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Easily distracted? Can't be separated from your smartphone? Constantly checking your device for no real reason? Chances are you're an addict -- and you may even need professional help. 现代人的手机强迫症 AFP reports that Singapore grapples w

WHO Calls Extreme Gaming a Mental Health 'Disorder'

From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. One of the most common complaints among American parents today is children spending too much time on a computer or other electronic devices. This is especially true if the child spends s

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As China develops, the Internet’s presence is inescapable. But some get tangled in the World Wide Web becoming addicted to the Internet. 13-year old Xiao Yi paid the ultimate price for his obsession

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A quiet restaurant. Good wine. An animated conversation. Then, mid-sentence, you catch him steal a quick sideways downward glance at his BlackBerry. And the nickname CrackBerry comes to mind. You might think: for some, the Internet is an addiction. W

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Linguistics 语言学 Argot bargy 方言来袭 Why urban teenagers speak the way they do 城里的年轻人为什么那样说话 Nov 2nd 2013 |From the print edition You think my accents bonkers. Your kids speak like me 你觉得我的口音弱爆了。

危险的饮食上瘾

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娱乐提高工作效率

Caught Twittering or on Facebook at work? It'll make you a better employee, according to an Australian study that shows surfing the Internet for fun during office hours increases productivity. 上班时上Twitter或Facebook网被撞见？这会让你成

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研究:工作与娱乐结合效率更高

Caught Twittering or on Facebook at work? It'll make you a better employee, according to an Australian study that shows surfing the Internet for fun during office hours increases productivity. 上班时上Twitter或Facebook网被撞见？这会让你成

上班娱乐更加提高工作效率

Caught Twittering or on Facebook at work? It'll make you a better employee, according to an Australian study that shows surfing the Internet for fun during office hours increases productivity. 上班时上Twitter或Facebook网被撞见？这会让你成

China mulls domestic criteria for online gaming addiction

BEIJING, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- China's culture and Internet authorities have decided to develop China-specific criteria for diagnosing minors' addiction to online gaming. If cases are assessed based on imported criteria developed for groups with differ

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Spending too much time online can increase your risk of catching a cold or the flu, scientists have warned. 科学家近日警告，上网时间过长会增加患感冒和流感的几率。 Those with greater levels of internet addiction are more lik

“不可告人”的网瘾

More than one in eight U．S．adults finds it hard to stay away from the Internet for several days at a time and about one in 11 tries to hide his or her online habit，according to a study released on Tuesday．根据周二发表的一份研究报告

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I think all of us, who have dogs, know that our dogs innately understand our feelings. 我认为我们所有人，有养狗的人，都知道我们的狗天生能了解我们的感受。 So if we come home, and we're feeling great, the dog instinctiv

英语PK台 第546期:好玩的手游,根本停不下来

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