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Internet Addiction — Привыкание к Интернету

Last week, in a private rehabilitation clinic outside Edinburgh, Leo Edwards, a sixteen-year-old schoolboy, was going through severe withdrawal symptoms. His body often shook violently and uncontrollably, and at mealtimes he regularly threw cups and plates around the dining room. The boy’s addiction had nothing to do with alcohol, drugs, gambling or food. His problem was ‘Net obsession’- an over-dependency on the Internet.
An international group of psychologists has recently suggested that anyone who surfs the Internet for long periods is clinically ill and needs medical treatment. According to their report, Internet addicts should be treated in the same way as alcoholics, drug addicts, compulsive gamblers and people with eating disorders.
Leo Edwards is not an isolated case. Russell Hopkins, aged fifteen, from Gateshead in north-east England, is a typical online addict.
Every day after school, and after dinner until three or four in the morning, he

will be found in his room surfing the Net or playing computer games. By the end of the day he will have spent more than six hours online. Understandably, his parents are extremely worried. Not only has his school work suffered, but Russell’s addiction has also destroyed his social life and his spare-time interests. For instance, he has just dropped out of his school’s basketball team in order to spend more time at his computer. Instead of spending next weekend having a good time out with friends, he’ll be spending it indoors surfing the Internet.
Russell has recently joined an Internet online support group. It may seem ironic that many of the support groups for Internet addicts are online but at least Russell has sought help. Not everyone does. Dr Ann Hoffman, who runs an online support group, says, «People don’t realise that being online for more than four hours a day amounts to addiction and that they have a serious problem. I predict that the number of people who join online support groups will have risen dramatically within three years.»

Привыкание к Интернету

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прошлой неделе в частную реабилитационную клинику под Эдинбургом привезли Эдварда Лео, шестнадцатилетнего школьника, с серьезными симптомами абстинентного синдрома. Его тело часто и бесконтрольно тряслось, а во время еды, он постоянно разбрасывал чашки и подносы вокруг стола. Пагубная привычка мальчика не имела ничего общего со спиртным, наркотиками, азартными играми или пищей. Его проблемой была интернетзависимость.
Международная группа психологов недавно пришла к выводу, что каждый, кто сидит в Интернете в течение длительного периода, — клинически нездоров и нуждается в лечении. Согласно их отчету, интернетзависимым должно оказываться такое же серьезное лечение, как и алкоголикам, наркоманам, азартным игрокам и людям с пищевыми расстройствами.
Случай с Эдвардом Лео не является частным. Случай Рассела Хопкинса, пятнадцатилетнего мальчика из города Гейтшед, на северо-востоке Англии, является типичным случаем онлайн-наркомании.
Каждый день после школы, а также после ужина до трех или четырех утра, он парит по пространствам Интернета или играет в компьютерные игры в своей комнате. Он проводит в Интернете более шести часов в день. Естественно, его родители очень этим обеспокоены. Мало того, что от этого страдает его учеба, это привело к разрушению его социальной жизни и исчезновению интересов. Например, он недавно ушел из школьной баскетбольной команды для того, чтобы проводить больше времени за компьютером. Вместо того чтобы провести следующие выходные, веселясь с друзьями, Рассел проведет их сидя в Интернете.
Недавно Рассел присоединился к числу членов группы поддержки Интернета. Существует множество онлайн групп поддержки интернетзависимых, и Рассел, по крайней мере, искал помощи. Не все ищут ее. Руководитель одной из таких групп, доктор Анна Хоф-манн, говорит: «Не все понимают, что пребывание в Интернете более четырех часов в день значительно увеличивает привыкание, и не осознают серьезности своего положения. Я считаю, что количество членов групп поддержки сильно возрастет в течение всего лишь трех лет».

Questions:

1. How did Leo respond to withdrawal from the Internet?
2. What do some psychologists compare Internet addicts to?
3. How is Russel a typical Internet addict?
4. What two things has he stopped doing?
5. What does Dr Hoffman predict?
6. Do you prefer going online to watching TV?
7. What information do you search the Net for?

Vocabulary:

Withdrawal symptom — абстинентный синдром, синдром
отмены withdrawal — уход
addiction — пагубная привычка, наркомания
drugs — наркотики
gambling — игра в азартные игры
dependency — зависимость
to surf the Internet — рыскать по Интернету
disorder — болезнь
spare-time — свободное время
to predict — предсказывать

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