Net Addiction

A lot of people enjoy surfing the Net. They look for interesting Web sites and chat with people all over the world. However, some people spend so many hours online that they are Internet addicts. Although an average person spends about eight to twelve hours per week, an addict spends eight to twelve hours per day online. Because addicts spend so much time interacting with the computer, their lives are negatively affected. They become social recluses because they stop going out and talking to people face-to-face. They avoid real-life situations, preferring instead to be in a dimly lit room with only the glowing screen to light up their lives.

Internet addiction negatively affects not only the addicts themselves, but also the people around them. For example, John's marriage to Martha broke up because he insisted on spending so many hours on the Net. As soon as he arrived home from work, he was at his computer. As soon as he finished dinner, he would disappear in his computer room again. He paid so little attention to her that she finally divorced him.

Since college students are especially technologically skilled, they can easily become nonstop Net-surfers. Many colleges provide computers at several locations around campus so thag students can use them at any time day or night. As a result, students can spend too much time surfing the net instead of "surfing" their textbooks. Last semester, nine freshmen at Berkshire College flunked out because they became Internet addicts. In short, even though the Internet is an excellent source of in formation and entertainment, we must not let it take over our lives.

Conditional clauses

Sample answers
2. If the company does not increase its profits, it will go out of business.
3. The company would increase its profits if it raised prices and cut costs.
4. Unless the company starts to make a profit soon, all of the employees will lose their jobs.
5. The company president would not have resigned if the company had been more successful.
6. The vice president will also resign unless she wins the support of the employees.

Advanced Writing

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This blog is created for Advanced Writing.

Chapter 10: Type of sentences

Practice 10: Combining sentences in different ways (pages 176-177)

Sample answers:

A. Russian women started to gain equality earlier than women in the United States. In the former Soviet Union, men and women had access to equal education and job opportunities since that reflected the Soviet philosophy. After 1937, when the Soviet constitution declared that women and men had equal rights and responsibilities, women joined the workforce. Also, because millions of Russian men were away in the military during World War II, Russian women filled their places at work. Although Soviet women worked fulltime at their jobs, they also had the primary responsibility for taking care of the family. As soon as they finished their work, they had to shop, cook the evening meal, and perhaps wash, iron, or mend the family's clothes. U.S. women started to demonstrate that they could do the work of men during World War II.

B. Nonverbal communication, or body language, is used everywhere in the world. It is a very powerful means of communication, for it commnicates much more than spoken words.

One example of nonverbal communication is what occurs when parents smile at their child, they communicate love, acceptance, and reassurance. The child feels comfortable and safe since the smile signifies approval; therefore, the child is happy and well adjusted.

Another example of such communication is the image a person shows in puplic. When a woman is walking alone on an unfamiliar, possibly dangerous street and wants to appear confident, she walks quickly even though she may be tired. She walks with her shoulders straight, her head held high, and her eyes focused straight ahead. If somone is looking at her, she returns the glance without hesitation. In contrast, nervous woman appears afraid if she walks slowly with her shoulder and eyes down.

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