双语：新年伊始日本年糕连夺两命
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[align=center][size=4][color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] Two people have died in Japan and several are in a critical condition after choking on traditional rice cakes as part of the new year celebrations.[/font][/color]
[color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] 日本有两人在迎新年中因食用传统年糕被噎住而死亡，另有几人情况危急。[/font][/color]
[color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] They may seem harmless, but each year the hard-to-eat snack claims several lives, prompting annual warnings from officials.[/font][/color]
[color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] 这些小吃可能看起来对人体没有害处，但是每年都有人因为难以食用的小吃而丧命，这也引起官方的年度警告。[/font][/color]
[color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] What is a mochi?[/font][/color]
[color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] 年糕是什么？[/font][/color]
[color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] The cakes, known as mochi, are cute round buns made of soft and chewy rice.[/font][/color]
[color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] 这种叫做"mochi"的年糕是一种很可爱的圆形糕点，是用软软的糯米制作而成的。[/font][/color]
[color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] The rice is first steamed and then pounded and mashed.[/font][/color]
[color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] 首先将大米蒸熟，然后把大米捣碎。[/font][/color]
[color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] The resulting sticky rice mass is then formed into the final mochi shape and baked or boiled.[/font][/color]
[color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] 将敲打后形成的糯米团做成最终的年糕形状，再进行烘焙或水煮。[/font][/color]
[color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] Families traditionally celebrate New Year by cooking a vegetable broth in which they heat the mochi.[/font][/color]
[color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] 各家各户庆祝新年的传统习俗就是做蔬菜汤，用蔬菜汤加热年糕。[/font][/color]
[color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] How do they kill?[/font][/color]
[color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] 年糕是如何致命的？[/font][/color]
[color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] The buns are chewy and sticky. Given they are far bigger than bite-sized, they need to be laboriously chewed before swallowing.[/font][/color]
[color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] 年糕粘性大，非常有嚼劲。年糕比一口就能吞下去的大小要大很多，吞咽之前就需要费劲地咀嚼。[/font][/color]
[color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] Anyone who can’t chew properly - like children, or the elderly - will be likely to find them hard to eat.[/font][/color]
[color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] 不能很好地咀嚼食物的人，如儿童或老人，都可能难以食用。[/font][/color]
[color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] If not chewed but simply swallowed, the sticky mochi gets stuck in the throat - and can lead to suffocation.[/font][/color]
[color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] 如果不嚼就下咽，年糕就会卡在喉咙里，而且会导致窒息。[/font][/color]
[color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] According to Japanese media, 90% of those rushed to hospital from choking on their new year’s dish are people aged 65 or older.[/font][/color]
[color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] 根据日本媒体报道，每年新年被食物噎住而紧急送往医院的人中，90%的人年龄为65岁或以上。[/font][/color]
[color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] What’s a safe way to eat them?[/font][/color]
[color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] 什么是食用年糕的安全方式？[/font][/color]
[color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] Chew, chew, chew. If that’s not possible, the rice cakes need to be cut into smaller pieces.[/font][/color]
[color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] 嚼一嚼，再嚼一嚼。如果嚼不动，就把年糕切成更小的块。[/font][/color]
[color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] Each year, authorities issue public warnings in the run-up to the new year festivities advising that people - especially the very young and elderly - should only eat mochi cut down to smaller little chunks.[/font][/color]
[color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] 每年在新年之际，官方就会发布公告，建议人们，尤其是小孩和老人，食用年糕时要切成小块。[/font][/color]
[color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] Yet despite the warnings, each year there continue to be deaths linked to the dish.[/font][/color]
[color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] 然而，尽管有这样的警告，每年仍然有人因为年糕窒息而死。[/font][/color]
[color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] At the turn of 2014 to 2015, the number of casualties peaked at nine. In 2016 it was one, while last year two people died.[/font][/color]
[color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] 2014年至2015年，死亡人数达到九人。2016年，死亡人数一人。去年，死亡人数两人。[/font][/color]
[color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] Each year, many more end up in critical condition in hospitals across the country.[/font][/color]
[color=#444444][font=Tahoma, "] 每年，全国各地的医院里，有更多地人因食物而处于危急状态。[/font][/color][/size][/align] 不错啊支持
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