VOA慢速英語：報(bào)告稱自拍死亡案例增多

報(bào)告稱自拍死亡案例增多

"Selfie," taking a picture of yourself to post on social media, became an official word in the Oxford dictionary in 2013. The idea seems simple, just pose and snap a photo of yourself with your cell phone camera. How difficult could that be?

自拍是指拍攝自己的照片傳到社交媒體上，這個(gè)詞于2013年成為牛津字典正式詞匯。這種想法看似很簡單，只是擺個(gè)姿勢(shì)然后用手機(jī)攝像頭給自己拍照，這能有多難?

But in 2014 a reported 15 people died while taking selfies. That number has risen each year since then. Thirty-nine deaths connected to selfies were reported in 2015. And, this year has seen more than 70 such deaths.

但是2014年報(bào)告有15人在自拍時(shí)死亡。自那時(shí)起這一數(shù)字每年都在增加。2015年報(bào)告了39起和自拍相關(guān)的死亡，而今年已經(jīng)發(fā)生了70多起這類死亡。

Researchers from universities in the U.S. and India have released findings from the first study of deaths due to selfies. The investigators examined the causes and characteristics of the deaths.

美國和印度高校的研究人員發(fā)布了首份自拍死亡的報(bào)告。研究人員調(diào)查了死亡的原因和特征。

The researchers found that people who take selfies for sharing on social media often have narcissistic tendencies. The report says these people "use selfies as a form of self-identification and expression." They may take selfies in more dangerous settings because they seek greater attention.

研究人員發(fā)現(xiàn)，在社交媒體上發(fā)自拍的人往往有自戀傾向。報(bào)告稱，這些人“將自拍作為一種自我認(rèn)同和表達(dá)的方式”。他們可能會(huì)為了博取關(guān)注在更加危險(xiǎn)的環(huán)境中自拍。

These dangerous situations can lead to injury, and even death. The researchers define a selfie death as "death of an individual or a group of people that could have been avoided had the individual(s) not been taking a selfie."

這類危險(xiǎn)環(huán)境可能會(huì)導(dǎo)致傷害甚至死亡。研究人員將自拍死亡定義為“不自拍就能避免的個(gè)人或群體死亡”。

One example of a dangerous selfie in the study involved bicycle races. People sometimes get on the track to take a picture of themselves with the racing bicycles behind them. Crashes and injuries have resulted. Another example described people standing on train tracks trying to get a selfie as a train moves toward them from behind.

研究中提到的危險(xiǎn)自拍包括自行車競(jìng)賽。人們有時(shí)候會(huì)在賽道上拍攝自己同身后自行車的照片，然后導(dǎo)致了碰撞和傷害。另一類例子是當(dāng)火車臨近時(shí)人們?cè)谲壍郎献耘摹?/p>

The most common cause of selfie death was falling from high places. It caused 32 of the 172 deaths during the last two and one-half years.

自拍死亡最常見的原因是從高處墜落，過去兩年半中的172起死亡中有32起是這類原因?qū)е碌摹?/p>

Drowning was another common cause of death.

溺水是另一類常見死因。

Other risk factors include transportation, such as taking a selfie while walking on train tracks or driving a car. Taking a selfie near electric lines also led to some of the deaths, as did selfies taken with weapons and wild animals.

其它風(fēng)險(xiǎn)因素還包括交通，例如在鐵軌上行走或開車時(shí)自拍。在電線附近自拍，以及同武器和野生動(dòng)物自拍也導(dǎo)致了一些死亡。

India reported 76 selfie deaths, the most of the countries studied.

印度報(bào)告了76起自拍死亡，是被研究的國家中最多的。

And it might be more dangerous to be a man with a smartphone. Although women take more selfies, males were far more likely to die during selfies. 75.5% of the reported deaths were of men.

而且男性有智能手機(jī)更加危險(xiǎn)。雖然女性自拍更多，男性卻更可能死于自拍。報(bào)告的死亡人數(shù)中有75.5%是男性。

About one-third of the 172 reported selfie deaths had a single death while 24 incidents involved the deaths of groups. Two of the incidents killed seven people each.

在報(bào)告的172起死亡中有三分之一是單一死亡，還有24起事故涉及群體死亡。其中兩起事故各自導(dǎo)致7人死亡。

Staying Safe While Taking Selfies

安全自拍

Efforts are growing to prevent these deaths. The study says there are now 16 places in Mumbai, India established as "No Selfie Zones."

防止自拍死亡的措施正在增加。該研究稱，目前印度孟買有16個(gè)地區(qū)被設(shè)置成了“禁止自拍區(qū)”。

The Russian government also has started a "Safe Selfies" campaign to warn people about risky selfies.

俄羅斯政府也啟動(dòng)了“安全自拍”宣傳活動(dòng)，以提醒人們自拍風(fēng)險(xiǎn)。

The website Selfie to Die For asks visitors to take a promise not to risk their lives and the lives of others while taking selfies. The website also has tips for staying safe while taking selfies and gives examples of people who died from taking risky selfies.

Selfie to Die For網(wǎng)站要求游客承諾在自拍時(shí)不要讓自己或他人的性命面臨風(fēng)險(xiǎn)。該網(wǎng)站還發(fā)布了自拍安全提示，并提供了危險(xiǎn)自拍死亡者的案例。

Their Twitter account @selfietodiefor offers tips for staying safe while taking selfies and reports incidents of selfie deaths and injuries.

他們的推特賬戶@selfietodiefor提供了安全自拍提示，并報(bào)告自拍死亡和受傷事故。

More Information

更多信息

The full report is available at: Me, Myself and My Killfie: Characterizing and Preventing Selfie Deaths.

完整報(bào)告請(qǐng)查看：Me, Myself and My Killfie: Characterizing and Preventing Selfie Deaths。

I'm John Russell.

約翰·羅素報(bào)道。