A: According to a recent survey conducted by virtual private network (VPN) provider NordVPN, Taiwanese on average spend as much as 70 hours online every week: more than any other nation in Asia.
B: Wow, that really is an astonishing statistic.
A: Looked at another way, Taiwanese spend 33 years of their lives online, or one-third of their entire lives glued to electronic screens.
Photo: CNA 照片：中央社
B: This really is tantamount to an Internet addiction.
A: 根據「虛擬專用網路」業者NordVPN的最新調查，台灣人每週平均上網高達七十個小時，躍居亞洲冠軍！
B: 天啊，這個數字好驚人唷。
A: 如果換算下來，台灣人一生上網的時間超過三十三年，人生中近三分之一時間都掛在網路上。
B: 這根本是網路成癮嘛。
（Translated by Edward Jones, Taipei Times／台北時報張聖恩）
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