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弊，好多都唔识~~~~点考试
jiajieL 发表于 2009-8-21 12:23 PM

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Study: Games are depressing...or are they?
研究：玩游戏令人心情压抑？

The average gamer is 35, overweight, and more likely to be depressed, says a new study conducted by researchers at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
一位来自疾病控制及预防中心正进行新项目研究的专家指出：普遍电脑游戏玩家都是35岁，过肥，而且多数都带有压抑症状。


It also indicated a curious difference between male and female gamers: the former proved more overweight and reported more Internet usage than non-gamer men, while female gamers reported more depression and lower general health than non-gamer women.
同时，这项研究也揭露了关于男玩家及女玩家一个比较奇怪的现象：前者比起不玩游戏的男性，表现出多为较肥而且更加多使用互联网，而女性玩家则比起不玩游戏的女性更加压抑，而且健康状况普遍较差。


But which comes first, the games or the poor health? The researchers hypothesized that depressed individuals might be turning to games as a means of self-medication, immersing themselves in a game's world as a way of forgetting about real-life troubles.
至于究竟系边一样出现先的呢——电脑游戏还是差的健康？专家估计那些带有压抑症的病人可能想通过玩电脑游戏作为一种自我治疗的方式，令自己沉浸在电脑游戏的世界来忘记现实生活的一切烦恼。


As luck would have it, a study at East Carolina University funded by Bejeweled maker Popcap Games is also investigating the possible mental health benefits of game playing. Having already discovered that Bejeweled can improve mood and heart rhythms, the Carolina group is about to embark on an investigation in an attempt to determine whether games like Bejeweled can also deliver clinically significant improvements to depression.
另一方面令人觉得欣慰的是，一个由“智取珠宝”POPCAP（公司名）制造商赞助，东卡罗莱纳州大学进行的研究，正在找出玩电脑游戏是否对心理健康有益处。卡罗莱纳研究组主要致力研究，类似“智取珠宝”这类的游戏是否确实对于治疗压抑症有重大的临床改善效能。


Useful Expression

• overweight n.超重

• depressed [di‘prest]
  adj.
  沮丧的, 降低的

• hypothesized
  adj.
  假设的, 假定的

• embark [im’ba:k]
  v.
  上船, 上飞机, 着手, 从事, 装于船上, 登上