Another disavantage of the Internet is the way that it is affecting people's private lives.
因特网的另一个危害是它影响了个人生活的方式。
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,因为其中一位或者多位成员不是玩电脑就是在泡网吧。
In fact, some young people spend so much time playing computer games on the Internet that they have become addicted to them.
实际上,一些年轻人花费了太多的时间玩电脑游戏,以致于对电脑游戏上瘾了。
To help solve this problem, a special clinic was opened in Beijing in 2005.
为了解决这个问题,北京在2005年开办了一家特殊诊所。
One unfortunate outcome of Internet use is that it damages people's ability to live normal lives.
使用因特网的不利结果是它损害人们正常生活的能力。
One university did a study about the students who had dropped out, and found that 43 percent of them were heavy computer users.
一个大学针对退学的学生做了研究,发现他们中有43%的人是重度计算机使用者。
This study shows that people who spend too much time on the Internet tend to withdraw from the people and the world round them.
这项研究显示,那些花太多时间在网络上的人趋向于排斥别人和周遭的世界。
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,
而这些都是因特网对人类生活的负面影响。我觉得限制因特网的使用
or to learn how to handle the problems it has caused.
或者学会怎样处理因特网引起的问题十分重要。