2011考研英语时事热点及范文——低碳经济

低碳生活
“次贷危机”就是subprime loan/lengding/mortgage/mortgage loan crisis等。

本文收集整理一些与“低碳经济”密切相关的英语词语，附录相关例句，以方便广大的英语学习者掌握一些相关表达。

1．低碳经济，即low-carbon economy。

网络百科全书维基百科收录有low-carbon economy词条，其篇首第一句话如下：A Low-Carbon Economy (LCE) or
Low-Fossil-Fuel Economy (LFFE) is a concept that refers to an economy which has a minimal output of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions into the biosphere, but specifically refers to the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide.值得说明的是，虽然目前网络搜索结果显示，“低碳”的英文有的写成low carbon，有的写成low-carbon，但总体上说还是使用连字符号的居多，如美联社12月7日关于哥本哈根联合国气候变化大会召开的新闻报道中有这么一句话：On the sidelines, climate activists competed for attention to their campaigns on deforestation, clean energy and low-carbon growth。

2．碳足迹，即carbon footprint。

简单地说，碳足迹是用来衡量我们在日常生活中消耗的二氧化碳的一种方式。

无论是开车上班、乘飞机旅行，还是使用电灯、电脑，我们都消耗石油、煤和天然气等化石燃料。

这些化石燃料在燃烧时，会排放出诸如二氧化碳之类导致地球变暖的温室气体。

对于carbon footprint，维基百科有如下定义：A carbon footprint is "the total set of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions caused by an organization, event or product". For simplicity of reporting, it is often expressed in terms of the amount of carbon dioxide, or its equivalent of other GHGs, emitted. 相关表达见如下例句：A new purpose-built office complex that will offer eco-friendly accommodation across 66,250 square feet is under construction in Wales. It is reported that the Cardiff Waterside project, entitled 3 Assembly Square, forms part of a £140 million construction project and will aim to offer business in the area an environment that has a lower carbon footprint than traditional office space. 上述句子的背景是，英国政府成立了一个The Low Carbon Building Programme (LCBP)，即低碳建筑计划，维基百科解释说，LCBP is a Government
programme in the United Kingdom administered by BERR (formerly the DTI). It offers grants towards the cost of installing domestic microgeneration technologies and larger scale distributed generation installations for public buildings and businesses, provided energy conservation standards are also met.
3．低碳技术，即low-carbon technology，这是发展低碳经济，倡导低碳生活的关键之关键，相关例句如下：The Carbon Trust today launched a new 10m pounds low carbon technology investment joint venture to help UK companies develop new low carbon technologies in China. The new joint venture is a partnership with the Carbon Trust and the China Energy Conservation Investment Corporation (CECIC) to develop and deploy low carbon technologies in China.专家指出，低碳技术将成为国家核心竞争力的一个标志——谁掌握了先进的低碳技术，谁就拥有了核心竞争力。

低碳技术的面很广，大的技术类型包括节能技术、无碳和低碳能源技术、二氧化碳捕捉与埋存技术，还包括人类可以利用、可以展望到的低碳技术，如核能、风能、太阳能、生物质能、二氧化碳捕捉埋存等相关技术，其中的关键词就是低碳能源（low-carbon energy），如The world will need to spend an additional $10.5 trillion in the next two decades on energy efficiency and low-carbon energy to avoid runaway climate change, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA)。

4．低碳发展，即low-carbon development/growth，经济发展的一种全新概念与模式。

请看如下句子：China has issued a report saying the country is expected to realize by 2050 a low carbon development, featuring low energy demand and carbon dioxide output.
5．低碳生活方式，即low-carbon lifestyle，检索发现，这一词语已成为网络新宠，这是因为我国的大都市已经诞生了“低碳一族”，他们每天使用传统的发条闹钟，取代电子闹钟；在午休和下班后关掉电脑和平板显示器；一旦不用电灯、空调，随手关掉；手机一旦充电完成，立即拔掉充电插头；选择晾晒衣物，避免使用滚筒式干衣机；用在附近公园中的慢跑取代在跑步机上的45分钟锻炼；用节能灯替换60瓦的灯泡；不开汽车改骑自行车……简而言之，“低碳生活”方式可以理解为减低二氧化碳的排放，就是低能量、低消耗、低开支的生活方式。

