This is Scientific American — 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. Got a minute?
这里是《科学美国人》的60秒科学，我是凯伦·霍普金。准备好了吗?
Nothing says “overeducated egghead” like a pair of coke-bottle glasses. But even clichés sometimes hit the nerd on the head.
没有什么比一副酒瓶底眼镜更能形容"受过过度教育的书呆子"了。但即使是陈词滥调有时也会击中书呆子的痛处。
Because a new study finds that nearsightedness is linked to the number of years spent in school. The findings can be viewed in the journal Ophthalmology.
因为一项新的研究发现，近视与受教育的年数有关。研究结果发表在《眼科学》杂志上。
In the past century, the prevalence of myopia—science-speak for being able to see only what’s right in front of you—has been on the rise. So much so that it can’t all be blamed on geeky genes.
在过去的一个世纪里，近视(科学术语，指的是只能看到眼前的东西)的发病率一直在上升。因此，不能把这种现象都归咎于“怪胎基因”。
To nail down the potential environmental influences, researchers focused on the classroom. They gave eye exams to nearly 5000 German subjects in a project called the Gutenberg Health Study.
为了确定潜在的环境影响，研究人员将重点放在了教室上。他们在一个名为古腾堡健康研究的项目中对近5000名德国受试者进行了眼科检查。
The researchers found that individuals with 13 years of education were more myopic than those who didn’t get past primary school. And more than half of those with a university degree could use a set of specs, compared to less than a quarter of the folks who quit after high school or secondary school.
研究人员发现，受过13年教育的人比那些没有上过小学的人更容易近视。在拥有大学学位的人中，超过一半的人配戴眼镜，而在高中或中学毕业后就辍学的人中，这一比例不到四分之一。
All that learning takes a lot of reading. Which itself is associated with nearsightedness. Or the nearsighted may gravitate toward pursuits easier to see—like hitting the books. Either way, seems that being a good student may not require great pupils.
所有这些学习都需要大量的阅读。这本身就与近视有关。或者说，近视者可能倾向于追求更容易看到的东西，比如读书。不管怎样，似乎成为一个好学生并不需要拥有很好的视力。
Thanks for the minute for Scientific American — 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin.
感谢收听《科学美国人》的60秒科学。凯伦·霍普金报道。
This is Scientific American — 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. Got a minute?
Nothing says “overeducated egghead” like a pair of coke-bottle glasses. But even clichés sometimes hit the nerd on the head.
Because a new study finds that nearsightedness is linked to the number of years spent in school. The findings can be viewed in the journal Ophthalmology.
In the past century, the prevalence of myopia—science-speak for being able to see only what’s right in front of you—has been on the rise. So much so that it can’t all be blamed on geeky genes.
To nail down the potential environmental influences, researchers focused on the classroom. They gave eye exams to nearly 5000 German subjects in a project called the Gutenberg Health Study.
The researchers found that individuals with 13 years of education were more myopic than those who didn’t get past primary school. And more than half of those with a university degree could use a set of specs, compared to less than a quarter of the folks who quit after high school or secondary school.
All that learning takes a lot of reading. Which itself is associated with nearsightedness. Or the nearsighted may gravitate toward pursuits easier to see—like hitting the books. Either way, seems that being a good student may not require great pupils.
Thanks for the minute for Scientific American — 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin.
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