当局敦促老年人吃糯米团时要小心 [日本媒体]

Authorities urge elderly people to be careful when eating 'mochi'

当局敦促老年人吃糯米团时要小心



TOKYO —The National Police Agency and the Fire and Disaster Management Agency are urging elderly people to be careful when eating “mochi” rice cakes during the New Year holidays.

东京——国家警察局和消防机构敦促老年人新年假期期间吃糯米年糕时要小心。

The appeal is made every year at this time. The sticky cakes, a traditional New Year’s food, cause choking incidents among elderly people.

每年这个时候当局都会发出这样的呼吁。这种黏黏的糯米糕是传统的新年食品，会在老年人中引起噎死事件。

Authorities have advised people to cut up their “mochi” into small chunks and to eat it with great care, and in the presence of someone else.

当局建议人们将年糕切成小块，然后当心食用，而且最好有人陪同在旁的情况下。

During the New Year period, families traditionally cook “ozoni” soup and put the rice cakes in the vegetable broth.

新年期间，人们会煮传统的ozoni汤，并将年糕放进这种蔬菜汤里。

The Tokyo Fire Department has a website advising people what to do if they see someone choking on “mochi.”

东京消防部门的网站上还有被年糕噎到的处置方法。

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MoonrakerDEC. 30, 2016 - 07:45AM JST
Because Big Brother really does care.

因为专制政府真的很关心。

YubaruDEC. 30, 2016 - 08:10AM JST
Yearly warning, and ever so sadly, too many people will literally choke to death because they dont think THEY can't handle it.

每年都警告，但是情况还是那么糟糕。很多人将被噎死，因为他们觉得自己可以应付得了。

kyushubillDEC. 30, 2016 - 08:26AM JST
What is sad is that adults would have to be "warned" to begin with.

悲哀的是成年人还需要被这样“警告”。

Bill MorrisDEC. 30, 2016 - 08:41AM JST
These elderly people see the news (over 50yrs watching this happen)and know people die every year eating mochi, how is warning them gonna change anything? It's like warning people about eating fugu fish, they know they can die but still do it.

老年人有看新闻（看了50年的新闻），知道每年都有人吃糯米糕噎死，警告又有什么用呢？就好比警告人们不要吃河豚鱼，知道会死人，但还是会去吃。

WeaselDEC. 30, 2016 - 09:16AM JST
Is it that hard to sell smaller bite-sized mochi to reduce the opportunity of choking? I thought that the food industries always liked to sell smaller treats for larger prices, under the guise of being customer appreciative.

难道就不能出售很小的年糕来降低噎死的风险吗？食品行业不都喜欢以感激客户为幌子通过卖小东西来赚大价钱吗？

sf2kDEC. 30, 2016 - 10:59AM JST
the portion size is usually ridiculously dangerous considering the number of people who have died, and who will continue to die

年糕的尺寸太大，太危险了，很多人因此死去，还会有人因此死亡。

TsuchifumazuDEC. 30, 2016 - 11:17AM JST
I remember the omochi death count around 70 about 5 years ago. I think it's gone down recently.

我记得5年前因年糕而噎死的人数是70人左右。好像最近降低了。

sensei258DEC. 30, 2016 - 11:48AM JST
At what age is one considered elderly in Japan? Maybe this warning is for me

在日本多少岁才算老年人？或许我也应该注意一点。