High-Tech Injuries|高科技后遗症

High-Tech Injuries

by Marcus Maurice

With the rise of tablets and smartphones, new medical ailments have arisen.

Recent data suggests that people use their smartphones only 54 percent of the time to make calls. This means that _(1)_ 46 percent involves text messaging, checking out the Internet, and playing games. By using these small hand-held devices, people are starting to feel pain from two new ailmentsext neck and text thumb.

Doctors have reported injuries from inflamed tendons in the thumb caused by using the extremely small keys on the phones. People type away _(2)_ they were on laptops when sending messages to their friends. This causes thumbs to swell and become painful. Also, when people spend a lot of time _(3)_ their tablets, their necks start to hurt. This happens because the weight of the head, which is around five kilograms, hangs off the body and causes _(4)_ in the necks and backs of the people working or playing games on their tablets.

Obviously, many of the people with text thumb and text neck are not using their devices _(5)_ an ergonomically correct fashion. The ideal posture is for people to be sitting with an _(6)_ vertical line that could be drawn from the ear straight through the shoulder, hip, knee, and ankle. Another way to avoid injuries is to _(7)_ device use. This is especially important for those that play games on smartphones. People should take a break every 40 minutes or so to relax their thumbs and necks.

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2.  (A) likewise    (B) whether (C) as if   (D) even though

3.  (A) use (B) to use  (C) using   (D) to using

4.  (A) stress  (B) volume  (C) energy  (D) force

5.  (A) with    (B) over    (C) at  (D) in

6.  (A) intensive   (B) imaginary   (C) objective   (D) abundant

7.  (A) run out of  (B) come down with  (C) set out for (D) cut down on

高科技后遗症

随着平板计算机和智能型手机的兴起，新的医学疾病也因应而生。

　　最近的数据指出，人们在使用智能型手机时只有百分之五十四的时间是拿来打电话。这意味着另外百分之四十六的时间是用来传简讯、上网或是打电动。由于使用这些小型的掌上设备，人们开始饱受 2 种新的病痛所苦简讯颈和简讯指。

　　医生报告指出，这种拇指肌腱发炎的伤害是由于使用手机上极小的按键所造成。人们用手机打字传简讯给朋友时，就好像在使用笔记本电脑一样。这会导致拇指肿胀且感到疼痛。另外，当人们花很多时间使用平板计算机时，他们的脖子也开始酸痛。这是由于头的重量大约有 5 公斤，它挂在整个身体上，在人们使用平板计算机工作或玩游戏时，对脖子和背部造成压力。

　　许多罹患简讯指或简讯颈的人，显然都没有以符合人体工学的正确方式来使用他们的设备。对人们来说，最理想的姿势是坐着的时候，从耳朵以下画一条虚拟的垂直线，通过肩膀、臀部、膝盖，一直到脚踝。另一种避免伤害的方法就是减少使用这些设备。这对那些用智能型手机玩游戏的人尤其重要。人们应该每 40 分钟左右就休息一下来放松拇指和颈部。

答案：1. (B)2. (C)3. (C)4. (A)5. (D)

6. (B)7. (D)

智能型手机和平板计算机用户要注意了！愈来愈多的玩家因为长时间使用高科技产品而造成伤害，种类从『简讯颈』（text neck）到『简讯指』（text thumb）都有。在英国，有百分之二的上班族会发生这些『重复性劳损』问题，但儿童和青少年也是最大的高危险群，因为他们是这些智能型产品的主要用户。

《星岛日报》报导，现在有愈来愈多英国人用手机上网，而不是打电话。英国健康专家警告，长时间盯着小屏幕和敲打小键盘引发的拉伤恐会逐渐恶化，而随着高科技产品的普及，这种伤害也愈来愈普遍。民调中心 YouGov 在 9 月时访问了 2 千多名成年人，根据调查，百分之四十四的英国人每天会花 30 分钟到 2 小时用手机从事打电话以外的活动。（数据源：PChome新闻）