A: Do your eyes feel any better after using those eye drops I prescribed for you last time?
B: It’s easier for me to see things now, but I still can’t see the words on the blackboard all that clearly.
A: OK, so I think you should be wearing glasses. There’s an optician next door with professional optometrists, so you can go over there and see them.
Photo: Tsai Shu-yuan, Liberty Times 照片：自由時報記者蔡淑媛
B: What do you think about me having laser surgery?
A: Your short-sightedness is not that serious, it won’t have too much of an impact on your everyday life, so I don’t think you need to have laser surgery.
A: 上次開給你的眼藥水，點過以後眼睛有沒有覺得好一點？
B: 我覺得看東西比較沒那麼吃力了，不過黑板上的字還是看不清楚。
A: 好吧，那你應該要去配一副眼鏡了。我們診所隔壁的眼鏡行有專業的驗光師，可以找他們。
B: 請問我可以做近視雷射手術嗎？
A: 你近視的度數並不深，對日常生活沒有太大影響，所以我認為沒有這個必要。
(Translated by Paul Cooper, Taipei Times／台北時報林俐凱)
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