Sippy Cups and Other Little-Known Childhood Hazards
鴨嘴杯和其他鮮為人知的兒童安全隱患
Sippy Cup:兒童用的鴨嘴杯
Two month ago,JackieSherrill of Grove City,when her 20month-old toddler,Morgan,who was sitting beside her,suddenly reached over.In an instant,Morgan,who had a bottle in her mouth,tumbled off the couch,crashing into an ottoman as she plunged to the floor.
兩個月前镰官,家住俄亥俄州格羅夫的賈姬·謝里爾(Jackie Sherrill)與她1歲8個月的孩子摩根(Morgan)坐在沙發(fā)上,突然踢代,摩根從沙發(fā)跌落在地,撞到了小矮凳上缕溉,賈姬·謝里爾緊忙伸出手去護(hù)著孩子铡溪,當(dāng)時摩根的嘴里正含著一只奶瓶。
toddler:toddle walk unsteadily 蹣跚學(xué)步
tumble off:從...跌落 tumble down:倒塌
ottoman:是用來擱腳的小矮凳亚铁,通常放在搖椅前面评雌,可以坐搖椅的時候把腳放在ottoman上面
plunge:縱身一躍 猛的沖向 猛的推入/浸入 使突然陷入(混亂)之中 驟降 暴跌 突然投入(工作)之中 等等用法
As?she?wiped?away?her?daughter’s?tears,Ms.Sherrill?noticed?that?Morgan?had?a?broken?tooth?and?a?cut?mouth,damage?from?the?hard?plastic?bottle?she?had?been?drinking?from.Morgan?didn’t?suffer?any?longterm?harm,but?it?was?then?that?Ms.Sherrill?decided?to?begin?transitioning?her?daughter?from?bottles?no?normal?cups.
謝里爾擦去女兒的眼淚树枫,她發(fā)現(xiàn)女兒磕壞了一顆牙齒,嘴巴也受了傷景东,而使女兒受傷的真是她用來喝水的硬質(zhì)塑料水杯砂轻。摩根的傷很快就好了,但謝里爾還是決定放棄奶瓶斤吐,改用普通的杯子給女兒喝水搔涝。
“I?never?have?thought?a?children?could?get?hart?from?a?bottle,”said?Ms?Sherrill.?“It’s?something?comforting?to?them.That’s?not?one?of?the?first?things?you?think?about?when?you’re?giving?a?kid?a?bottle.
謝里爾說:“我從未想過一個奶瓶會傷害到孩子。奶瓶本來是用來安撫孩子的和措,當(dāng)你把奶瓶遞給孩子的時候怎么也不會想到這可能會傷害到她庄呈。“(斷然也不會想到)
Most?parent?don’t?think?of?a?child’s?bottle?as?a?hazard.But?two?new?studies?in?the?journal?Pediatrics?highlight?several?underrecognized?causes?of?injuries?in?young?children:bottles,pacifiers?and?sippy?cups,which?cause?thousands?of?injuries?to?the?mouth?and?teeth?every?year,often?when?toddlers?topple?over?while?holding?them?in?their?mouths,and?button?batteries,those?flat?silver?discus?used?in?toys,watches,remote?control?devices?and?other?home?electronics?that?can?cause?serious?harm?when?swallowed.
多數(shù)的家長不會想到一個奶瓶會潛在危害派阱。然而《兒科學(xué)期刊》刊登的兩則新的研究指出(原文highlight诬留,感覺用指出沒有表達(dá)出著重的感覺)了若干有可能對孩子造成傷害但卻往往被人們忽視的物品,包括奶瓶贫母、奶嘴文兑、鴨嘴杯等。(這里應(yīng)該打逗號嗎)這些物品每年都會造成數(shù)以千計對嘴巴或牙齒的傷害腺劣。這些物品每年都會導(dǎo)致數(shù)千起嘴巴或者牙齒手上的案例彩届,其中多數(shù)是在孩子將它們含在嘴里時因摔倒而發(fā)生的。除此以外還有紐扣電誓酒,這些銀色的薄薄的小圓片常見于玩具、手表贮聂、遙控設(shè)備和一些其他的家用電子產(chǎn)品中靠柑,一旦被吞食會造成嚴(yán)重的后果(按照原文的話能不能把后果改成傷害?但感覺說后果更加通順)吓懈。
pacifier:奶嘴 安撫者 鎮(zhèn)靜劑 調(diào)解人 pacify:平息(可以軟也可以硬)
topple over:跌倒
discus:鐵餅比賽的那個鐵餅
The?report?on?injuries?involving?bottles,pacifiers?and?sippy?cups,the?first?nationwide?look?at?such?injuries,found?thatin?the?20year?period?from?1991?through?2010,more?than?45000?children?under?the?age?of?3an?average?of?about?2270?children?a?yearwere?treated?in?emergency?rooms?for?injuries?related?to?bottles,pacifiers?and?sippy?cups.
研究奶瓶歼冰、奶嘴還有鴨嘴杯造成的傷害,在國內(nèi)尚屬首次耻警。這項研究的報告顯示在1991至2010的20年間隔嫡,有超過45000名平均年齡3歲的兒童曾因奶瓶甸怕、奶嘴以及鴨嘴杯導(dǎo)致受傷而進(jìn)入急診室,也就是說平均每年有約2270名兒童因此而受傷腮恩。