微信更新至7.0.9版本，新增朋友圈图片评论功能，动图和静态图均可，点击图片评论可查看大图，评论图片同步聊天表情包库。
新闻一出，朋友圈和群聊就开始刷屏：
当代人三句话离不开表情包，一言不合就斗图，现如今朋友圈留言区也能发图片了，怕不是翻了天~
下面我们就来看看——
朋友圈、评论区、戏精、表情包 的英语表达
以及 中国年轻人们为何如此钟爱表情包~
（想把这个话题素材塞入口语的烤鸭们，可以参考参考哦~）
＊朋友圈＊留言区＊
朋友圈：WeChat moments
“发朋友圈”可以说“Post something
“转发朋友圈”可以用“share”~
留言区：message board
其他表达：
Twitter feed/Instagram feed：Twitter和Instagram的状态
Traffic：流量
Twitterati：沉迷于Twitter的人
Facebook junkie：沉迷于Facebook的人
沉迷社交媒体可以直接说：social media junkie
* 戏精 *
Drama QueeBGgsLLEn
If you call someone a drama queen, you mean they react to situations in an unnecessarily dramatic or exaggerated way.
一点儿小事，就反应夸张，“戏剧女王”指的正是“小題大做的人”。
（一般指女生，偶尔可以指男生。或者男生也可以叫drama king）
举原由网例
Don't worry, she's just being a drama queen.
不用担心，她就是有点戏精上身。
Attention Whore
乍一看好像是中式英語，但其实在美国也很流行，是一個internet slang（网络俚语）。
大家切不可把它当成正式英语词录，仅限于人们在网络社交媒体中使用~
该词也被收录美国俚语词典--Urban Dictionary中。
“label given to any person who craves attention to such an extent that they will do anything to receive it.”
是描述一个为获取他人注意力而不折手段的人的标签。
如果日常对朋友使用，觉得attention whore略有不雅，还是建议用drama queen哦~
Wise Guy
在某些场合总是想表現得比別人更机智，反而招致人家反感，英文这个词表示“自作聪明的人”。
举例
Okay, wise guy, if you're so damned smart, you can tell everyone how it's done!
好吧戏精，你要是真有那么聪明，就可以告诉大家该怎么做了！
表情符号在英语中有不同的说法: Emoji 和 Emoticon
现在比较流行的是用emoji，这其实是个从日语借用的词。另外有个比较像的词，却意思完全不同。
Emo: 比较暗黑系的少男少女
He is an emo.
He is such an emo kid.
那么表情包英语又要怎么说呢？
Stickers: 表情包，表情图
Emoji一般指那些小黄脸，而stickers可能是各种表情图。
虽然网络表情不是中国人的发明，但表情包文化已经在中国成为一种流行文化。
几乎所有年轻人的社交软件中都保存着各种下载或自制的表情，网上群聊往往就是一场表情包斗图大会！
据说歪果仁看到我们的表情包第一反应是这样的，
↑辣个熊猫长了张人脸！！！
为什么中国年轻人如此热衷于使用和生产表情包？难道，没有表情包就不能好好聊天了吗？
It is probably no exaggeration to say that, these days, anyone who uses the Internet on their phone understands the formidable power of a deftly deployed cat GIF, a knowingly dropped “crying with laughter” smiley, or a casually placed icon of a minuscule rose, watermelon, or cup of coffee.
可以毫不夸张地说，如今，任何用手机上网的人都知道一个熟练发出的小猫动图、一张心照不宣的“哭笑不得”的笑脸，或者随手发一个小玫瑰、西瓜、咖啡的巨大力量。
Today's world is one in which the emoji reigns supreme
当今世界是一个被emoji表情主宰的世界。
“Emoji” is a Japanese word meaning “pictograph,” composed of the Japanese characters e, meaning “picture,” and moji, meaning “written character.” In Japan, it originally referred to the ideograms and smileys used on mobile phones in the late 1990s.
