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Game over: Increasing numbers of women who are filing for divorce have cited their husband's obsession with video games as one reason for the split(dailymail.co.uk) |
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A growing number of marriages are being wrecked by video game addiction. More women filing for divorce are complaining that their husbands spend too long playing video games, according to research. Of those wives who cite unreasonable behaviour for ending their marriage, 15 percent believe their partners put gaming before them. This has soared from five per cent a year ago, the study by Divorce Online found. In particular, disgruntled wives blamed World of Warcraft, which allows gamers to create their own fantasy character for mythical adventures, and Call Of Duty, where gamers battle in various war zones. The games have faced heavy criticism in the past for their addictive properties, with some claiming that World of Warcraft is more addictive than cocaine. One wife who blames her husband’s obsession for the breakdown of their marriage is Jessica Ellis, 24, from London. She said: ‘He was addicted to World of Warcraft but played other games now and then. The amount he was playing gradually increased until I could not take it any more. ‘When it became serious he was playing up to eight hours a day. I was constantly trying to get him to cut back but he didn’t think he had a problem until I told him I wanted to leave. But by that time it was too late.’ The study looked at 200 unreasonable behaviour petitions filed by women. Divorce Online managing director Mark Keenan said his team carried out the research after noticing World of Warcraft was repeatedly cited by unhappy wives. He said: ‘I was surprised by the result at first, but I would expect the number to be even higher next year. The increase could be a consequence of people staying indoors more because of the recession, or it might be being used by men in particular as a means of escape from an already unhappy relationship.’ (Read by Renee Haines. Renee Haines is a journalist at the China Daily Website.) (Agencies)
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電腦游戲癮正成為婚姻的一大殺手。 調查顯示，越來越多起訴離婚的女性抱怨稱自己的丈夫花太多時間打游戲。 在以丈夫行為不可理喻為由提出離婚的妻子中，有15%相信丈夫認為游戲比老婆更重要。 而在一年前，該比例僅占5%。這項調查由“離婚在線”網站開展。 心懷不滿的妻子們專門指責了游戲“魔獸世界”和“使命召喚”。在“魔獸世界”中，玩家可以創(chuàng)造自己的虛擬人物，開展神話般的冒險活動。在“使命召喚”中，玩家則在不同的戰(zhàn)區(qū)交戰(zhàn)。 由于容易上癮，這兩款游戲早已招致嚴厲批評，有些人指出“魔獸世界”比毒品更容易上癮。 來自倫敦的杰西卡?埃利斯現(xiàn)年24歲，她認為丈夫沉迷于電腦游戲是離婚的罪魁禍首。 她說：“他對魔獸世界非常上癮，有時也玩別的游戲。他越來越上癮，最后我終于受不了了?！?/p> “嚴重的時侯，他每天最多打八個小時游戲。我一直嘗試讓他戒掉游戲癮，但他不覺得自己有問題，直到我告訴他我要離開他。但那時已經太晚了?！?/p> 研究人員調查了200例妻子以不可理喻的行為為由提出離婚的案例。 “離婚在線”總經理馬克?基南稱，越來越多的鬧情緒的妻子抱怨“魔獸世界”成為婚姻殺手，自己的團隊注意到了這一點，開展了此項調查。 他說：“開始我對調查結果很驚訝，但我預計明年這一數(shù)字會更高。這也許是因為經濟衰退，人們宅在家里的時間更長了，或者是因為老公用打游戲來逃避本就不幸福的婚姻生活?！?/p> 相關閱讀 （中國日報網英語點津 Julie 編輯： 馮明惠） |
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Vocabulary: disgruntled: displeased and discontented; sulky; peevish（不滿的，不高興的） |
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