而“低碳一族”正以自己生活细节的改变证明：气候变化已经不再只是环保主义
者、政府官员和专家学者关心的问题，而是与我们每个人息息相关。

在提倡健康生活已成潮流的今天，“低碳生活”不再只是一种理想，更是一种值得期待的新的生活方式！相关英语表达见如下例句：（1）A one-year carbon emission reduction program proposed by China's Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) was started here Wednesday, on World Earth Day, to encourage citizens nationwide to adjust their lifestyle and live a "low-carbon" lifestyle. A low-carbon lifestyle covers many aspects of modern life, such as transportation, home heating, and holiday travel, which can be conducted in a way that gives the maximum reduction of personal carbon emissions. /（2）As the Copenhagen Climate Conference is drawing near, more and more debate about low-carbon lifestyle come forth. /（3）Just this year, the low-carbon lifestyle, or Lifestyle of Health and Sustainability (LOHAS), suddenly became trendy in China, particularly among young urbanites, Lin said. 与“低碳生活方式”相关的说法还有“低碳生活”，即
low-carbon life，相关搭配就是lead a low-carbon life，如
/网站就专门介绍各种低碳生活的小贴士。

因为“低碳经济”提出的大背景是全球气候变暖对人类生存和发展的严峻挑战，因此，“低碳生活方式”还可以表达为climate-friendly lifestyles，见
/page.cfm?tagID=20927网站，该网站介绍了低碳生活的三大贴士（Tips for a Healthy, Low-Carbon Life），有兴趣的读者不妨一读。

根据上述概念，我们不难理解，一个提倡导低碳经济的社会就是“低碳社会”（low-carbon society），同理就有“低碳社区”，“低碳城市”和“低碳世界”，即low carbon community, low-carbon city和low-carbon world。

因为在资源日益短缺、生态环境受到挑战的今天，发展低碳经济、倡导低碳生活、建设低碳城市正在成为国际上普遍认同的经济社会发展模式。

其他说法还有“低碳开发区”，即low carbon development zone，如下述例句：One example of this is the Low Carbon Development Zones being discussed by the EU and China. The Zones, piloted in a small number of Chinese cities and provinces, could both support China‟s transition to a low carbon economy and accelerate the development and deployment of low carbon goods, technologies and services to EU, Chinese and global markets.
显而易见，在全球暖化（global warming）导致的气候变化（climate change）的威胁之下，全球正直面低碳挑战（low-carbon challenge），因此，发展低碳经济，减少碳排放（carbon emission reduction），倡导低碳生活方式不但势在必行，而且是我们每一个地球人都必须重视和行动起来的头等大事。

优秀作文举例
下面举一篇某位同学写的优秀作文的例子，看看他是如何运用各类写作技巧的。

这位同学把老师上课讲的各类写作手法，精彩替换和句型都用上了，作文有了很大的提高。

I never forget the exceedingly thrilling day when my mother bought me a computer as birthday present, which exerted a tremendous fascination on me so that I indulged myself in googling an army of useful information i had expected ,and enjoy a sea of melodious classic music. That night I was sleepless, feeling that the whole world belonged to me.
exceedingly替换very；（个人认为替换成overwhelmingly更出彩）
thrilling替换exciting；
sth. exerts a tremendous fascination on sb 替换sb. be interested in sth；google 替换search；
an army of 替换a lot of。

The dawn of the new century witnessed the increasing popularity of computers. Coincident with the advancement of science and technology, computers pouring into the current society as a fashion are appealing to growing individuals. It is no exaggeration to say we have been submerged by them, in large measure!
The dawn of the new century witnessed 是一个精彩句型，用来描述在某个时期发生了什么事情；
Increasing popularity替换more and more popular；
Coincident with ... 非常地道的句型，表达"与...一致"的意思，替换With ...；
Advancement替换development；
Pour into（flood into / swarm into）替换enter into；
Current （currently）替换now；
Appeal to sb. 替换sb. be interested in sth.；
Growing individuals 替换more and more people；
It is no exaggeration to say 经典句型，说某事是毫不夸张的。

