疯狂了，”她咯咯直笑，解释说她不想惹恼家人，但她真的没办法给一个4个月大的婴儿发送文字消息。“我该怎么办呢？”

It is a peculiarly 21st-century dilemma. As linguists and anthropologists know well, the way that human families define themselves and communicate with each other has changed numerous times over the millennia. But the past decade has produced a shift in the pattern of family communications that is more speedy and intense than anything seen before.

这是一个21世纪特有的窘境。语言学家和人类学家非常了解，千年以来，人类家庭诠释自身以及成员间互相沟通的方式发生了无数次改变。但在过去十年，家庭沟通方式发生的转变比以往任何一次都要迅速和剧烈。

Never mind the fact that the internet has suddenly linked the entire globe; social media and mobile phones have enabled us all to disappear into cyber space, colliding and connecting — however we choose. That is not just reshaping work but altering domestic space, creating new forms of cyber family traditions, even during the holidays.