Mark never stops socialising with his friends online.But he's also never felt more alone.
Where am I? What am I doing? If you're one of my 500 friends online, you'll always be the first to know.(1)My phone and laptop are never out of touching distance, so I'm constantly① posting updates on social media — whether I'm having a coffee, on my way to② school, watching TV ... even when I'm in the shower.As soon as I open my eyes in the morning, I check through③ all my social networking apps, read my emails and answer text messages.I do the same thing all over again while I'm having breakfast.
(1)句中if引导条件状语从句；序数词后接动词不定式作定语。
I live in a university dorm④ with a couple of great roommates.I have a neverending flow⑤of messages and updates from all the people I associate⑥ with online.Yet the truth of the matter is：I feel lonely.
I'm barely⑦the only person who feels this way.According to research, over twothirds of young people find it easier to make friends online than it is “in real life”．(2)I'm way beyond⑧ a shy or reserved person, but I'm wired up every day, like most of my friends.On the surface⑨， I have an active social life.I attend parties and play sports but I'm always distracted⑩.They say that phones bring people closer together but in reality?， my mind is always a million miles away.I obsess? over exactly how many followers I have on my account, but I can't remember the birthdays of some of my oldest mates.
(2)主语是带分数的名词；find后接复合宾语，其中it是形式宾语，真正的宾语是后面的不定式短语；句中than引导比较状语从句。
Social networking dominates? my life in so many ways.Sometimes I set deadlines? for myself：I will start doing my homework at 8 pm, and aim to finish in two hours.At 7.50 pm, I'm still scrolling through my friends' silly posts and photos.Before I know it, it's 9.30 pm and I still haven't moved an inch from the sofa.I download song after song, video after video, but I'm not really paying attention.The stimulation is in chasing? after the next song rather than? truly enjoying it.My friends try to drag me away from my phone, but as soon as I'm alone again, I'm desperate? to get back to? the online world and the intense activity that it provides.(3)
(3)本句是一个并列复合句，由but连接两个并列分句。在第二个并列分句中：as soon as引导时间状语从句that it provides为限制性定语从句。
