[by:www.51voa.com] [00:00.00]更多听力请访问51VOA.COM [00:00.04]What happens to our images on social media [00:04.92]or the internet after we die? [00:08.88]Evan Carroll is someone who thinks a lot about this question. [00:15.16]Carroll co-wrote a book called, "Your Digital Afterlife." [00:22.16]He says there are companies that will collect your passwords and online information. [00:30.84]These businesses then provide all the important details to your family [00:38.00]so they can make sure your accounts are settled after you die. [00:45.08]Carroll said some online businesses will put together the digital story of your life [00:53.60]-- to keep your memory alive long after you die. [00:59.03]Some companies will even send out messages for you [01:03.77]to your friends and family members after your death. [01:08.00]There are some concerns, however. [01:12.24]Carroll said one problem is that it is normal to put off dealing with death. [01:20.22]Many people hope and believe death is far off into the future. [01:27.88]Another problem is that companies sometimes go out of business. [01:34.24]In other words, they might not be around when you die [01:39.44]to send along your messages and passwords. [01:43.84]Facebook says it has 1.71 billion monthly users worldwide, [01:52.36]making it the largest social media website. [01:57.16]Carroll said people are not happy getting messages [02:01.80]on their Facebook Page about birthdays for friends who died. [02:08.32]Now, Facebook will let a relative or friend [02:12.60]"memorialize" a Facebook friend's page, [02:16.84]as long as they can provide proof of the death. [02:21.04]That can be a copy of a death notice. [02:25.32]In 2015, Facebook set up another program. [02:30.96]It lets a person choose a family member or friend [02:35.56]who can supervise the individual's Facebook account after they die. [02:42.60]That person can write information about a memorial service, [02:48.40]or share a special message or memory, Facebook said. [02:54.44]One group working to create digital memories is the Hereafter Institute [03:01.32]at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in California. [03:06.44]Started a year ago, the institute offers people the chance [03:12.72]to learn how they can plan their digital afterlife. [03:18.64]People who visit Hereafter learn how personal information [03:24.04]and video images can be placed into a piece of jewelry as a future memorial. [03:32.24]The founder of the institute is Gabriel Barcia-Colombo. [03:38.16]He used old audio, pictures and videos [03:42.36]to create a lasting video about his grandfather. [03:47.72]Video lets people think about how friends and family members [03:53.68]"moved, or reacted to jokes or how they laughed," he said. [04:00.48]Watching the images of his grandfather was important to him, Barcia-Colombo said. [04:07.76]"To be able to see him walking again...was very moving to me." [04:13.32]People who visit the institute get a body scan. [04:18.08]They can then watch as an image of that body scan walks into the distance. [04:26.16]Carolina Miranda is a staff writer for the Los Angeles Times newspaper. [04:33.36]She recently spent time at the Institute. [04:37.72]She said the image works as a memorial, [04:41.88]although it is not exactly a perfect copy. [04:46.40]"I don't think it would ever be in danger of becoming something [04:51.08]that you could almost grow attached to [04:53.84]because it's a replacement of that person," Miranda said. [04:58.64]Barcia-Colombo said the goal of his institute [05:02.96]is to make people think about what is possible [05:06.92]and what they might want to do with their online memories after they die. [05:12.84]更多听力请访问51VOA.COM