Dick finds Nadia in the kitchen reading a pamphlet:

　　D: Hey, four-eyes, whatchya reading?

　　N: Actually, Mr. 20/20, I'm thinking aboutshavingslaser eye surgery to rectify1 my vision.

　　D: Oh, a brochure about the LASIK procedure! Are you sure that's your best bet? Isn't that the oneswheresthey have to cut your eyes right open!

　　N: No need to be quite so dramatic, Dick! See for yourself: A precision mechanical device slices a flap in your cornea, see? Then the surgeon peels it back to allow a computerized laser to remove tissue from the deeper layers.

　　D: Wow! Cool pictures. So the amount of tissue to be vaporized is actually programmedsintosa computer beforehand?

　　N: That's right. Some people report perfect vision immediately afterward.

　　D: It says here the operation only takes about ten minutes per eye, so you could easily have both done on the same visit.

　　N: But I'll have to wait a few years: I'm only twenty-one, and doctors recommend you be at least twenty-five, when your eyesight should have stabilized.

　　D: You can use the time to save, because I've heard that LASIK surgery could set you back over thirty thousand.

　　N: Thirty thousand per eye?! For that kind of money, I'd expect X-ray vision and nothing less!




借我一双慧眼 激光点睛术
　　迪克发现纳迪亚在厨房读一本小册子。

　　迪克：嗨！四眼，你在看什么？

　　纳迪亚：千里眼，实际上我正在考虑做激光眼科手术来矫正视力。

　　迪克：哦！你肯定是在读关于LASIK疗法的宣传手册！你确定那是你最好的赌注吗？那种手术不是非得把你的眼睛切开不可的吗？

　　纳迪亚：没必要那么夸张吧，迪克！你自己看：一项精密的机械装置割开你眼角膜的一小片，看到了吗？接着医生按原状把这一小片切下来，然后用电脑操作的激光切除深层细胞组织。

　　迪克：哇！这些照片真棒。那么这些细胞组织在被切除之前，切除的数量实际上是事先经计算机程序设计过的喽？

　　纳迪亚：没错。有些人介绍，手术后视力立即完全恢复。

　　迪克：这上面说，做这个手术每只眼睛只需要十分钟左右，所以你去一次可以同时做两只眼睛。

　　纳迪亚：但我得再等几年：我现在才21岁，而医生建议至少要等到25岁视力已经稳定后再做手术。

　　迪克：你可以利用这段时间存钱，因为我听说LASIK手术可能会花你一大笔钱，至少三万。

　　纳迪亚：一只眼睛三万？这种价钱，除非给我X光的视力，其他免谈。

　　眼睛放亮点！