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Standers give various reasons for taking to their feet: It makes them feel more focused, prevents drowsiness, makes them feel like a general even if they just push paper. (Former defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld works standing up. So does novelist Philip Roth.)
站着工作的人给出了选择站立的各种理由：站立可以使他们注意力更集中，驱散睡意，而且就算他们只是在做琐碎的工作，也会感觉自己像个将军。（美国前国防部长唐纳德 拉姆斯菲尔德也是站着工作的。小说家菲利普 罗斯也是如此。）
But unknown to them, a debate is percolatingamong ergonomicsexperts and public-health researchers about whether all office workers should be encouraged to stand — to save lives.
但他们并不知道，围绕着是否应该鼓励所有办公室职员都站着工作这一话题，在人类工程学专家和公共健康研究员当中展开了一场以拯救生命为目的的辩论。
Doctors point to surprising new research showing higher rates of diabetes, obesity, heart disease and even mortality among people who sit for long stretches. A study earlier this year in the American Journal of Epidemiology showed that among 123,000 adults followed over 14 years, those who sat more than six hours a day were at least 18 percent more likely to die during the time period studied than those who sat less than three hours a day.
医生们指出，新研究惊人的结果显示，长时间坐着工作的人患糖尿病、肥胖症、心脏病甚至是死亡的几率都比站立工作者要高。《美国流行病学杂志》在今年早些时候发表的一项研究表明，在研究进行期间，那些一天静坐超过6个小时的人的死亡率，比那些静坐时间少于3小时的人，高出至少18%。该研究在14年的时间内对12.3万名成人进行了跟踪调查。
