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When Mark Wright told his son Joe, 15, he was taking him on a trip - but that he had to leave his computer behind for a week – Joe was horrified. Like many parents, Wright had become exasperated by his son’s ‘addiction' to computer games and decided it was time to do some father-son bonding, away from electronic devices. The trip achieved its goal, at least for as long as it lasted. Joe admits that he forgot about the internet after a couple of days. But when they got home, Joe was back on the laptop and the family arguments over computer use continued.
Barnaby Lenon, former headmaster of Harrow school, shone a spotlight on the problem. He said that many teenagers – especially boys – had become ‘addicted’ to computers and that this was affecting their development: ‘Children spend far too long on computers and as a result they are not doing the two things that we want them to do, which are reading and talking.’ Lenon, now chairman of the Independent Schools Council, says it is not only educational attainment but family relationships that are being damaged by allowing children too much time on computers. ‘The amount of time families spend together is dropping rapidly and we ought to be worried about that, as children need conversation to learn to interpret facial expressions as part of their development,’ says Dr Aric Sigman, a psychologist who has written a report for the European parliament on the impact of computer use on children.
Lenon suggests that parents limit computer use to an hour or two a day. He also says they should not buy smartphones or other handheld devices for children until they are at least 15 years old. He would like to see schools setting guidelines for computer use above and beyond that needed for homework. Sigman goes further and suggests the government should issue advice on time spent using computers or watching television. “Screen time needs to be regarded as just another form of consumption that we measure in units per day,” he says. “It seems odd to me that the government gives guidance on our eating patterns yet there is nothing on our children's main leisure activity even though it may be harmful.”
The bear-hunting trip inspired Wright to devise other trips to take parent and child out of their normal environment and encourage communication, even if only for a short time. But for those who can't afford or can't face a trip to the wilderness as an antidote to Facebook, Xbox and the rest, there seems to be no alternative to that old parental standby – nagging.
A. typical
B. unusual
C. complex
D. tiring
When Mark Wright told his son Joe, 15, he was taking him on a trip - but that he had to leave his computer behind for a week – Joe was horrified. Like many parents, Wright had become exasperated by his son’s ‘addiction' to computer games and decided it was time to do some father-son bonding, away from electronic devices. The trip achieved its goal, at least for as long as it lasted. Joe admits that he forgot about the internet after a couple of days. But when they got home, Joe was back on the laptop and the family arguments over computer use continued.
Barnaby Lenon, former headmaster of Harrow school, shone a spotlight on the problem. He said that many teenagers – especially boys – had become ‘addicted’ to computers and that this was affecting their development: ‘Children spend far too long on computers and as a result they are not doing the two things that we want them to do, which are reading and talking.’ Lenon, now chairman of the Independent Schools Council, says it is not only educational attainment but family relationships that are being damaged by allowing children too much time on computers. ‘The amount of time families spend together is dropping rapidly and we ought to be worried about that, as children need conversation to learn to interpret facial expressions as part of their development,’ says Dr Aric Sigman, a psychologist who has written a report for the European parliament on the impact of computer use on children.
Lenon suggests that parents limit computer use to an hour or two a day. He also says they should not buy smartphones or other handheld devices for children until they are at least 15 years old. He would like to see schools setting guidelines for computer use above and beyond that needed for homework. Sigman goes further and suggests the government should issue advice on time spent using computers or watching television. “Screen time needs to be regarded as just another form of consumption that we measure in units per day,” he says. “It seems odd to me that the government gives guidance on our eating patterns yet there is nothing on our children's main leisure activity even though it may be harmful.”
The bear-hunting trip inspired Wright to devise other trips to take parent and child out of their normal environment and encourage communication, even if only for a short time. But for those who can't afford or can't face a trip to the wilderness as an antidote to Facebook, Xbox and the rest, there seems to be no alternative to that old parental standby – nagging.
(Adapted from Laser by Malcolm Mann and Steve Taylore-Knowles)
The word odd in paragraph 3 mostly means ______ .A. typical
B. unusual
C. complex
D. tiring
Giải thích:
Kiến thức từ vựng:
Từ “odd” trong đoạn 3 có nghĩa là_______
A. typical (adj): điển hình
B. unusual (adj): bất bình thường
C. complex (adj): phức tạp
D. tiring (adj): gây mệt mỏi
odd (adj): kì lạ = unusual
Kiến thức từ vựng:
Từ “odd” trong đoạn 3 có nghĩa là_______
A. typical (adj): điển hình
B. unusual (adj): bất bình thường
C. complex (adj): phức tạp
D. tiring (adj): gây mệt mỏi
odd (adj): kì lạ = unusual
Đáp án B.