摘要：今天要跟大家分享的雅思閱讀素材題目是“Could you survive university without social media?”離開社交媒體，大學還能好好過嗎？這是一個傷心的問題，反正離開了社交媒體，我是沒法活！可是，真會如此痛不欲生嗎?看看別人怎么說的吧！

However, things changed during my third year. I was offered two amazing writing jobs, which both required me to getT witter and Facebook. Not wanting to miss the opportunity, I logged back on.

Adrienne Jolly, a careers advisor at UEA, says: “It’s hard to pin down(確定,敲定,確證,弄清楚)reliable statistics on social media and successful recruitment. But it’s generally accepted that getting known matters, and social media networks are pretty influential in this process – for better or worse.”

You might decide quitting social media isn’t viable(可行的)in the long run(從長遠看). Most students want a career, and social media has revolutionized the recruitment process. However, if its ugly side is bringing you down(使人消沉，令人掃興),why not consider taking leave?

By doing so, I gained resourcefulness(機智), confidence and a strong connection with reality. My social media free rein has now ended, but I still have these qualities and I wouldn’t give them up for the world.(雖然我對社交媒體不理不睬的日子已經結束，但我還保留著這些素質，永遠也不放棄。)

vocabulary

sociable 社交的，好交際的

socialite 社交名流，社交達人，交際花

packed 擁擠的

shunning 避開，回避

proclaimed 標榜的

do without 沒有也行

indifferent 漠不關心的，冷淡的

newsfeed 信息推送，新聞推送

aplenty 豐富的

chill 放松，休息

interrogated 詢問，審問，質問

mobster 匪徒，暴徒

weary 令人厭煩的

grunts 咕噥

bliss 極樂

viable 可行的

in the long run 從長遠來看(= eventually)

rein 韁繩，駕馭，統治，支配