（it goes without exaggeration that更好）
For a start, we can, freely, search desired information at any moment . Little by little, our knowledge will be well enriched, and our horizons will be greatly broadened. Additionally, we can get huge recreations online by chatting, playing games, or delivering email.
For a start 替换To begin with；
We can, freely, search 用了插入语的写作手法；
our knowledge will be well enriched, and our horizons will be greatly broadened. 用了非常精彩的被动；
Additionally替换In addition / Besides；
Deliver 替换send。

There is no denying that , however, computers can function in the disservice
of human beings, in a way, especially the growing violence ,***, porn pictures, AV-films emerging on the screen , which leads quiet a few net citizens to copying.
There is no denying that , however, computers can function in the disservice of human beings, 这个句子有三个精彩之处，首先There is no denying that这个句型；其次however作为插入语；再次，function in the disservice of 替换do harm to。

Emerging替换appearing （fading 替换disappearing）；
Net citizen网民，属于精彩用词。

（直接用netizen更好）
As a classic proverb goes that no garden has no weeds. Computers do play a positive role in the development of people' lives, despite a slice of unfavorable impacts. We should ,therefore, take advantage of the fruits and avoid the opposite facet.
No garden has no weeds 替换Every coin has two sides；
Computers do play ，使用do 表示强调；
Positive替换important / good 等；
A slice of 替换a part of；
Unfavorable替换bad；
Impacts 替换effects / influences；
We should, therefore, take advantage of ... 使用插入语；
Fruits （而且fruits 用的非常形象，merits/ virtues）替换advantage （defects 替换disadvantage ）；
Facet 替换aspect。

45个最经典的替换词
1. individuals, characters, folks 替换people ,persons.
2. positive, favorable, rosy, promising, perfect, pleasurable, excellent, outstanding, superior 替换good.
3. dreadful, unfavorable, poor, adverse, ill替换bad（如果bad做表语，可以有be less impressive替换。

）
eg. An army of college students indulge themselves in playing games, enjoying romance with girls/boys or killing time passively in their dorms. When it approaches to graduation ,as a result, they find their academic records are less impressive.
4. an army of, an ocean of, a sea of, a multitude of, a host of, many, if not most 替换many.
注：用many, if not most 一定要小心，many后一定要有词。

Eg. Many individuals, if not most, harbor the idea that....同理，用most, if not all 替换most.
5. a slice of, quiet a few 替换some.
6. harbor the idea that, take the attitude that, hold the view that, it is widely shared that, it is universally acknowledged that 替换think（因为是书面语，所以要加that）。

7. affair, business, matter 替换thing.
8. shared替换common .
9. reap huge fruits 替换get many benefits.
10. for my part ,from my own perspective 替换in my opinion.
11. Increasing(ly), growing 替换more and more（注意没有growingly这种形式。

所以当修饰名词时用increasing/growing修饰形容词，副词用increasingly.）
Eg. sth has gained growing popularity. sth is increasingly popular with the advancement of sth.
12. little if anything或little or nothing 替换hardly.
13. beneficial, rewarding替换helpful.
14. shopper, client, consumer, purchaser 替换customer.
15. overwhelmingly, exceedingly, extremely, intensely 替换very.
16. hardly necessary, hardly inevitable… 替换unnecessary, avoidable.
17. indispensable替换necessary
18. sth appeals to sb, sth exerts a tremendous fascination on sb 替换sb take interest in / sb. be interested in.
19. capture one's attention 替换attract one's attention.
20. facet, demension, sphere替换aspect.
21. be indicative of, be suggestive of, be fearful of替换indicate, suggest ,fear.
22. give rise to, lead to, result in, trigger替换cause.
23. There are several reasons behind sth 替换…reasons for sth.
24. desire 替换want.
25. pour attention into 替换pay attention to.
26. bear in mind that 替换remember.
27. enjoy, possess 替换have（注意process是过程的意思）。

