China News Service, July 4th, Question: Mid-Year Observation: Isolated islands become a continent, a world where the epidemic is hard to say, people "see the screen"
Author: Bian Zhang Lei Li Hongyu sweet Olin
Under the epidemic,
Caring is a small screen,
I am here,
The world is over there.
Weddings, graduations, birthdays, dying farewell... life events, completed online
"A lot of wine, a lot of food, crazy and loud music. We danced all night. We didn't stop until the DJ was leaving."
This is the wedding appearance of the Indian woman Puri dream. The wedding was originally scheduled to be held in a resort in May for a period of three days and hosted up to 450 guests. There are four different cuisines on the 10-page menu. The bride's silk skirt, groom's suit, and jewelry to wear at the wedding have all been customized.
Data Map: On June 20, 2020 local time in Amman, Jordan, a pair of local newcomers Zaid Masarweh and Leen Aghabi held a small wedding in the church, and broadcast their wedding to their family overseas through Zoom software.
However, this gorgeous wedding fantasy was shattered by the rapidly spreading new crown epidemic. In May, the epidemic in India continued to deteriorate, with more than 40,000 confirmed cases on May 3, and the national blockade continued to extend. Although Puri's wedding was held as planned in early May, the location became his own living room. There were only a few ten attendees, and other relatives and friends could only watch the wedding remotely through the video and send blessings.
Arora, the bridegroom, couldn't hide her regret for the ending of this incident. He said that if the epidemic can be alleviated later this year, another grand banquet will be held.
"When you can't celebrate as usual, you lose the connection between people," said Dimitris, an anthropology and psychology professor at the University of Connecticut.
"People are looking for ways to make up and synchronize activities, which makes us feel like one."
Students at the University of California, Berkeley, have ushered in the graduation season in the epidemic. In order to hold the "Cloud Graduation Ceremony", the guys spent about six weeks, recreating more than 100 important buildings in the school in the game, and dressed their characters in bachelor uniforms. From the principal's graduation speech to the music festival carnival after the ceremony, they are all synchronized into the game.
Data Map: On May 15, local time, Mills High School in San Mateo County, Northern California, USA ushered in a special graduation season. Graduates drove or drove to different stations arranged by school staff to complete the book return and payment As well as receiving graduation items, students have no direct contact with staff throughout the process.
In addition to weddings and graduation ceremonies, another important celebration in life is birthday. In New York, a nurse Sarah Frantzreb invited relatives in three states to join her younger daughter Sloan's online birthday party. She plans to wear a shiny hat for the little baby and sit on the high chair to receive blessings. Sarah said that this year's situation made her realize that "celebration, indeed, really, is just about love."
If the highlight moment in life is only celebrated through the screen, there will be a trace of imperfection; then, the farewell through the screen and the final separation of yin and yang are regrets for a lifetime.
In the United Kingdom in May, the temperature was only over 10 degrees. Although the chill has not been felt, the continuous deterioration of the epidemic has silenced the entire country like a cold winter.
"This is the last time I watched them, but I couldn't be on the spot, which would become a regret for our whole life." On May 12, the funeral of Katie’s parents was held. The old couple died of the new crown virus within two days after being unfortunately infected. However, no relatives were able to arrive at the funeral. Katie herself is also in quarantine and can only use video to say goodbye to her parents.
The epidemic has isolated people from others. People can only draw a closer distance through a screen, try not to miss each other's joys and sorrows, and get "complete" in imperfections.
Surgery, watching games, socializing, shopping... a screen becomes "helping straw"
One screen can achieve the empathy of "the king is at the head of the Yangtze River, and I am at the end of the Yangtze River"; one screen may also be the "life-saving straw" that people have to pay close attention to.
After the United States and Britain successively issued travel restrictions, the 31-year-old man in London, Tajer, had testicular cancer spread, and the stomach had a tumor, which required urgent surgery.
A special operation was launched through a screen. An American expert, about 7,600 kilometers away, watched the live broadcast of the surgery behind the screen, while providing advice to the British surgeon, and finally saved the patient. "It's a bit like a player on a tennis court, and the coach is on the other side." The British doctor said.