“Emoji”（絵文字）是一个日语单词，意思是“象形文字”，日文汉字“絵”（e）代表“图片”，“文字”（moji）的意思是“文字”。在日本，emoji原指上世纪90年代末在手机上使用的表意符号和微笑符号。
Since Apple added emojis to an iPhone update in 2011, they have taken the world by storm. One could say that, in the Internet age, emojis are the world's most widely understood language.
自2011年苹果公司在iPhone中添加了emoji表情更新后，这些表情符号就开始在全世界风靡。可以说，在互联网时代，emoji表情是全球最通用的语言。
However, on Chinese social media, just understanding how to use emojis is not enough. Recently, young Chinese have become infatuated with an even more complex form of emoji called biaoqingbao, or sticker sets.
然而，在中国的社交媒体上，单单了解如何使用emoji表情是不够的。最近，中国年轻人迷恋上一种更复杂的表情符号“表情包”。
Much like emojis, sticker sets are groups of graphics used to express emotions. However, emojis tend to come in uniform sets distributed by phone manufacturers as part of their products' operating systems, making them centralized, standardized, and limited in quantity.
表情包和emoji表情很相似，就是一组用来表达情感的图形。然而，emoji表情一般是手机厂商在其产品的操作系统中发布的统一图组，这些表情集中统一、数量有限。
Sticker sets are therefore decentralized: They generally comprise images or animated GIFs of popular celebrities, viral quotes, anime scen原由网es, or TV and film stills, frequently paired with a line of text. In essence, sticker sets are considerably more diverse and individualized than emojis.
因此，表情包是多种多样的，通常包括名人、流行语、动画场景或影视剧的截图，往往还会配上一串文字。从本质上讲，表情包比emoji表情更加多样化、个性化。
Sticker sets have come to dominate the social networks of young Chinese people, especially those born in the 1990s. For some of them, verbal and text-based conversations have given way to a barrage of stickers, furiously posted in a kind of competition to see who has the most or the funniest.
表情包已经占领了中国年轻人的社交网络平台，特别是90后。对于一些90后来说，语言文字交流已经被表情包斗图所取代。他们会发一大堆表情包，比赛看谁的表情包最多、最有意思。
Chinese people born in the '90s grew up in a fundamentally different environment from their elders. Today, connected to a veritable ocean of online information and surrounded by the clamor of differing opinions, new youth subcultures have emerged, challenging the previously hegemonic power of central ideology and opening up space for greater individualism and creativity.
中国90后和他们的长辈的成长环境完全不同。当今世界与网络信息海洋互联互通，充斥着各种不同的声音，新青年亚www.58yuanyou.com文化在这种背景下应运而生，挑战着此前占据主导的核心意识形态，并为更强的个人主义和创新思维开拓空间。
Young people have used this technology to construct their own system of expression and communication, compwww.58yuanyou.comlete with unique aesthetic and value systems.
年轻人用表情包建立了具有独特审美和价值体系的专属表达交流系统。
The Internet has, in many ways, given them a means of constructing new cultural identities. It is precisely for this reason that sticker sets have won their affection.
互联网从很多方面赋予他们构建新的文化身份的途径。正因如此，表情包才能赢得年轻人的喜爱。
Online messaging frequently lacks the context clues and mood indicators that we take for granted in real life, such as facial expressions, tone of voice, and pauses in speech.
网上聊天一般缺乏现实生活中我们习以为常的语境和面部表情、语调、讲话停顿等情绪暗示。
In China, the solution is to employ cheerful, entertaining, and tongue-in-cheek sticker sets. A skillfully used sticker is capable of accurately expressing the speaker's state of mind without risking the tension or awkwardness that comes with social misunderstanding.
对此，中国人的应对之策就是使用欢脱搞笑的表情包。巧妙运用表情包可以准确传达讲话者的心情，不会产生社交误解，导致气氛变得紧张尴尬。
To give another example, this sticker serves to put an end to the conversation when its user is ready to go to bed.
再举个例子，当你准备休息时，可以用表情包结束对话。
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文章来源：公粽号 IELT屠鸭哥（yasi99）
