网络暴力 Online Harassment

上个月shàng ge yuè我wǒ的de朋友péngyou小雨Xiǎoyǔ在zài网上wǎngshàng发fā了le一张yì zhāng自拍照zìpāizhào，没想到méi xiǎngdào收到shōudào了le很多hěnduō难听nántīng的de评论pínglùn。

Last month, my friend Xiaoyu posted a selfie online; unexpectedly, she received a lot of unpleasant comments.

有人yǒurén骂mà她tā长得zhǎng de丑chǒu，还有人hái yǒurén说shuō她tā根本gēnběn不bù应该yīnggāi出现chūxiàn在zài网上wǎngshàng。

Some people insulted her looks, calling her ugly, and others said she simply shouldn't appear online at all.

短短duǎnduǎn一天yìtiān之内zhīnèi，骂mà她tā的de人rén越来越yuèláiyuè多duō，小雨Xiǎoyǔ吓得xiàde不敢bùgǎn再zài打开dǎkāi手机shǒujī。

Within a single day, more and more people were insulting her, and Xiaoyu was so scared that she no longer dared to open her phone.

这种zhè zhǒng躲duǒ在zài屏幕píngmù后面hòumiàn攻击gōngjī别人biéren的de行为xíngwéi，就是jiùshì我们wǒmen常cháng说shuō的de“网络暴力wǎngluò bàolì”。

This kind of behavior — hiding behind a screen to attack others — is exactly what we commonly call "online violence" (cyberbullying).

奇怪qíguài的de是shì，那些nàxiē骂人màrén的de人rén，大多数dàduōshù根本gēnběn不bú认识rènshi小雨Xiǎoyǔ。

What's strange is that most of the people insulting her didn't know Xiaoyu at all.

也许yěxǔ因为yīnwèi看不到kànbudào对方duìfāng的de表情biǎoqíng，很多人hěnduō rén说话shuōhuà时shí反而fǎn'ér更gèng容易róngyì失去shīqù分寸fēncun。

Perhaps because they can't see the other person's expression, many people actually find it easier to lose their sense of restraint when speaking.

小雨Xiǎoyǔ的de心情xīnqíng越来越yuèláiyuè差chà，甚至shènzhì开始kāishǐ怀疑huáiyí是不是shìbushì自己zìjǐ真的zhēnde做错zuòcuò了le什么shénme。

Xiaoyu's mood grew worse and worse; she even began to wonder whether she had really done something wrong.

后来hòulái，她tā的de哥哥gēge劝quàn她tā把bǎ那些nàxiē评论pínglùn截图jiétú保存bǎocún下来xiàlai，然后ránhòu向xiàng平台píngtái举报jǔbào。

Later, her older brother urged her to take screenshots of those comments and save them, then report them to the platform.

慢慢地mànmàn de，小雨Xiǎoyǔ明白míngbai了le：网上wǎngshàng骂人màrén的de声音shēngyīn再zài大dà，也yě不bú代表dàibiǎo大多数dàduōshù人rén的de真实zhēnshí想法xiǎngfǎ。

Slowly, Xiaoyu came to understand: no matter how loud the online insults are, they don't represent the true thoughts of most people.

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Key words 生词

网络暴力wǎngluò bàolìonline violence; cyberbullying

攻击gōngjīto attack

屏幕píngmùscreen

分寸fēncunsense of propriety; restraint

截图jiétúto take a screenshot

举报jǔbàoto report (to a platform/authority)

Grammar note 语法点

越来越… — more and more

越来越 combines with an adjective or verb to show a trend that keeps intensifying over time.

骂她的人越来越多。 — The number of people insulting her kept growing.

反而 — on the contrary; instead

反而 signals that the actual result is the opposite of what one would expect.

很多人说话时反而更容易失去分寸。 — Many people actually find it easier to lose restraint when speaking (the opposite of what you'd expect).

再…也… — no matter how [adjective], still…

再 sets up an extreme degree, and 也 shows that the conclusion holds regardless of that degree.

网上骂人的声音再大，也不代表大多数人的真实想法。 — No matter how loud the online insults are, they still don't represent the true thoughts of most people.

Check yourself 小测验

1. What did Xiaoyu post online?

2. What did most of the people who insulted her have in common?

3. What did her brother suggest she do?

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网络暴力Wǎngluò bàolìOnline Harassment

Key words 生词

Grammar note 语法点

Check yourself 小测验

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