28. interaction替换communication.
29. frown on sth 替换be against , disagree with sth .
30. to name only a few, as an example 替换for example, for instance.
31. next to / virtually impossible 替换nearly / almost impossible.
32. regarding / concerning替换about.
33. crucial /paramount替换important.
34. 第一（in the first place/the first and foremost）；第二（there is one more point,
I should touch on, that…）；第三（the last but not the least）.
35. assiduous替换hard-working
36. arduous替换difficult
37. underdeveloped / financially-challenged 替换poor（因为poor通常含有贬义）
38. demonstrate / manifest替换show
39. invariably替换always
40. perilous / hazardous替换dangerous（写社会类作文时常用，说什么社会现象是不好的，有害的）
41. formidable替换difficult
42. quintessential替换typical（举例时常用，例如：a quintessential example should be cited that=for example; for instance）
43. distinguished替换famous
44. feasible替换possible
45. consequently, accordingly替换so
互联网(Internet Age/ Computers and the Internet have changed our life enormously.
There is no doubt about that. There are many advantages of the Internet that show you the importance of this new medium. What I want to say is that the Internet changed our life in a positive way.
For many women, their own children are the main reason for staying at home. Now that they can do work on their computers at home, called teleworking, stay at home moms can still contribute to the finances of their families.
Also, men can take this opportunity to work at home. What are the consequences, the advantages of teleworking? Sure, if you have a family, you can spend more time at home, probably you can spend more time with your children. Next is, that you can organize every day in the way you want to. Meetings at the company are reduced to a minimum. Teleworking is also an advantage for the owner of the company. Official studies substantiate that people who work at home are more motivated than their colleagues at the office.
Especially in the business sector, knowledge is power. If you are the leader of a product, of a technology or just of an idea, you are able to make a lot of money.
To get into this position, computers and Internet can play an essential part. Companies all over the world are online. If you want, it is no problem for you to exchange experiences... you will hear new things, you will see some facts from another point of view. For this reason you will find new solutions, new ways to go, so take this chance!
The Internet is becoming more and more important for nearly everybody as it is one of the newest and most forward-looking media and surely "the" medium of the future.
The first thing we have to do is make a differentiation concerning the usage of the terms computer and Internet.
You can use the Internet at home for personal use or you can use it at work for professional usage. Let's talk about the first. Spending part of our day on the Internet is for many people quite normal. They use this kind of medium to get information about all kinds topics.
Maybe some of them are interested in chatting, probably they are members of a community. Whatever you are looking for, you will find it. Even if you want to find very specific information, you will find it in a short time. Normally, you often have to send a letter, then you often have to wait for the reply, or you have to make some telephone calls and so on.
In any case, the traditional way is the longer one. To put your own information on the Internet is also possible. Create your own homepage, tell other users about your interests, what you want, that's no problem at all.
Most of us know software can cost a lot, if you buy it legally. Free software, free music is available on the Internet. You just have to download the program, the mp3-file or whatever and that's all there is to it.
Why would you want to pay more than you need to?
Special websites are created just to give you the newest programs, or to tell you where you can get it from.
So, as you can see computers and Internet go together and have opened our world in many ways.
精神空虚(the void spirit/ A lot of people who commit suicide are result from their void spirit. there is a spiritual void in China. Establish and implement the scientific view of development and push forward the coordinated development between socialist material civilization, political civilization and spiritual civilization.)
传统美德(traditional virtue/ For decades, we have made more criticism than inheritance of our own traditional culture and more negative than confirmative. We should certainly learn from the West, but it is of equal importance that we retain virtues of our own. The Confucian Tradition(The Three Essential Confucian Values: I. Filial Piety II. Humaneness III. Respect for Ritual)
铺张浪费(extravagance and waste/勤俭节约industry and economy/ The Chinese government, therefore, is promoting the concept of a thrifty society and frugal economy as a matter of urgency. Chinese laws and regulations concerning energy conservation currently in operation leave a lot to be desired.)
传统伦理(The traditional ethical requirements /
The traditional ethical requirements same with the basic principles:
1. WHAT YOU DO NOT WISH DONE TO YOURSELF, DO NOT DO TO OTHERS.
1) In its negative form:
"Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire".
"Do not do to others what you do not want others to do to you."(己所不欲，勿施于人).
2) Although it is argued to be too much pushing one's own way to others, the positive form of the requirement is found in many classics:
"Do to others what you wish others do to you" (欲人施诸己，亦施于人).
"A benevolent man helps others to take their stand in that he himself wishes to take his stand, and gets others there in that he himself wishes to get there" (己欲立而立人，己欲达而达人).
2. EVERY HUMAN BEING SHOULD BE TREATED HUMANLY.
"To do humanly is to be human" (仁者人也)
"'Benevolence' means loving your fellow men" (仁者爱人)
Chinese tradition even advocates both the respect for human life and even the respect for all kinds of life, which seems to be very close to the idea of "Green Peace" and ecological criticism. These thoughts do not only seek for human peace but also for the harmony between human and nature and other creatures. And therefore, "the virtue of respecting for life" (生生之德) and "friend others and affiliate with all creatures"(民胞物与) is always taken as the great virtue in Confucian teachings and philosophy.
There are many other traditional Chinese ideas related:
1. In regard with the human relationship, "Harmony in diversity" or "harmony with diversity" (和而不同) is typically emphasized in Confucianism. Compared with "Baha'i", a new religious community who takes "Unity with diversity" as the main doctrine, the Confucian spirit of the harmonious co-existence of different cultures might be more relevant for the foundation of human existence and development.
2. Confucius believes "honesty-sincerity is the Dao of Heaven" (诚者，天之道也) which is out of the control of human beings, and "to be honest and sincere is the Dao of human beings" which is the only thing we could do (诚之者，人之道也). In this case, a gentleman （君子）should "cultivate himself to be honest and sincere" in accordance with the Dao of Heaven, which is something upper or a more or less religious standard of honesty and sincerity. This might be clearer
in the interpretation of Dao. In Chinese, I think either道(way) or 德(virtue) means "to walk your talk" originally, because both走and 彳are symbols of walking carefully with small steps. In this case, "way" is formed in the walking and in virtue of moral practice "virtue" appears. Just as David Tracy noticed, the famous saying of Socrates "The unexamined life is not worth living" is in sharp contrast with a saying in a Buddhist scripture, "The un-lived life is not worth examining."
3. So Dao is not only metaphysical but also physical; "honesty-sincerity" is above us and what we could do is nothing but learning to be honest and sincere; Dao could be justified in faith, as well as in behavior. I am not sure if it is "religion", but it is of course something like "Acts of Religion" (in terms of Derrida) or "Acts of Faith" (in terms of Rodney Stark). You may know that the sacred "Word" or "Wisdom" in the Gospel of John and other biblical scriptures is translated into "Dao" in this sense.
4. For the same reason, traditional Chinese ethics ask for our "Consideration for others" (恕) and a spirit of tolerance: "great virtues have a huge capacity to contain things" (厚德载物), and "to tolerate is a sign of greatness" (有容乃大).
5. And probably related to the consideration for others, traditional Chinese ethics place a great emphasis on family, viewing family as the foundation of society. Among the "five cardinal relationships" (emperor and his officials, fathers and kids, husbands and their wives, brothers and sisters, and friends), three of them are concerned with family relationship. It is even believed that "The relation between the officials and the emperor may find origin or archetype in the relation between husbands and wives, which even extends to the relation of heaven and the earth." (君子之道，造端乎夫妇。

