职业女性应警惕"电脑脸"

    A growing number of women are developing something called 'computer face', a leading cosmetic¹ surgeon（外科医生） said.
    Dr Michael Prager said professionals（专业人员） who worked long hours in front of a screen were ending up with saggy² jowls, 'turkey neck' and deep-set wrinkles on their forehead and around their eyes.
    The Botox specialist said that, of all his clientele, office workers were most likely to show premature³ signs of ageing.
    'If you are one of the unfortunate people who frown or squint⁴ while they are concentrating at the screen then, over time, you will inevitably⁵ end up with frown lines,' Dr Prager, 42, said.
    'What is perhaps more surprising is the number of women with saggy(下垂的，松懈的) jowls because they are sitting in one position for so long.
    'If you spend most of the time looking down then the neck muscles shorten and go saggy, eventually giving you a second neck.
    'We are seeing a lot of women who work in executive jobs in offices who have this problem.' Dr Prager, who has a practice near Harley Street in London, said he encourages his clients to put a mirror next to their computer so they can see if they are frowning at the screen.
    'When people are stressed or thinking hard about something then they will often put on a "grumpy face" without even knowing what they are doing. When my clients put a mirror next to their desk they are often shocked by the angry, frowning face which stares back at them.'
    He warned that a generation of younger men and women who had grown up with information technology were developing 'computer face' at a much earlier age.
    He said: 'The women I am seeing at the moment have only been using computers at work for the last decade or so. But women in their 20s have grown up with them and use them for every single task.
    'It will be completely different for them and I think the problem is going to become much, much worse. In another ten years, they could be looking quite awful.'
    Dr Prager said there were several simple steps which could stave off computer face such as regular screen breaks and stretching the neck muscles. And, of course, there was always Botox.
    He said that, after a couple of sessions of Botox, the habit of 'grumpy face' could be broken.(本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑)

1 cosmetic   

n.化妆品；adj.化妆用的；装门面的；装饰性的

参考例句：

• These changes are purely cosmetic.这些改变纯粹是装饰门面。
• Laughter is the best cosmetic,so grin and wear it!微笑是最好的化妆品，所以请尽情微笑吧！

2 saggy   

松懈的，下垂的

参考例句：

• Daisy: Would you still love me if I were old and saggy? 当我的皮肤变得又老又松弛时，你还会爱我吗？
• My darling, if my breasts were saggy, would you still love me? 这是女人最担心的一个问题。

3 premature   

adj.比预期时间早的；不成熟的，仓促的

参考例句：

• It is yet premature to predict the possible outcome of the dialogue.预言这次对话可能有什么结果为时尚早。
• The premature baby is doing well.那个早产的婴儿很健康。

4 squint   

v. 使变斜视眼, 斜视, 眯眼看, 偏移, 窥视; n. 斜视, 斜孔小窗; adj. 斜视的, 斜的

参考例句：

• A squint can sometimes be corrected by an eyepatch. 斜视有时候可以通过戴眼罩来纠正。
• The sun was shinning straight in her eyes which made her squint. 太阳直射着她的眼睛,使她眯起了眼睛。

5 inevitably   

adv.不可避免地；必然发生地

参考例句：

• In the way you go on,you are inevitably coming apart.照你们这样下去，毫无疑问是会散伙的。
• Technological changes will inevitably lead to unemployment.技术变革必然会导致失业。