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Article

Here’s a link to an article to help you improve your reading skills and learn some new vocabulary. This article was taken from a British newspaper called The Telegraph.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/8988082/Children-becoming-addicted-to-computers.html

Headline

The headline of the article is “Children becoming ‘addicted’ to computers“.

Let’s look at the key word in the headline – addicted

Vocabulary building

Addicted is an adjective and means:

to cause to become physiologically or psychologically dependent on a habit-forming substance;

to occupy (oneself) with or involve (oneself) in something habitually or compulsively.

It is followed by the preposition to – we are always addicted to something. You can be addicted to alcohol, drugs, video games, sex, chocolate, smoking, gambling etc.

Synonyms

hooked on; dependent on, obsessed with, absorbed by

Here are some useful words from the article for you to learn:

to prevent, to restrict, to limit, at risk, over-exposure

Enjoy learning!

Fiona 😉