及其至也，察乎天地).
6. And so, in Chinese traditional philosophy, "humanity is Benevolence" (博爱之谓仁), "filial piety" is the origin of human morality and sentiment (立爱自亲始). And, it is encouraged that "love your family so as to love others and all
creatures" (亲亲而仁民，仁民而爱物), "cultivate moral character, and then you could cultivate your family, administrate the country, and bring peace all over the world" (修身、齐家、治国、平天下). When it is promoted to the realm that "honor the aged of other people as we honor our own, take care of the young of other people as we take care of our own" (老吾老以及人之老，幼吾幼以及人之幼), we may naturally relate the traditional Chinese teachings with the famous prayer by St. Francis in the Medieval Europe: to be understood as to understand, to be loved as to love; it is in giving that we receive, it is in pardoning that we are pardoned, it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
Give your comments/Give your point of view（完全背诵）：
We must first understand the nature of the problem./in my view/in my opinion, On the one hand, It is true that many of China's
current/present/existent/contemporary problems are the inevitable side effects of rapid economic development, which, of necessity, had to occur in an unbalanced way. On the other hand, without the economic development
in/about the great number of developing countries or third world countries, like china, there will be no real development, prosperity and
Stability for the whole country.
Notwithstanding/nonetheless/nevertheless/however/after all, in the long run, Economic development had to come first, but now a more complex agenda of social and political requirements must be integrated and optimized with pure economic growth. So we must promote the coordinated development of material civilization, political civilization and spiritual civilization to build China into a socialist country that is prosperous, powerful, democratic and culturally advanced. (Comments评论)
中文：我们必须先要理解这个问题的本质。

