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Lecture Listening Four

The document is a lecture about Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD). The lecture discusses how IAD affects sleep by interfering with brain waves and causing problems with sleep onset and quality. It notes that some doctors treat IAD similarly to addictions like drinking or gambling. The lecture implies that while IAD is new and not fully understood, doctors recommend people exhibiting signs of addiction like craving more online time should try to reduce their internet use gradually and examine what needs the internet is fulfilling for them in order to gain more control over their usage.

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Lecture Listening Four

The document is a lecture about Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD). The lecture discusses how IAD affects sleep by interfering with brain waves and causing problems with sleep onset and quality. It notes that some doctors treat IAD similarly to addictions like drinking or gambling. The lecture implies that while IAD is new and not fully understood, doctors recommend people exhibiting signs of addiction like craving more online time should try to reduce their internet use gradually and examine what needs the internet is fulfilling for them in order to gain more control over their usage.

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Lecture Listening Four

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Now answer the following questions. You may use your notes to help you.
1). What is the lecture mainly about?
(A) Abuse of the Internet (B) Internet versatility
(C) A physical disease (D) A type of mental illness
2). According to the professor, what is one way that Internet Addiction Disorder affects sleep?
(A) It improves rest by making Internet users tired.
(B) It promotes a faster onset of the REM sleep stage.
(C) It causes people to dream about being online.
(D) It interferes with Internet users' brain waves.
3). According to the lecture, which of the following statements is NOT true?
(A) A new drug has proven successful in helping people with IAD.
(B) Some doctors are treating IAD the same way as drinking and gambling addictions.
(C) Ivan Goldberg says internet addicts cannot help themselves.
(D) There are several successful cases of people overcoming IAD.
4). According to the professor, what is a sign of Internet Addiction Disorder?
(A) A craving for more time online
(B) Chronic back pain from sitting down too long
(C) A preference for increased social interactions
(D) Disinterest in books and information about the Internet
5). What does the professor imply when he says this: Rumor has it some even use the Internet to
research term papers.
(A) He believes most students use the Internet for school assignments.
(B) He suspects that many of his students do not use the Internet for serious study.
(C) He knows that few of his students would use the Internet for term papers.
(D) He thinks that a majority of his students do not know how to use a computer.

Listen to the lecture again and then complete the following passage. (写句子，从 4’18’’开始)
What can be done to help people like this? Well, doctors aren't sure. IAD is new, so they do
not have much experience treating it. 1 .Ivan Goldberg, the doctor who
invented the term IAD, says people who think they might be addicted to the Internet should try to
help themselves. First, Goldberg advises them to examine their pattern of Internet use. They
should know how much time they spend at the computer, and also should ask themselves how
often they think about the Internet. Then they should ask why they use the computer so much? Are
they escaping from a problem? 2 . Finally, they should make a plan to reduce
their Internet use, such as trying to reduce their computer time a little bit each day. 3
. Doctors say there is perfect amount of time that is right for everyone. One doctor who has
studied IAD says 4 . Time on the Internet should not distract people from doing
other things they like, and 5 .
Vocabulary
Twitter
FaceBook
Rumor
Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD)
Substitute
Panic
multi-faceted
moderation

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