今回の和訳は、一部おかしいですね。 まあ、英語の中で理解して、設問に答えられれば宜しいかと。
05 August 2011
South Korea's internet addicts
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韓国のインターネット中毒
Report and vocabulary
Transcript
Internet addiction in South Korea's got so bad the government's banned teens from going online after midnight.
Web junkies have been going without food, drink and sleep for days because they're hooked on computer games.
The authorities have been hedging their bets by putting money into a variety of solutions.
One scheme monitors people's brainwaves, while another tries to get youngsters involved in more traditional forms of entertainment.
韓国のインターネット中毒が余りにも酷くなったので政府が１０代の若者が夜の１２時以降オンラインで遊ぶことを禁止した。
ウェブ中毒者はコンピュータゲームに嵌りきっているので幾日も食事、飲み物、及び睡眠もなくゲームに興じている。
当局は様々な解決方法にお金を投じ、いずれかで食い止めようと図っている。
一つの方法は人々の脳波を監視することで、もう一つの方法は若者により伝統的な形の娯楽にいそしませる試みである。
addiction 中毒
the medical and or psychological condition of being unable to stop doing something harmful.
Generally we talk about addictions to substances like alcohol and drugs but in this story it's used to describe being obsessed with the internet and online gaming.
The related verb is: to be addicted (to something)
junkies 中毒者
'a junkie' is an informal word for someone who is addicted to drugs. In this story it's also used to refer to people who are addicted to playing computer games.
hooked on 中毒になっている
an informal way of saying 'addicted to'
hedging their bets 「両賭け」なんだけど、実際に上記でどういうかというよムズカシイ！
'to hedge your bets' is an expression which means to reduce your chances of making a mistake by investing in more than one possible option
brainwaves
electrical signals produced in the brain