【读新闻学英语】很多家长不知道，葡萄必须要切开了才能给孩子吃！

An Australian mum has shared a picture of a child's X-ray as part of a dire warning to parents about why they should never let their kid's eat whole grapes.

一名来自澳大利亚的母亲分享了一张儿童X光照片，警告父母并说明为什么不应该让孩子吃整颗的葡萄。

dire：危急的

grapes：葡萄

Angela Henderson, who runs parenting blog Finlee and Me, recently shared the picture from a paediatrician in order to raise awareness about choking hazards."Do you know what this X-ray is of? A grape! A grape that was lodged in the top of a five-year-old's airway today," she wrote.

Angela Henderson，是育儿博客Finlee and Me的博主。她最近分享了来自儿科医生的照片，希望能够提高父母对于窒息危险的认识。她在博客中写到：“你知道这个X光照片拍的是什么吗？是一颗葡萄！一颗顶在5岁孩子气管顶部的葡萄。”

paediatrician：儿科医生

hazards：危险

"This sweet soul had to be operated on, under general anaesthetic to remove the grape. He is VERY lucky that part of his airway was open or else this could have ended badly."

“这个小孩必须接受全身麻醉手术以移除葡萄。他很幸运，因为他的部分气管是打开的，否则后果会很严重。”

anaesthetic：麻醉

airway：气管

The post has been shared over 4500 times and has over 3000 comments from worried parents, many of them saying they were unaware of the danger. "Oh my gosh I need to start cutting up grapes," one mum wrote. "Just never knew they could be lodged like this. Thank you so much."

这篇博客被转发了4500多次，共有3000多条来自担忧父母的评论。很多父母表示他们从未意识到这样的危险。一位母亲写到：“我的天呐，以后我要开始把葡萄切开。从来都不知道葡萄还能这样塞住气管。非常感谢你。”

comments：评论

unaware：没意识到

Grapes are the third most common cause of food-related choking, after hotdogs and sweets, according to the 'Archives of Disease in Childhood'.

儿童疾病档案显示，葡萄是继热狗和糖果之后，第三大容易让孩子窒息的食物。

common cause：普通原因

archives：档案