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3. What do the speakers think about the topic?
Andi ....
Indah .....
4. Listen to the recording and fill in gap.
She told me that she was really addicted to it and claimed it was a vicious circle. It really . . . (1) her mental health. When she updated her status and photo in her social media accounts, she tried to share her best and brightest moments in her life. However, later on she struggled with her . . . (2) because she started to compare her behind-the-scenes status with other people’s status. She could easily feel jealous with other’s happiness. Moreover, she was . . . (3) with being given “like” and “comment” from other viewers in her current status. She also experienced anxiety and even took down her photo if there was no likes on it. She said this condition truly changed her sense of identity because she saw her . . . (4) based on what others think about her. You know how crazy Andi is. She could take hundreds of photos to make sure that it could invite . . . (5) from others on cocial media.
Modified from https://youtu.be/Czg_9C7gw0o (Retrieved on May 27, 2022)
Put your answer in the table and find the meaning in Indonesian Language
5. Match the expression with their meaning
1. To be in someone's good books
2. To be sensitive to highs and lows
3. It's a vicious circle
4. Not in her right mind
5. The time for her to stage an intervention
a. Not a sensible way to behave
b. To be in a position where someone is pleased with you and nice to you
c. She needs to do something about this now
d. It keeps getting worse and we can't break the pattern
e. Experience emotions deeply
ANSWERS
1. They (Andy and Indah) are discussing Dina
2. The sentence which is True or False:
- Indah is stressed now. False
- Dina spends most of her time on social media. True
- Andi said that social media really affected his mental health. False
- Indah can control herself in using social media. True
- Trolls are not a big problem in social media. False
3. Andi thinks that Dina is okay at first, but it turns out that he just knows Dina's condition from what Indah says.
Indah thinks that Dina is not alright due to her habits of using social media.
4. She told me that she was really addicted to it and claimed it was a vicious circle. It really affected (1) her mental health. When she updated her status and photo in her social media accounts, she tried to share her best and brightest moments in her life. However, later on she struggled with her insecurity (2) because she started to compare her behind-the-scenes status with other people’s status. She could easily feel jealous with other’s happiness. Moreover, she was obsessed (3) with being given “like” and “comment” from other viewers in her current status. She also experienced anxiety and even took down her photo if there was no likes on it. She said this condition truly changed her sense of identity because she saw her self-worth (4) based on what others think about her. You know how crazy Andi is. She could take hundreds of photos to make sure that it could invite attention (5) from others on cocial media.
affected: memengaruhi
insecurity: rasa kurang percaya diri
obsessed: terobsesi
self-worth: harga diri
attention: perhatian