【读新闻学英语】为啥越来越多人想整容？可能是自拍拍多了

Selfies may motivate people to get nose jobs, new research claims.

自拍可能会让人更想整鼻子，一份新的研究表示。

Motivate：/ˈməʊ.tɪ.veɪt/ 使产生动机；激起
Claim：/kleɪm/ 声称；宣称；断言；主张

Researchers said this is because the short distance between the face and the camera makes nose look 30 per cent larger than normal.

研究人员称，脸和镜头的距离太近，会导致鼻子看起来比正常情况下大30%。

Furthermore, 42 per cent of plastic surgeons say people opt for nose jobs to improve how they look on Facebook and Twitter.

此外，42%的整容医生说，很多人整鼻子，是为了让自己在Facebook和Twitter上的照片更好看。

Surgeon：/ˈsɜː.dʒən/ 外科医生
Furthermore：/ˌfɜː.ðəˈmɔːr/ 此外，而且
Opt for：/ɒpt/ 选择，挑选；（尤指）优先选择

The study, led by researchers at Rutgers University, shows for the first time the extraordinary extent to which close up images alters a person's central facial feature.

该研究由美国罗格斯大学主导，第一次指出特写照片会把人脸中部的特性改变到什么程度。

Extraordinary：/ɪkˈstrɔː.dɪn.ər.i/ 非凡的；特别的；意想不到的；令人惊奇的
Close up：特写照片；近景照片
Alter：/ˈɒl.tər/ （通常指轻微地）改动，修改；改变，（使）变化

Researchers said selfies have rapidly become one of the major photographic modalities of in recent years.

研究人员称，近年来自拍已经成为最主要的拍照方式之一。

Modality：/məʊˈdæl.ə.ti/ 模式；形式；方式

In 2014 alone there were over 93 billion selfies taken on Android phones per day.

仅2014年，安卓手机每天拍下的自拍就超过930万张。

Research published in 2014 by the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery revealed that one in three facial plastic surgeons saw an increase in requests for procedures due to patients being more self-aware of looks in social media.

美国面部整形和外科再造学会2014年发表的研究指出，三分之一的整形医生注意到，由于对自己在社交媒体上的形象越来越关注，要求整容的人也越来越多了。

Reconstructive：/ˌriː.kənˈstrʌk.tɪv/ 整形的

There's recently been an uptick in cosmetic surgery in recent years, with men and women spending $16 billion to adjust their appearance in 2016 alone.

近年来整形手术数量一直呈上升态势，仅2016一年，为了让自己更加美丽动人，男男女女们就花了160亿美元。

Uptick：/ˈʌptɪk/ 增加；报升

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