Rules for surviving Web addiction

    1. I will have a cup of coffee in the morning and read my newspaper like I used to, before the Web.
    2.I will eat breakfast with a knife and fork and not with one hand typing.
    3.I will get dressed before noon.
    4.I will make an attempt to clean the house, wash clothes, and plan dinner before even thinking of the Web.
    5.I will sit down and write a letter to those unfortunate few friends and family that are Web-deprived.
    6.I will call someone on the phone who I cannot contact via the Web.
    7.I will read a book...think I still remember how.
    8.I will listen to those around me and stop telling them to turn the TV down so I can hear the music on the Web.
    9.I will not be tempted¹ during TV commercials to check for e-mail.
    10.I will try leave the house at least once a week, whether it is necessary or not.
    11.I will remember that my bank is not forgiving if I forget to balance my cheque book because I was too busy on the Web.
    12. I will remember I must go to bed sometime...the Web will always be there tomorrow!
    My comments about the above rules, and how they'll never work for me.
    =======================================================1. Drinking coffee ??!! Yeeuuurrkk !!! I hate coffee !!  And reading the newspaper.. no way.. what a waste of a tree !I can get the same information via the web.
    2.Who has time for breakfast these days ??? If i have time for breakfast, then I have time to sleep-in just a few minutes longer! -3.I don't even get up before noon!. - Some days i don't go to bed either!
    4. Cleaning the house ?? - That's woman's work !.. That's why I get my brother to do it !.. He acts like an old woman sometimes. - Washing my clothes ? - Hell².. i only put these things on four days ago... there's at least another weeks wear I can get out of them before i think about washing them.
    Planning dinner? For me that is remembering where i put the Dial-a-kebab leaflet³...
    5. I can't write properly, my joined up writing is illegible⁴, even I have trouble reading it sometimes. As for having friends who don't own a computer.. well.. last time I saw them was the day before I left college... in the late 1980's !
    6. As I said in reply (5), I don't know anyone who doesn't have access the the Web, Why would I want to contact someone who is technically⁵ challenged anyway??
    7. Ok.. I do still read books, but that is only during my lunch break, as they don't let staff use the works⁶ computers for surfing the web during the lunch time break, and calling the web via my laptop and my mobile⁷ phone costs an arm and a leg.
    8. Hell.. I don't have that problem... I have my own special sound-proofed room as my computer room, where I can cut-out all external⁸ noise coming from the rest of my house.
    9. I more likely to be tempted to go and check what's on the TV, while I wait for my e-mail to download.
    10.Leave the house ? - Don't you know all web addicts¹⁰ are really Agoraphobic, which is how they got to be a web addict⁹ in the first place !
    11.That one is no problem, with all this modern up-to-dateinternet banking¹¹, I can balance my chequebook while I am on the web.
    12. Bed.. what is that then ??? - Does crashing out on the sofa count ??

1 tempted   

v.怂恿（某人）干不正当的事；冒…的险（tempt的过去分词）

参考例句：

• I was sorely tempted to complain, but I didn't. 我极想发牢骚，但还是没开口。
• I was tempted by the dessert menu. 甜食菜单馋得我垂涎欲滴。

2 hell   

n.地狱，阴间；用以咒骂或表示愤怒，不满

参考例句：

• It's a hell of a hike from Sydney to Perth.从悉尼到珀斯的徒步旅行简直苦死了。
• The boss really gave me hell today.老板今天着实数落了我一通。

3 leaflet   

n.传单，活页，广告

参考例句：

• He picked up a leaflet about care of the teeth.他拾起一张宣传保护牙齿的传单。
• This leaflet contains your operating instructions.这份活页包含你应知道的操作说明。

4 illegible   

adj.难以辨认的，字迹模糊的

参考例句：

• It is impossible to deliver this letter because the address is illegible.由于地址字迹不清，致使信件无法投递。
• Can you see what this note says—his writing is almost illegible!你能看出这个便条上写些什么吗？他的笔迹几乎无法辨认。

5 technically   

adv.专门地，技术上地

参考例句：

• Technically it is the most advanced equipment ever.从技术上说，这是最先进的设备。
• The tomato is technically a fruit,although it is eaten as a vegetable.严格地说，西红柿是一种水果，尽管它是当作蔬菜吃的。

6 works   

n.作品，著作；工厂，活动部件，机件

参考例句：

• We expect writers to produce more and better works.我们期望作家们写出更多更好的作品。
• The novel is regarded as one of the classic works.这篇小说被公认为是最优秀的作品之一。

7 mobile   

adj.可移动的，易变的，机动的；n.运动物体

参考例句：

• The old lady sits on a mobile chair every morning.那位老妇人每天上午坐在一把可携带使用的椅子上。
• She's much more mobile now that she's bought a car.自从她买了汽车后，活动量就大多了。

8 external   

adj.外部的，外面的，外来的；与外国有关的

参考例句：

• External causes become operative through internal causes.外因通过内因而起作用。
• The external features of the building are very attractive.这座建筑物的外观是很吸引人的。

9 addict   

v.使沉溺；使上瘾；n.沉溺于不良嗜好的人

参考例句：

• He became gambling addict,and lost all his possessions.他习染上了赌博，最终输掉了全部家产。
• He assisted a drug addict to escape from drug but failed firstly.一开始他帮助一个吸毒者戒毒但失败了。

10 addicts   

有…瘾的人( addict的名词复数 )； 入迷的人

参考例句：

• a unit for rehabilitating drug addicts 帮助吸毒者恢复正常生活的机构
• There is counseling to help Internet addicts?even online. 有咨询机构帮助网络沉迷者。 来自超越目标英语 第3册

11 banking   

n.银行业，银行学，金融业

参考例句：

• John is launching his son on a career in banking.约翰打算让儿子在银行界谋一个新职位。
• He possesses an extensive knowledge of banking.他具有广博的银行业务知识。