雅思口语| social media 社交媒体

keep up with friends and family  与家人朋友保持联系

You originally created your social media accounts to keep up with friends and family and see what they're doing and stuff like that. 你一开始创建社交账号是为了与家人朋友保持联系,看看他们在做什么之类的。

an honorable sentiment

And that's not a bad reason at all. In fact, it's quite an honorable sentiment. 这个理由听起来不错。事实上这是一种非常高尚的情感。

becomes more dependent on these technologies 越来越依赖科技

an ever-growing problem 日益严重的问题

But as society becomes more dependent on these technologies, there's an ever-growing problem. 随着社会越来越依赖科技，有一个日益严重的问题。

our intended use for these social media applications 社交媒体的预期用途

And that is that our intended use for these social media applications and what our daily use actually looks like are often two competely different things.  社交媒体的预期社交用途与我们日常使用的实际情况往往大相径庭。

use social media and our smartphones compulsively 情不自禁地使用社交媒体和智能手机

Many of us use social media and our smartphones compulsively. 我们很多人情不自禁地使用社交媒体和智能手机。

be like a nervous tick 像因紧张产生的抽搐

It's like a nervous tick. 这就像因紧张产生的抽搐。

check your phone 查看手机

There's a certain need to check your phone all the time.您需要随时查看您的手机。

constantly pull your attention away from sth.不断把你的注意力拉走

It's constantly pulling your attention away from whatever's in front of you and back into your other online life.它不断把你的注意力从你面前的任何事情转移到你的其他在线生活中。