NBC晚间新闻 低头玩手机致骨刺生长

Look up, pay attention. Sustained bad posture¹ over a tiny screen could lead to one of these. It does look sort of like a horn. But actually this is a bone spur near the base of the skull². Researchers in Australia examined hundreds of X-rays and found that roughly 40 percent of people 18 to 30 years old who use their phones more than four and a half hours a day developed the growth. The likely cause, all that hunching³ over sending text and checking social media. Do you find yourself on your phone a lot?

Yeah I'm addicted⁴ because it's obsessive⁵ and you like that and your body is all like screwed off. This kind of bone spur is typically something elderly people might develop after decades of bad posture. Not young adults. It's really scary, it's a it's a big find it's a big sign. It tell us that we're changing. I mean we're changing the physical aspects of human beings. Add the horn to a growing list of ailments⁶ caused by our tech use like text neck and texting thumb. So what's the solution? Prop⁷ up tablets on a pillow hold screens higher or here's an idea just put the phone down altogether.

向上看，注意。对着小屏幕保持不良的姿势可能会导致这种情况。它看起来的确像一个角。但是实际上这是一个接近头骨底部的骨刺。澳大利亚的研究人员检查了数百张x光片，发现大约40%的18到30岁的每天使用手机超过4个半小时的人都出现了这种增长。可能的原因是，所有人都在低头发短信和查看社交媒体。你发现经常看手机吗？是的，我都上瘾了。因为非常着迷，你喜欢那样，你的身体就像被拧断了一样。这种骨刺通常是老年人在几十年的不良姿势后才会形成的。不会出现在年轻人当中。这非常可怕，这是项重大的发现，这是一个重大的信号。它告诉我们我们正在改变。我的意思是，我们在改变人类的身体。越来越多的疾病都是由我们的科技产品引起的，现在又多了一个骨刺。所以解决办法是什么？把平板电脑放在枕头上，把屏幕拿高一点，或者干脆把手机放下。

1 posture   

n.姿势，姿态，心态，态度；v.作出某种姿势

参考例句：

• The government adopted an uncompromising posture on the issue of independence.政府在独立这一问题上采取了毫不妥协的态度。
• He tore off his coat and assumed a fighting posture.他脱掉上衣，摆出一副打架的架势。

2 skull   

n.头骨；颅骨

参考例句：

• The skull bones fuse between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five.头骨在15至25岁之间长合。
• He fell out of the window and cracked his skull.他从窗子摔了出去，跌裂了颅骨。

3 hunching   

隆起（hunch的现在分词形式）

参考例句：

• She leaned forward, hunching over the desk. 她身体前倾，伏在写字台上。

4 addicted   

adj.沉溺于....的，对...上瘾的

参考例句：

• He was addicted to heroin at the age of 17.他17岁的时候对海洛因上了瘾。
• She's become addicted to love stories.她迷上了爱情小说。

5 obsessive   

adj. 着迷的, 强迫性的, 分神的

参考例句：

• Some people are obsessive about cleanliness.有些人有洁癖。
• He's becoming more and more obsessive about punctuality.他对守时要求越来越过分了。

6 ailments   

疾病（尤指慢性病），不适( ailment的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His ailments include a mild heart attack and arthritis. 他患有轻度心脏病和关节炎。
• He hospitalizes patients for minor ailments. 他把只有小病的患者也送进医院。

7 prop   

vt.支撑；n.支柱，支撑物；支持者，靠山

参考例句：

• A worker put a prop against the wall of the tunnel to keep it from falling.一名工人用东西支撑住隧道壁好使它不会倒塌。
• The government does not intend to prop up declining industries.政府无意扶持不景气的企业。