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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。那么，为什么中国的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. Today's world is one in which the emoji reigns supreme. 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、一张故意留下的“哭笑不得”的笑脸，或是随便加的小玫瑰、西瓜、咖啡的巨大影响力。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. 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. | 
