There was a time when wearing sunglasses would be too cool for school students, but for pupils at a primary school in Australia, they are now an important part of the uniform. The move is for protecting young eyes from the sun's dangerous ultraviolet rays (紫外线), and education heads say they are considering making the plan at all state schools.
The headmaster of Sydney's Arncliffe Public School, where sunglasses are now used for children from kindergarten to Grade 6, said they had no problems wearing the glasses on the playground. "The 'sunnies' as they are called in Australia, will soon become 'necessary things' for the pupils," Stephan Vrachas said. The education minister of New South Wales state said the government would consider making sunglasses used on all public school playgrounds.
"It is conceivable that it might be good to wear sunglasses when they are playing in the sun," John Della Bosca told reporters. Experts said excessive exposure to the sun's ultraviolet rays, already blamed for skin cancers, could also cause cataracts (白内障), A specialist at Sydney Eye Hospital said. That wraparound glasses (宽边墨镜) were the best for eye protection and children should be encouraged to wear them from the age of three to four. "Sunglasses are particularly important in summer when ultraviolet exposure is up to five times higher than that in winter," said Con Petsoglou.
