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　　原文标题：

　　Social media must not rob us of the right to change our minds

　　脉络:

　　引出问题“社交媒体鼓励观点固化”(第 一段)--分析问题产生原因（第二、三段）--给出问题解决办法（第四、五段）--收束全文“追求观点自由”（第六段）。

　　Part 1原文

　　Ⅰ   In some parallel dimension, social media is being used to shape our discourse for the better: as an arena where views and beliefs are expressed generously and listened to eagerly, where we allow our prejudices to be challenged, where we welcome opposing opinions, where we learn from those who see the world differently from us. Alas, we are in this dimension. And at a time when compromise is needed more than ever-not least to help ease a political deadlock that endangers the social fabric of Britain-social media gives every appearance of having been devised solely to guarantee tribalism and intransigence.

　　Ⅱ      If, for example, a certain individual has spent years tweeting about the dangers of Jeremy Corbyn becoming prime minister, any softening of that opinion would surely be met with countless reminders of previous tweets on the subject. It is far easier to be consistent than risk looking hypocritical. In this way, Twitter encourages us to become morally obliged to notions that belong in the past, obliged to previous versions of ourselves.

　　Ⅲ   There is something deeper here, too. Those previous opinions may well have proven popular-perhaps especially if they were expressed in harsh terms. Likes, retweets and followers rack up; it's addictive. Certain individuals thus build themselves up into brands. This can be profitable. In the current example, if your brand has been built on your strong dislike of Corbyn, then any sign of equivocation risks not only a charge of hypocrisy, but essentially a threat to your personal business model. For the rest of us, it threatens self-esteem. And this is before we get on to the series of icons and flags that accompany Twitter handles: what begins as an attempt to describe us can end up defining us.

　　Ⅳ  Yet to blame the tech can be to do away with our responsibility. We can lose sight of the fact that at the heart of all this are humans: weak, fragile, needy beings. If we can see what social media is doing to us and how it is doing it, we can start to do things differently.

　　Ⅴ   Changing one's mind, or allowing new circumstances to introduce greater nuance into strongly held beliefs, is essential to avoid the polarisation that poisons so much of our politics. There is nothing hypocritical about changing your mind; there is, however, in claiming to be evidence-led, but remaining dogmatic in the face of a changing world. We need more of our public figures and leading opinion-formers to take risks, eschew cheap popularity and brave the inevitable charges of inconsistency. Maybe the rest of us can help by giving them the room to do so without losing face.

　　Ⅵ   It seems like Twitter holds us in a strange captivity. But to admit that we have got things wrong, and to let others do the same, is a way of breaking free.

　　Part 2长难句语法点拨

　　本句主干为“...social media is being used to shape our discourse for the better...”，In some parallel dimension为状语，说明发生地点“在平行宇宙里”；as an arena为方式状语，其中where引导四个arena的后置定语，具体说明“社交媒体如何改善交谈”。

　　Part 3

　　写作句型借鉴

　　What begins as an attempt to describe us can end up defining us.它们原本只是试图对我们进行描述，最终却会界定我们。

　　What begins as an attempt to do XX end up doing YY.

　　它们原本只是试图XX,最终却YY。

　　原文例句： And this is before we get on to the series of icons and flags that accompany Twitter handles: what begins as an attempt to describe us can end up defining us.这些发生在我们认识伴随推特账户的一系列图标和标签（注：用以对人们进行描述）之前：它们原本只是试图对我们进行描述，最终却会界定我们。

　　Yet to blame the XX can be to do away with our responsibility. 然而，（将问题）归咎于XX,是在推卸我们自身的责任。

　　原文例句：Yet to blame the tech can be to do away with our responsibility. 然而，（将问题）归咎于科技公司是在推卸我们自身的责任。

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