The Vuvuzela Is a Health Risk | 巫巫兹拉吵翻天,病毒噪音满天飞

Not Only Annoying: The Vuvuzela Is a Health Risk, Too

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(The Wall Street Journal) Doctors and hearing experts warned that vuvuzelas, the blaring plastic horns favored by South African soccer fans, can cause hearing loss and possibly spread colds, the flu, and other infectious diseases to spectators in stadiums. Traditionally made from the horn of a kudu, a species of antelope found in the African bush, the vuvuzela was once used to call people across long distances together. Today, plastic variations are a soccer-fan fixture and are used to distract opposing teams and cheer on one's own with roughly the same loud blare.

Beyond the stadium, the horns can be heard from early morning to late at night on South Africa's streets during the World Cup. South African newspapers have reported workplace clashes involving employees blowing the horn. They have caused conflict among bus and train passengers as well.

　　（华尔街日报）医生和听力专家警告，受到南非世足赛球迷喜爱，发出刺耳声音的塑料喇叭『巫巫兹拉』，会造成听力受损，也可能传播感冒、流感和其他传染病给球场里的观众。传统上，『巫巫兹拉』是用生长在非洲灌木林一种名叫 kudu 的羚羊角制成，以前是用来召唤远方的人前来集会。如今，变体的塑料版『巫巫兹拉』变成足球迷的配备，作为使敌队球员分心，或是替自己支持的队伍加油之用，而两种情况发出的声响刺耳程度相差无几。

　　世足赛期间，球场外的南非街道从早晨到深夜都可以听见喇叭声。当地报纸报导，工作场所因员工吹『巫巫兹拉』而发生冲突事件。它们也造成公交车或火车乘客间的冲突。

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在南非举行的世足赛捧红了非洲传统号角『巫巫兹拉』，不但在足球场上掀起热潮，还开始入侵其他运动比赛，有球迷夹带巫巫兹拉去看洋基跟费城人比赛，结果被请出场。马林鱼球团却反其道而行，免费送给进场球迷对付光芒队，但球员跟教练反应都不好，最后马林鱼打了 4 个半小时还是输给光芒。至于大满贯温布敦网球赛，则明定禁止球迷带巫巫兹拉、汽笛、铃鼓等影响比赛选手的器具进场。