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2023-2024学年高二上学期期末考试英语试题分类汇编
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湖南省益阳市2023-2024学年高二上学期1月期末质量检测英语试题
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It’s an invasion! Nope, not an alien invasion-a video game invasion. According to Medicine News Today, more than 150 million people in the United States play video games for at least 3 hours per week. 16
Video games’ negative effects on children’s education. Given the increase in the number of students who are searching for and playing video games. it’s easy for students to switch from educational sites to computer games with newly convenient availability to computers and tablets. Studies from the University of Montreal discovered that playing “shooter” games can harm the hippocampus area of the brain, killing brain cells and make the brain lose cells. 17 For example, increasing the chances of schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s and depression.
Video games promote violence. A study asked some participants to play violent games in their lab, while others played nonviolent games, then they measured the behavior of each group in social experiments afterward. These studies show that playing violent games results in instant changes to behavior. 18 and even physical injuries, however, people do not know that addiction to playing games can also cause it.
19 Constantly playing video games can deteriorate personal hygiene and cause migraines due to eye strain. Studies show that video game addiction also correlates with depression and substance abuse, which are problems kids should not be facing at such young ages.
It’s unhealthy for children to stay indoors looking at a screen all day long. 20 Instead of playing video games all days, however, with video gaming being a popular entertainment method, it’s difficult to realize all the negative effects it causes to the brain and body. So it’s time we take a closer look at these negative effects before mindlessly gaming all day.
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