Answer the questions. Give a motivated answer.

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?

2. Organize a group discussion on the following problems:

a) Do you think that Internet addiction is possible?

b) How would you stop or prevent this kind of addiction?

c) Is there any way to turn an addiction into a hobby?

d) How does Internet addiction compare with other addictions, such as drugs?

e) How difficult is it to give up something you are unhealthily addicted to?

f) Can you lock the internet from use, from yourself?

g) What measures can you take to avoid sitting at the computer when it is not really required?

h) Do you have quality friends to spend time with?

i) How does internet addiction start?

j) What are the symptoms of Internet Addiction?

k) What help is available for internet addiction?

l) Does Internet addiction cause depression?

m) How do you build resistance to internet addiction?

n) Why do people complain more about internet addiction than they do about TV addiction?

o) Do you think that computer/internet addiction is real or overplayed?

p) Is internet addiction a sign of poor self-control? If so how can one improve his/her willpower?

q) Is excessive internet use bad for the baby during pregnancy?

r) Can you suffer insomnia due to Internet Addiction?

s) How many times a day are you on the internet?

t) Do you have any positive stories about gaming addictions?

u) Is the internet helping or hurting us a society?

v) Which software can help manage my time on internet?

w) What’s the difference between having a hobby you are obsessed with and being addicted?

x) Are addictions the root of low self-esteem?

y) What age is it common for internet addiction to start?

z) Do depressed people become addicted to things more easily?

3. Below you have some of the amazing achievements of modern tech­nology. Match the names on the left with the definitions on the right.

1) video recorder 2) photocopier 3) fax machine 4) tape recorder 5) modem 6) camcorder 7) robot 8) word-processor 9) food-processor

a) a kind of sophisticated typewriter using a computer b) a machine which records and plays back sound c) a machine which records and plays back sound and pictures d) a camera which records moving pictures and sound e) a machine for chopping up, slicing, mashing, blend­ing etc. f) a machine which makes copies of documents g) a machine which makes copies of documents and sends them down telephone lines to another place h) a machine which acts like a person i) a piece of equipment allowing you to send informa­tion from one computer down telephone lines to an­other computer

4. Think of the benefit and harm of these or other inventions widely applied in today’s life. Put your results into the table “Benefit/Harm”

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