以我来看，一方面，目前中国存在的许多问题都是由于别无选择的不平衡的经济快速发展造成的避免不了的负面影响。

另一方面，对于大多数像中国这样的发展中国家或第三世界国家来讲，没有了经济的发展，将不存在整个国家的真正的发展、繁荣和稳定。

不过，从长远来看，尽管，我们不得不先发展经济，但是如今过多的社会和政治需要必须同纯粹的经济增长结合起来使其最优化。

因此，我们必须推动物质文明、政治文明和精神文明协调发展，把我国建设成为富强、民主、文明的社会主义国家。

I have some/several suggestions about this problem. First and foremost/firstly/primarily/mainly/largely /mostly, China should learn from many developed countries/some western countries to dispose of/deal
with/handle/solve/settle/iron out this social problem, including other social problems moral and non-moral, by means of/by/ state legislation, social policy and other relative regulations, especially/particularly because/since China has joined/become a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2001 and taken place/held the 29th Olympic Games in 2008 as well as. Secondly, our government should
clearly/definitely stipulate/establish the responsibilities and obligations of the relative/specific departments for the
fulfillment/performance/implementation/execution. Thirdly, in the long
run/from a long-term point of view, we should set
up/found/constitute/institute a special education system/organization to promote and strengthen/encourage citizens' awareness of environmental protection, and hence improve their values/ideas/notions of consumption and morality. In addition, I recommend that children should start some education of Chinese traditional virtue as early as possible, such as thrift, honesty, affection, filial piety, courtesy, loyalty, humaneness and so on. (Suggestion/建议)
中文：关于这个问题，我有一些建议。

首要地，中国应该向众多发达国家学习，通过国家立法、社会政策和其他相关的规章制度来解决这个社会问题，也包括其他的道德的和非道德的社会问题，特别是因为中国已经在2001年加入了WTO，并且中国将在2008年举办第29界奥运会。

其次，更重要的是我们的政府应该清晰地规定相关部门应履行的责任和义务。

第三，从长远来看，我们应该设立一个专门的机构去宣传和加强公民对环境保护的意识，从而改变他们的观念。

另外，我建议应该尽早地开始对孩子们进行中国传统美德的教育，诸如节俭、诚实、亲情、孝顺、谦恭有礼、忠诚、仁爱等等。

In summary, to maintain a sustained, healthy, rapid and coordinated economic development, achieve socialist modernization and a society where man and nature live as friends, and build a harmonious and dynamic society with democracy, rule of law, justice, honesty and decency, stability and order, we will encounter no fewer difficulties and problems, but we are confident in our ability to overcome them and arrive at our set goal triumphantly. (Predicting预测+conclusion结束语)
中文：总的来讲，为了维持一个可持续的、健康的、快速的和协调的经济发展，为了达到社会主义现代化和人和自然像朋友一样共生的社会，并且为了建造一个和谐的、有活力的、民主的、法治的、公正的、诚实庄重的、稳固有序的社会，我们肯定会遇到很多困难和问题。