Data Map: On June 17, local time, the British Royal Jockey Club was held. Due to the impact of the epidemic, the Jockey Club was changed to live broadcast. A 3-year-old boy in Britain wears equestrian clothing at home and rides a pony to watch an equestrian game in the living room.
On the real sports ground, major events around the world have been stalled due to the impact of the epidemic, and they have to use screens to "self-rescue".
After the Tokyo Olympics were postponed and the World Championships were suspended, how to "break through" has become a problem that all sports must face. The Premier League and La Liga have teamed up with sports video game producers to organize the "FIFA20" online invitational tournament. The entire series attracted more than 1 million online cheers and raised nearly 200,000 pounds of on-demand fees to fight the epidemic.
It is not just the sports industry that is on the "cloud". "Press and hold the bottom of the mangosteen and squeeze hard to peel off the whole flesh..." On the evening of June 9th, Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Commerce Zhu Lin live broadcasted the "Bring Goods" and sold nearly 5,000 to the Chinese people Durian, 20,000 coconut greens, sweet shrimps, fragrant rice and net red fried chicken.
From professors of music history in the United States, to star chefs in Singapore, from anchors in South Korea, to celebrities in China... People from all walks of life are racking their brains to minimize the distance between each other through the screen. Interact closely outside to add vigour to the house's life.
The British "Financial Times" called this phenomenon-"little consolation brought by the epidemic."
Data picture: Under the epidemic, in Seville, Spain, a 14-year-old girl started her online learning.
The screen flickers, bytes flow, and isolated islands become a continent
Life cannot be stagnant, and resuming work, resuming production and returning to school has also opened up the interface to the network. At home, online courses, no matter which country, people want to make every effort to make up for the "homework" caused by the epidemic. Due to the seriousness of the new crown epidemic, in March, UNESCO urgently called on 421 million students in 39 countries and regions to take classes remotely.
Dingding, an office software in China, was accidentally set on fire in this epidemic. Since the outbreak of the Chinese epidemic in January, primary and secondary school students across the country who have been unable to successfully start school have used software such as Dingding to broadcast live online and collaborate remotely. Some people think that this software is very good, but some elementary school students feel that they are studied for most of the time every day.
Dingding was later selected by the United Nations along with several other software and recommended to the people in need in various countries. Dingding also launched 11 AI languages for real-time voice translation, including Korean, English, and Japanese, to meet the actual needs of different countries.
Screenshot of the official account of the British Prime Minister Johnson social network.
While the epidemic is spreading, information is spreading, and people's emotions are also spreading through the Internet.
The screen flickered, bytes flowed, and isolated islands became a continent. The people behind the screens seem to have crossed regions and countries, and have stood on the front line against the epidemic.
"In the past 24 hours, I have experienced mild symptoms and the new coronavirus test is positive." On March 27, the British Prime Minister Johnson posted a video on the social network to announce his illness.
Since the video was released, Johnson's account has received more than 230,000 reposts and comments. People from all over the world use different languages to jointly wish "an early recovery".
On March 26 local time, European Council President Charles Michelle participated in the G20 Leaders' Special Summit on New Coronary Pneumonia.
Almost at the same time, a group of extraordinary characters realized the "same screen" for the first time in history. On March 26, the G20 special summit was held online. Some people think of the scene of the big movie "2012", where leaders of global powers hold video conferences. The image of the "future world" in science fiction seems to have been taken into reality in advance.
On more occasions, various forms of "rare co-screening" around the world have been staged one after another.
The leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) held multiple video conferences during the epidemic; "OPEC+" convened a ministerial conference by video; the 73rd World Health Assembly also announced the opening of video conference...
not only that. In April, WHO and the international public welfare organization "Global Citizen Movement" launched an online live concert around the world, conveying the voice of "One World: United at Home". American singer Lady Gaga served as the general planner of the concert, and Chinese musicians Lang Lang, Eason Chan, and Xueyou Zhang all participated in the show.
At that time, the people at both ends of the screen seemed to sing as American star Jennifer Lopez said, "People, those who need each other, are the luckiest people in the world..."
Thousands of miles are neighbors, and the world is cool. The ancients who were blocked by the space-time distance pay attention to "seeing words like faces"; in the special year when the network is highly developed today, people around the world "seeing faces like faces". (Finish)