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PAGE 1 外刊话题阅读和写作训练之元宇宙 Practice 1(Reading + Speaking + Vocabulary Building + Writing) Need to guard against metaverse craze(From China Daily) Editors note: Social and cultural changes in 2021 continued to influence peoples lives while improved social governance and rising public interest and participation in cultural events contributed significantly to social stability. Yet some changes have created new challenges for the country. Three experts share their views on what these changes and challenges mean to the country with China Daily: 1. The term metaverse has been a hot topic of discussion since the summer, and is also among the hottest new words of the year. Although Facebook renaming itself Meta adds a whole new dimension to metaverse, Facebook and Microsoft both have staked claim to the term. 2. All of a sudden, all kinds of metaverse-related research programs, institutions and applications have sprung up. But what exactly is metaverse? 3. Neal Stephenson is credited with coining the term metaverse. He used it in his 1992 science fiction novel, Snow Crash, in which he envisioned lifelike avatars meeting in 3D surroundings and other virtual reality environments. Metaverse, therefore, is a combination of multiple high-tech elements, including mobile internet, the internet of things, virtual reality, augmented reality, artificial intelligence, and videos, which makes users feel like they are living in a digital universe. 4. As a new capital market darling, the concept has been so overhyped that it could now spawn many equities bubbles. 5. Social media have long passed the honeymoon period with governments. For example, Facebook has been grappling with US regulators on allegations of monopoly, invasion of privacy, misuse of users data, spread of misinformation, and other serious issues. 6. Also, government supervision against social media and apps has extended to the virtual space. And the United States admini