但是，我相信我们有能力克服它们，最终会胜利地达到我们的目标。

In summary, China still has a long way to go in this problem and accordingly, great efforts are essential to make in order to solve it. But I am deeply convinced that she, a nation which has civilization for 5,000 years, never loses any good things, physical, intellectual, or moral, till she finds a better substitute, and then the loss is a gain. (Predicting预测+conclusion结束语)
总之，中国在这个问题上仍然有一段长路要走，因此为了解决它，我们必须要做出巨大的努力。

但是，我深信她，一个拥有5000年文明的民族，决不会丢掉任何好的东西，物质的、精神的或道德的，直到她找到一个更好的替代，那么到那时侯这种丢失就是一种获得。

青少年(young teenagers/young adult/young children The arrival of the Internet has speeded up globalization. Currently in China, many Internet cafes, especially those without licenses, admit juveniles in violation of relevant regulations and spread unhealthy information online. They have brought great harm to the mental health of teenagers and interfered with the school teaching, which has aroused strong reaction from the public. China has the largest population of young netizens in the world, but they turn to the Internet mostly to play games. The top three activities are online entertainment (39.9 percent), sports (18.3 percent) and watching television (12.3 percent). While blogs, or personal Web logs, have drawn a lot of media attention as a major focus of Internet use, it is clear that young people in particular use the Web for entertainment. Seeking leisure and entertainment has been the primary reason that drives many netizens online, the majority of whom are youngsters. So the issue of China's youth resorting to the Internet for entertainment deserves some attention from our society," The number of China's netizens reached 111 million in 2005, according to the 17th China Internet Development Statistics Report, released in January by the China Internet Network Information Center. And China's cyberspace is dominated by young people. Those between the age of 18 and 24 make up the largest proportion of Internet users, at 35.1 percent. Netizens under the age of 30 account for 71 percent of the total, the report shows. The survey shows that the top five Internet activities are reading news (65.9 percent), browsing Web pages (65.2 percent), playing online games (62.2 percent), downloading music (56.5 percent) and downloading entertainment content (53.5 percent). Internet addiction, mostly resulting from playing online
games, is claimed to be the largest problem threatening the healthy growth and development of Chinese youth. Statistics from the 2005 China Youth Internet Addiction Research Report show that 13.2 percent of young Chinese netizens suffer from Internet addiction disorder, and another 13 percent have the tendency to become addicted to the Internet. He holds that online entertainment is nothing than Internet "opium," and he calls on young people to abandon their computer screens and get out Internet cafes to seek real entertainment in the real world.)
中文：中国在世界上拥有最大数量的青年网民，但他们大多都是上网打游戏。

Since the mid-1990s, there have been about 250,000 suicides every year in China, with suicide ranking as the chief cause of death among people between the ages of 15 and 34. A recent report of the World Health Organization says that over 90 per cent of the suicides in foreign countries suffer from mental problems. But in China 37 per cent of the suicides choose killing themselves as a way to escape daily pressure or disappointments. A recent case of suicide by a boy addicted to Internet games has increased the public's concern over the issue of Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD). Xiao Yi, a 13-year-old from Tianjin, committed suicide thinking that he would meet his friends from cyber space after he died. He jumped from the top of a 24-storey high-rise, Beijing Youth Daily reported yesterday. He left four notes before he committed suicide. In the letters Xiao, playing the role of a character from a computer game, said that he wanted to meet three friends who also played the game in paradise. He did not even mention his parents in the letters. In the hypothetical world created by such games, they become confident and gain satisfaction, which they cannot get in the real world, he said. Shen Qiyun, a professor at Beijing Normal University, who has studied the influence on teenagers of such games since 2001, said that currently 80 percent of computer。