Estella showed me the way with a candle. When she opened the side entrance, the_______ of the daylight quite confused me.

A. trend B. rush

C. crash D. increase

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Escape from FoMO

Here’s a test you might enjoy: rate these situations on a number scale, ranging from 1 for mild discomfort to 7 for unbearable distress.

Situation 1: you’re visiting New York City and realize there’s no way you’ll be able to get to all the exhibits, see all the recommended plays or take in even part of the “musts”. How do you feel now? Something like 5?

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It is not uncommon that at night when you’ve sworn again to put the phone aside or turn off the computer, you cast one last glance at the screen on your way to bed in case you miss some titbit (趣聞)supplied by mere acquaintances or even strangers’ requesting your “friendship”.

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Concept of FoMO

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2. to check our social network.

• Determined as we are to put aside phones, we can’t shift our (73) from them until we go to bed.

3. behind FoMO

• Technology develops and social information explodes.

• Images of online friends 4. more to us, compared to our real world friends.

• Some of us attempt to feel5.A fulfilled on social network.

Bad effects of FoMO

• We are constantly6. for things that we didn’t do.

• Communicating with friends in the virtual world gives7. to the decline of important relationships with friends and family.

Suggestions on avoiding

FoMo

• Get (8. from the modern technology.

• Recognize that missing out is part of our life.

• Accept that9.can sometimes be “a blessing in disguise”.

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