Advantages:
The latest information is available to you at any time, quickly and easily .
People are used to:
Send and receive e- mail messages
Look for information on the internet
Play music
Watch films
Do shopping online
Pay bills
Read the press and books
Book holidays and hotel rooms
Chat and talk online
Disadvantages:
With so much information , finding what you want can take hours
There is too much advertising instead of real information
Making chat freinds is not the same as actually meeting people
Web pages with photographs , music and video make downloading slow and boring
Can damage your eysight and is harmful to your spine
Teenagers do not take enough physical exercise as they prefer to spend long hours siiting in front of the computer screen
THE MOST IMPORTANT DISADVANTAGE IS CYBER- ADDICTION
People addicted to the Internet:
Get alienated form real world
Have only virtual reationship
Become nervous, irritable
Neglect their duties
Lose control of how much time they spend in virtual reality
Słówka:
Addiction- uzależnienie
Be addicted to- być uzależnionym od
Treatment- leczenie, terapia
To avoid- unikać
To be isolated – być odizolowanym
Changes of mood- zmiany nastoju
Irritability- drażliwość, nerwowość
Sleeplessness- bezsenność
To be dependent on – być zależnym od
Impact- wpływ
Main cause- główna przyczyna
Weakness- słabość
Professional failures- niepowodzenia zawodowe
To know no bounds- nie znać granic
Suport- wsparcie
To feel redundant- czuć się zbytecznym
Access to the Web- dostęp do sieci
Have low self- esteem- mieć niskie poczucie własnej wartości
Neglect- zaniedbywać
Headache- ból głowy
Eyesight disorder- zaburzenia wzroku
Harmful- szkodliwe
Counselling with a psychologist- doradztwo terapeuty