國際左撇子日 | 我真的太太太難了

今天還是個節日？

沒錯！

如果你是左撇子，

今天就是你的節日~

每年的8月13日是國際左撇子日

這個有40多年歷史的節日

旨在提醒大家注意左撇子在生活中遭遇的不便

消除人們對左撇子的種種誤解

1975年8月13日

美國堪薩斯州的一群左撇子

建立了名叫「左撇子國際」的組織

他們設想把全世界左撇子聯合起來

共同爭取左撇子的權益

一年後

他們把這一天確定為國際左撇子日

Today is a chance to tell your family and friends how proud you are of being left-handed.

August 13 marks International Left-Handers Day, which was first observed in 1976 to celebrate the uniqueness of the lefties and raise awareness of the inconvenience they may encounter in their daily lives.

據不完全統計

全球目前約有10%的人習慣用左手

作為人群裡的「稀有對象」

左撇子有特殊的優勢

但同時也面臨很多煩惱

比如——

在學校上課，卻看到了這樣的教室↓

用剪刀剪紙，可能剪了個「寂寞」↓

用左手寫字，才能知道鉛筆真正的「威力」↓

用滑鼠要很努力↓

Almost everything seems to be designed for the right-handed from scissors and desks to spiral-bound notebooks and single-lens cameras.Here we compiled a list of annoying problems that every left-hander may face daily.In the popular animated series "The Simpsons", character Ned Flanders set up a shop that sold only left-handed items to recognize the difficulties among lefties. While in real life, there are some stores specializing in left-handed products, some of which can even be bought online.

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左撇子不一定更聰明。無論是根據以往的研究，還是從神經學的角度來看，左撇子和右撇子的認知能力總體並沒有太大區別。

The left-handed are not necessarily smarter. From both historical research and a neurological point of view, the general cognitive abilities of left-handers and right-handers are not much different.

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雙手可並用也不能說明智商高。2006年的一項研究表明，雙手都靈活的人空間認知能力最低，有閱讀障礙的可能性最高。

Being able to use both hands may not show high intelligence. People who are ambidextrous appeared to have the lowest spatial cognitive ability and the highest possibility of dyslexia in a 2006 study of 255,100 samples.

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每10個人中可能就有一個左撇子。全球平均有10%-12%的人喜歡用左手。在中國，左撇子人數估計超過8000萬。

Out of every 10 people, there could already be a left-handed person. On average, 10 to 12 percent of the global population prefer to use their left hand. In China, the estimated number of such people stands at over 80 million. 

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強行糾正左撇子可能會對大腦造成不可逆轉的損害。相當多的人在經過矯正後會患上口吃、誦讀困難或小兒多動症，甚至還會產生難以抹去的心理陰影。

Forcibly correcting left-handed people may cause irreversible damage to the brain. A considerable number of people will suffer from stuttering, dyslexia or pediatric hyperactivity after being corrected, and even more serious cases can involve indelible psychological shadows.

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眼睛和耳朵等器官也有左撇子。當你拿起電話的時候，會用哪只耳朵接聽？據悉，有40%的人習慣用「左耳」，30%的人習慣用「左眼」，20%的人習慣用「左腳」。

Left-handedness appears in other organs. Which ear do you use when you pick up the phone? Apparently, 40 percent of people are "left-eared," 30 percent are "left-eyed," and 20 percent are "left-footed." 

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各行各業都有許多名人是左撇子，其中包括亞里斯多德、牛頓、達文西、莫扎特、比爾·蓋茨和賈斯汀·比伯。

There are many celebrities in every field that are left-handed. They include Aristotle, Isaac Newton, Leonardo da Vinci, Mozart, Bill Gates and Justin Bieber.

那麼，問題來了——