奇速英语

鸡骨头卡喉，医生开出神奇处方：喝可乐

A New Zealand woman who had a small chicken bone lodged (卡住) in her throat claims that she was prescribed (开处方) an interesting medicine by an emergency room doctor — lots of Coke.

Beth Brash recently sat down with New Zealand magazine Stuff to tell the unusual story of how she managed to get rid of the chicken bone stuck in her throat. It all started when she visited her favorite Wellington restaurant and tried their new chicken dish. To be fair, the staff there asked if she was “alright with bones”, and having visited multiple countries where serving meat on the bone was considered normal, she wasn’t put off by it. Unfortunately, while eating the spicy dish, the young woman started experiencing a kind of tickling (难受) in her throat, which turned out to be a small piece of chicken bone.

Brash decided not to make a scene in the restaurant and even fought through the pain the entire weekend, assuming it would eventually go away. It didn’t, so she went to the emergency room as the first thing on Monday morning. She was informed that she did in fact have a small piece of chicken bone lodged in her throat, but the ENT [Ear, Nose and Throat] specialist told her that it wasn’t a cause for concern.

The spicy chicken fan was less worried when she learned that her situation wasn’t serious, but she still expected to have the bone removed. The ENT department simply advised her to drink four cans of sugary Coca-Cola to dissolve (溶解) the piece of bone. She was surprised, but she went to the supermarket and bought four Cokes. To her surprise, she started feeling better the next morning, and by the following day, she was already back to normal.