大手提包可能带来健康隐患

 With big handbags becoming a key fashion accessory¹附件(1) for working women, health experts are warning they can also become a key health concern.

大手提包逐渐成为职业女性主要时尚配件之一，但是健康专家提醒它们同时也是主要健康隐患之一。

Bags for women have become bigger and heavier as designers combine briefcases² with handbags and straps绳,皮带(2) have become longer but the extra leverage³ has many patients complaining of neck, shoulder and back problems.

设计师喜欢将公文包、手提包结合在一起并搭配长长的提带，结果是包包们越来越大、越来越重。超负荷使人们开始抱怨颈部、肩部和背部的不适。

"I see so many women with neck pains and headaches and what I usually do is look for their purse and pick it up," said Jane Sadler, a family practice physician on the medical staff at Baylor Medical Center in Garland, Texas.

德克萨斯加兰贝乐诊疗中心家庭医生Jane Sadler说：“很多女性抱怨脖子和头疼，我通常会看看她们的手提包，然后掂量一下。”

"We take it over to the scale and weigh it and usually they're anywhere from 7 to 10 pounds (3.1-4.5 kg)...We're really going to see women with more and more problems later on if we continue the big purse craze."

“我们将包放在秤上称重，通常它们都有7到10磅（3.1-4.5公斤）…如果大包热还不退烧的话，女性会遇到更多问题。”

William Case, a physical therapist临床医学家(3) in private practice in Houston, said an aggravated严重的(4) neck or shoulder can lead to upper back problems, meaning pain may then be felt while working at a computer or playing sports.

休斯顿私人理疗师William Case说，颈肩疾病持续恶化会导致上半后背问题，那样在操作电脑或者运动时候会感到疼痛。

He urged designers "to place a cute, educational caution⁴ tag on all bags to inform of potential neck and shoulder dangers."

他建议设计师们在所有的包包上都挂一个可爱的指导标签，注明潜在颈肩隐患。

Above all, he recommended correct posture⁵ while carrying bulky庞大的(5) purses, keeping the head and shoulders aligned对齐的,均衡的(6) upright. Patients should also frequently change the size and weight of purses carried.

综上所述，他建议女性们使用正确的姿势，保证头与肩膀处于同一直线。患者还应经常变换包包的大小和重量。

"The extra-large purses are quite phenomenal. They look beautiful when the women wear them, but I don't know how aware they are of the potential problems," Case said.

Case说：“超大的提包很抢眼。女性搭配它们都很漂亮，但是我不确定她们都能意识到潜在问题。”

"The trend is either very large or very small. People go to the gym, they have an extra pair of shoes, they have their make-up, so there's more stuff to carry around," said Ellen Campuzano, president of the Committee for Color and Trend, a fashion forecasting service.

时尚预测服务机构颜色时尚委员会主席Ellen Campuzano说：“特大和特小都有可能成为流行风尚。人们得去健身，需要一双替换鞋，还有很多化妆品，总之人们要随身带的东西越来越多。”

Traditionally women adopted better postures⁶ for carrying loads, such as baskets on heads or strapping⁷ a papoose幼儿,背婴儿的袋子(7) across the back, but placing objects on one shoulder was one of the least efficient ways of carrying a load.

传统妇女的负重姿势更为科学，例如用头顶篮子或者将孩子绑在背上，只用一只肩膀负重的方法是最缺乏效率的。

"This causes a great imbalance. You only have to see people carrying bags in shopping centers, looking hunched弯腰驼背(8) up like Quasimodo加西莫多(9)," he said.

他说：“这引起严重的不平衡。你只要看看在商场购物的人们，他们像钟楼怪人一样弯腰驼背。”

"If it (a big bag) is a fashion accessory, then occasional偶然的,不时的(10) and symbolic⁸ use is fine. If not, then keep it light."

“如果大包的确是时尚元素，那就分场合、象征性地搭配就好。如果不是，越轻越好。”

1 accessory   

n.附件，附属品，（为全套衣服增加美感的）服饰

参考例句：

• He is an accessory to the murderer.他是这个杀人凶手的同谋。
• A radio is an accessory to a car.收音机是汽车的附件。

2 briefcases   

n.公文[事]包( briefcase的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Portfolio, Name Card Holder, Pen, Briefcases, Computer Bags, Bags and Cases. 采购产品文件夹，名字备置卡片烛台，钢笔，公文包，计算机袋子，袋子和情形。 来自互联网
• We have quite an array of leather briefcases. 我们有相当的一批公文包。 来自互联网

3 leverage   

n.力量，影响；杠杆作用，杠杆的力量

参考例句：

• We'll have to use leverage to move this huge rock.我们不得不借助杠杆之力来移动这块巨石。
• He failed in the project because he could gain no leverage. 因为他没有影响力，他的计划失败了。

4 caution   

n.小心，谨慎，警告；vt.告诫，警告

参考例句：

• You should exercise extreme caution when driving in fog.在雾中开车要极为小心。
• There is no need for such caution.不必如此小心谨慎。

5 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。

6 postures   

姿势( posture的名词复数 )； 看法； 态度； 立场

参考例句：

• Modern consciousness has this great need to explode its own postures. 现代意识很有这种摧毁本身姿态的需要。
• They instinctively gathered themselves into more tidy postures. 她们本能地恢复了端庄的姿态。

7 strapping   

adj. 魁伟的, 身材高大健壮的 n. 皮绳或皮带的材料, 裹伤胶带, 皮鞭 动词strap的现在分词形式

参考例句：

• He's a strapping lad—already bigger than his father. 他是一个魁梧的小伙子——已经比他父亲高了。
• He was a tall strapping boy. 他是一个高大健壮的小伙子。

8 symbolic   

adj.象征性的，符号的，象征主义的

参考例句：

• It is symbolic of the fighting spirit of modern womanhood.它象征着现代妇女的战斗精神。
• The Christian ceremony of baptism is a symbolic act.基督教的洗礼仪式是一种象征性的做法。