发短信其实对全身都有危害。人们专心发短信时，脖子和上背容易长久保持不当姿势，因此出现了所谓的“短信脖”一词，暗指因姿势不当而引发的疼痛。

Want to counteract the effect of all this stooping and texting? Bring your phone to eye level while you use it or actually training for your endurance texting with back, neck and core strengthening exercises. Oh, and give your phone a rest!

想治好发短信时驼背哈腰造成的疼痛吗？那就在使用时把手机放到视线齐平的位置，或端正脖子及后背的姿势。还有，让手机消停一会儿吧！

4. We can't believe we still have to say this, but it disrupts your driving

不得不再次强调：开车时发短信相当危险！

Hopefully you know by now that you can't text and drive (since it's the law and all), but an astounding 80 percent of college-aged drivers admit to engaging in this behavior, despite knowing how dangerous it can be.

希望你现在已经知道：法律规定，不可以边开车边发短信！尽管如此，仍有80%大学生年纪的人不顾个人安危，边开车边发短信。

You are 23 times more likely to crash if you're texting behind the wheel, according to a federal report. And cell phone use was associated with 18 percent of "distraction"-related deaths.

据美国一份联邦报告显示，开车时发短信，出车祸的几率要高上23倍。而且，因“分神”而造成的死亡，18%是手机惹的祸。

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