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A: 我眼睛痛死了，一點兒也不想看電腦。
wǒ yǎnjing tòng sǐ le, yīdiǎnr5 yě bù xiǎng kàn diànnǎo.
My eyes are killing me. I don't want to look at my computer at all.
B: 那你以後別戴隱形眼鏡了，戴著隱形眼鏡看電腦對眼睛特別不好。
nà nǐ yǐhòu bié dài yǐnxíngyǎnjìng le, dài zhe yǐnxíngyǎnjìng kàn diànnǎo duì yǎnjing tèbié bù hǎo.
Then you should stop wearing contact lenses. Wearing contacts and staring at a computer screen is especially bad for your eyes.
A: 戴框架眼鏡壓得鼻樑和耳朵都不舒服。真煩人！
dài kuàngjiàyǎnjìng yā de bíliáng hé ěrduo dōu bù shūfu. zhēn fán rén!
But glasses press on the bridge of your nose and on your ears – it doesn't feel good. It's really annoying!
B: 要不你去做近視眼激光手術吧！只要幾秒鐘就可以徹底摘掉眼鏡了。
yàobu nǐ qù zuò jìnshìyǎn jīguāng shǒushù ba! zhǐyào jǐmiǎozhōng jiù kěyǐ chèdǐ zhāi diào yǎnjìng le.
How about you go get LASIK eye surgery! After only a few seconds you'll be able to take off your glasses for good.
A: 我也不是沒想過。我查了很多資料，可看得越多越不敢冒這個險。萬一手術失敗我不就成瞎子了！
wǒ yě bùshì méi xiǎng guò. wǒ chá le hěn duō zīliào, kě kàn de yuè duō yuè bùgǎn mào zhè ge xiǎn. wànyī shǒushù shībài wǒ bù jiù chéng xiāzi le!
It's not that I hadn't thought of it. I looked up a lot of information but the more I looked, the less and less I wanted to take the risk. What if the surgery is a failure? I'll be blind!
B: 沒那麼恐怖吧！術前醫生會檢查你眼部各項指標是不是符合手術要求，有沒有疾病和炎症，符合條件才能做。比如角膜太薄就不能做。
méi nàme kǒngbù ba! shùqián yīshēng huì jiǎnchá nǐ yǎnbù gè xiàng zhǐbiāo shì bù shì fúhé shǒushù yāoqiú, yǒu méiyǒu jíbìng hé yánzhèng, fúhé tiáojiàn cái néng zuò. bǐrú jiǎomó tài báo jiù bùnéng zuò.
It's not so bad! Prior to surgery the doctor will examine all the different parts of your eyes and see if they're suitable for surgery, or whether or not you have any diseases or inflamation. Then, they'll only do the surgery if the conditions are right. For example, if your cornea is too thin, they can't do it.
A: 醫療廣告都說激光治療近視幾乎零風險，其實返工率很高的。有些醫院為了創收，檢查未必那麼嚴格。據說有的醫院還在用國外已經淘汰的二手設備！
yīliáo guǎnggào dōu shuō jīguāng zhìliáo jìnshì jīhū líng fēngxiǎn, qíshí fǎngōnglǜ hěn gāo de. yǒuxiē yīyuàn wèile chuàngshōu, jiǎnchá wèibì nàme yángé. jùshuō yǒude yīyuàn hái zài yòng guówài yǐjīng táotài de èrshǒu shèbèi!
Medical adverstisements always say that laser treatment for shortsightedness is almost no-risk, but actually the success rate is really low. In order to make money, some hospitals may not be so thorough with their examinations. People say there are hospitals that use second-hand equipment that's already out of use abroad.
B: 你選家正規醫院就行了。我有幾個同學朋友做了都挺好的，沒聽說有什麼問題。
nǐ xuǎn jiā zhèngguī yīyuàn jiù xíng le. wǒ yǒu jǐ ge tóngxué péngyou zuò le dōu tǐng hǎo de, méi tīngshuō yǒu shénme wèntí.
If you choose a legimate hospital and you'll be fine. I have some friends and classmates who did it and it went really well. I didn't hear of any problems.
A: 現在沒問題，不代表十年二十年後沒問題。
xiànzài méi wèntí, bù dàibiǎo shí nián èrshí nián hòu méiwèntí.
No problems now, but that doesn't mean there won't be 10 or 20 years down the road.
B: 你這不是咒別人嗎？
nǐ zhè bùshì zhòu biérén ma?
If you say that won't you jinx people?
A: 這種手術從臨床到現在才二十多年時間，誰知道以後會出現什麼後遺症。
zhèzhǒng shǒushù cóng línchuáng dào xiànzài cái èrshí duō nián shíjiān, shéizhīdào yǐhòu huì chūxiàn shénme hòuyízhèng.
This kind of surgery has only been in practice for 20 years now. Who knows what kinds of aftereffects will occur down the road.
B: 既然懷疑就先別考慮了，出去走走，看看遠處，讓眼睛休息休息。
jìrán huáiyí jiù xiān bié kǎolǜ le, chūqù zǒu zou, kàn kan yuǎnchù, ràng yǎnjing xiūxi xiūxi.
Well, since you don't trust it then don't worry about it for now. Just go out and take a stroll, stare off into the distance and let your eyes take a break.
A: 哎，真糾結！如果技術再成熟些，我還是想做的。
āi, zhēn jiūjié! rúguǒ jìshù zài chéngshú xiē, wǒ háishì xiǎng zuò de.
Agh, I'm so conflicted! If the technology improves a bit, then I'll want to do it.
Key Vocabulary
隱形眼鏡 yǐnxíngyǎnjìng
框架眼鏡 kuàngjiàyǎnjìng
鼻樑 bíliáng
近視眼激光手術 jìnshìyǎn jīguāng shǒushù
摘掉 zhāi diào
冒險 màoxiǎn
瞎子 xiāzi
恐怖 kǒngbù
術前 shùqián
眼部 yǎnbù
指標 zhǐbiāo
炎症 yánzhèng
角膜 jiǎomó
治療 zhìliáo
零風險 líng fēngxiǎn
返工率 fǎngōnglǜ
創收 chuàngshōu
未必 wèibì
淘汰 táotài
二手 èrshǒu
設備 shèbèi
正規 zhèngguī
咒 zhòu
臨床 línchuáng
後遺症 hòuyízhèng
既然 jìrán
糾結 jiūjié
Supplementary Vocabulary
橋樑 qiáoliáng
配飾 pèishì
截止 jiézhǐ
風險 fēngxiǎn
盲人 mángrén
體會 tǐhuì
捐獻 juānxiàn
成功率 chénggōnglǜ
失敗率 shībàilǜ
副作用 fùzuòyòng
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