A Letter to My Younger Self
Yosh o‘zimga maktub
Sarlavha va pastdagi so‘zlarga qarang. Matn nima haqida bo‘lishi mumkin? Bir daqiqa o‘ylab ko‘ring — bu miyani o‘qishga tayyorlaydi.
Muallif o‘smirlik yillaridagi ijtimoiy tarmoqlar ta’siri haqida o‘zining yoshligiga xat yozadi.
Kalit so‘zlar
Bu so‘zlar matnda uchraydi va matnda ajratib ko‘rsatiladi. Bosing — talaffuzini eshitasiz.
⏱ O‘qish boshlanganda vaqt o‘lchanadi — oxirida tezligingizni ko‘rasiz.
👆 Istalgan so‘zni bosing — tarjimasi yoki lug‘atga havola chiqadi.
Dear fifteen-year-old me, I know you spend most evenings scrolling through photos of people who seem happier, thinner and more popular than you. I know you delete pictures that don’t get enough likes within an hour. I’m writing to tell you what I wish someone had told me.
Aziz o‘n besh yoshli men, bilaman, ko‘p oqshomlaringni o‘zingdan baxtliroq, ozg‘inroq va mashhurroq ko‘ringan odamlarning suratlarini varaqlab o‘tkazasan. Bilaman, bir soat ichida yetarlicha “layk” yig‘magan rasmlarni o‘chirib tashlaysan. Kimdir menga aytishini istagan narsani senga aytish uchun yozyapman.
Almost everything you see online is edited. Those perfect holidays include hours of arguments and bad weather that were never posted. The girl whose life you envy most will tell you, years from now, that she was miserable at the time. You are comparing your behind-the-scenes with everyone else’s highlight reel.
Internetda ko‘rganlaringning deyarli hammasi tahrirlangan. O‘sha mukammal ta’tillarda hech qachon joylanmagan soatlab janjallar va yomon havo ham bo‘lgan. Hayotiga eng ko‘p havas qiladigan qizing yillar o‘tib, o‘sha paytda o‘zini baxtsiz his qilganini aytadi. Sen o‘z sahna ortingni boshqalarning eng yaxshi lavhalari bilan solishtiryapsan.
The hours you spend on your phone are hours you are not spending on the things that will actually make you happy: drawing, which you have quietly given up; your friendship with Nodira, which is fading because you never call; sleep, which you badly need.
Telefoningda o‘tkazgan soatlaring seni haqiqatan baxtli qiladigan narsalarga sarflanmayotgan soatlar: jimgina tashlab qo‘ygan rasm chizishing; hech qo‘ng‘iroq qilmaganing uchun so‘nib borayotgan Nodira bilan do‘stliging; sening juda muhtoj bo‘lgan uyquing.
I’m not telling you to delete everything. Just notice how you feel after you scroll. If the answer is “worse”, put the phone down and pick up a pencil. I promise the version of you that does this is much happier. With love, you, at thirty.
Hammasini o‘chirib tashla demayapman. Shunchaki varaqlagandan keyin o‘zingni qanday his qilishingni payqa. Agar javob “yomonroq” bo‘lsa, telefonni qo‘yib, qalam ol. Va’da beraman, shunday qiladigan sen ancha baxtliroqsan. Mehr bilan, o‘ttiz yoshdagi sen.
You will also learn, eventually, that the people who really matter don’t care how many followers you have. When you fail your driving test (twice, I’m sorry to say), it won’t be your online friends who drive you to practise every weekend. It will be Dad, patient and slightly terrified, in the passenger seat.
Oxir-oqibat, haqiqatan muhim odamlar obunachilaring sonini qadrlamasligini ham bilib olasan. Haydovchilik imtihonidan yiqilganingda (afsuski, ikki marta), har dam olish kuni seni mashq qilish uchun olib boradigan onlayn do‘stlaring bo‘lmaydi. Bu yo‘lovchi o‘rindig‘ida sabrli va biroz qo‘rqib o‘tirgan dadang bo‘ladi.
And one more thing: be kinder to yourself. The voice in your head that says you are not pretty enough, clever enough or interesting enough is lying. It got louder every time you compared yourself to a stranger’s photo. You can turn the volume down.
Va yana bir narsa: o‘zingga mehribonroq bo‘l. Xayolingdagi yetarlicha chiroyli, aqlli yoki qiziqarli emassan degan ovoz yolg‘on gapiryapti. Har safar o‘zingni notanishning surati bilan solishtirganingda u balandroq bo‘lardi. Uning ovozini pasaytira olasan.
Tushundingizmi?
Javob topa olmasangiz, «O‘qish» bosqichiga qaytib, matnga qarang — bu ham mashq.
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Asosiy g‘oya
1 What is the main purpose of the letter?
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2 What does “comparing your behind-the-scenes with everyone else’s highlight reel” mean?
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3 What does the writer advise?
True / False / Not Given
True — matnda aynan shunday deyilgan. False — matn aksini aytadi. Not Given — matnda bu haqda ma’lumot yo‘q.
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1 The fifteen-year-old has stopped drawing.
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2 The writer failed the driving test twice.
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3 The writer now works in social media marketing.
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4 Nodira and the writer are still friends at thirty.
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5 The writer’s online friends helped them practise driving.
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6 The writer tells their younger self to delete everything.
So‘zni ma’nosi bilan juftlang
Chapdan so‘zni, o‘ngdan uning ma’nosini tanlang. Hammasi juftlansa, natija chiqadi.