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Yael: How's it going, Don?
雅艾爾：唐，怎么樣？
Don: OK, I guess.
唐：我猜還好。
Yael: What's wrong?
雅艾爾：出什么事了？
Don: Well, I've been getting headaches lately, and my neck and shoulders are kinda sore.
唐：哦，最近我一直頭疼，脖子和肩膀也有點酸痛。
Yael: It sounds like you have the classic symptoms of computer vision syndrome.
雅艾爾：聽起來你像是得了典型的計算機視覺綜合癥。
Don: Really? I can see why staring at a computer screen might strain my eyes for some reason, but why would that make my neck and shoulders sore?
唐：真的嗎？我明白為什么一直盯著電腦屏幕會讓眼睛疲勞，但為什么脖子和肩膀也會酸痛呢？
Yael: Because when you spend hours at a time at a computer, if you're not careful you can put a lot of strain on your entire body. So, for example, our eyes are good at focusing on the sharp black and white contrast of printed stuff like a newspaper. But characters on a computer screen aren't so well defined or sharp, so our eyes have to work harder just to focus. That strains the eye muscles and can cause headaches.
雅艾爾：因為當你花一個小時待在電腦面前，一不小心就會讓整個身體備受壓力。例如，你的眼睛能很好地集中在像報紙等黑白分明的印刷物上。但電腦屏幕上的文字卻并沒有那么明顯清晰，因此我們的眼睛必須更加努力地工作。而眼部肌肉的拉緊就會導致頭痛。
Don: OK. But there's nothing I can do about that, right?
唐：好吧。但我們對此也無能為力是嗎？
Yael: True, but you can make things easier on your eyes. I'm guessing that your monitor is at eye level, right?
雅艾爾：是的，但你可以讓眼睛看東西更舒服一些。我猜你的顯示器與眼睛處于同一水平線上，對嗎？
Don: Yep. And I try to sit up straight when I'm typing.
唐：是的。而且我打字時總是盡量坐直。
Yael: But those things are hurting your eyes. It's easier on the eyes to look down at something, like a book in your lap. Looking straight ahead is more difficult. And sitting up straight puts pressure on the spine. It's actually best to lean back slightly.
雅艾爾：但這樣會傷害你的眼睛。眼睛朝下看東西會更容易一些，例如把書放在大腿上看。眼睛直視前方會比較困難。坐直也會給脊椎施加壓力。其實最好的坐姿是稍微向后傾斜。
Don: I'll try it. I've also heard the using artificial tears and taking a break from staring at the screen helps.
唐：我會試試的。我還聽說滴眼藥水和適當的休息也起作用。
Yael: That's right. There are lots of other things you can do, too, like wearing glasses designed to help your eyes focus on the screen. You can find more tips by doing a web search for computer vision syndrome or cvs.
雅艾爾：說得對。還有其他許多辦法可以嘗試，比如配帶專門幫助眼睛看屏幕的眼鏡。你可以在網站上搜索更多有助于電腦視覺綜合癥的小貼士。
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