Another disavantage of the Internet is the way that it is affecting people's private lives.
因特網的另一個危害是它影響了個人生活的方式。
Now, instead of spending time together in the evenings, some families spend their time apart because one or more members are using the computer, or are in a booth at an Internet cafe.
如今,一些人晚上不是聚集在一起消遣,因為其中一位或者多位成員不是玩電腦就是在泡網吧。
In fact, some young people spend so much time playing computer games on the Internet that they have become addicted to them.
實際上,一些年輕人花費了太多的時間玩電腦游戲,以致于對電腦游戲上癮了。
To help solve this problem, a special clinic was opened in Beijing in 2005.
為了解決這個問題,北京在2005年開辦了一家特殊診所。
One unfortunate outcome of Internet use is that it damages people's ability to live normal lives.
使用因特網的不利結果是它損害人們正常生活的能力。
One university did a study about the students who had dropped out, and found that 43 percent of them were heavy computer users.
一個大學針對退學的學生做了研究,發現他們中有43%的人是重度計算機使用者。
This study shows that people who spend too much time on the Internet tend to withdraw from the people and the world round them.
這項研究顯示,那些花太多時間在網絡上的人趨向于排斥別人和周遭的世界。
These are all negative effects the Internet has on our lives. I feel it important for us either to limit our use of the Internet,
而這些都是因特網對人類生活的負面影響。我覺得限制因特網的使用
or to learn how to handle the problems it has caused.
或者學會怎樣處理因特網引起的問題十分重要。