英語(yǔ)故事：因噎廢食

　　In the past, there was a man who had a large appetite. When he ate, he devoured1 ravenously2.

　　Once he wasn't careful enough so that a fishbone got stuck in his throat. The food was blocked in his esophagus, and he could neither swallow nor vomit3. So he called a physician, but the physician could do nothing. The people around looked at him in anxiety Finally, as couldn't breathe, the died of choking.

　　Afterwards, someone went so far as to issue a ban: Eating is forbidden as from today for the reason that no one will be choked to death if people give up eating.

　　從前，有個(gè)人飯量很大，吃起飯來(lái)，狼吞虎咽。

　　一次，他不留神，骨頭哽在喉嚨里，食物被堵塞在食道里，想咽咽不下，想吐吐不出。于是，他請(qǐng)來(lái)醫(yī)生，醫(yī)生也沒(méi)有辦法。周?chē)娜丝粗?，干著急。最后，他因透不過(guò)來(lái)而活活噎死了。

　　事后，有人居然下了一道禁令：從今天起，天下禁止吃飯。理由是：不吃飯，就不會(huì)噎死人。

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　　1 devoured

　　吞沒(méi)( devour的過(guò)去式和過(guò)去分詞 ); 耗盡; 津津有味地看; 狼吞虎咽地吃光

　　參考例句：

　　She devoured everything she could lay her hands on: books, magazines and newspapers. 無(wú)論是書(shū)、雜志，還是報(bào)紙，只要能弄得到，她都看得津津有味。

　　The lions devoured a zebra in a short time. 獅子一會(huì)兒就吃掉了一匹斑馬。

　　2 ravenously

　　adv.大嚼地，饑餓地

　　參考例句：

　　We were all ravenously hungry after the walk. 我們散步之后都餓得要命。 來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

　　The boys dug in ravenously. 男孩們開(kāi)始狼吞虎咽地吃起來(lái)。 來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

　　3 vomit

　　v.嘔吐，作嘔;n.嘔吐物，吐出物

　　參考例句：

　　They gave her salty water to make her vomit.他們給她喝鹽水好讓她吐出來(lái)。

　　She was stricken by pain and began to vomit.她感到一陣疼痛，開(kāi)始嘔吐起來(lái)。

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