True Story 5. Grandfather Hada's Favorite Soup
Дата публикации: Nov 11, 2014 12:16:2 PM
Retell the story using the words below. Find the odd-man-out.
to exclude an ingredient
to gag on a piece of
to choke
it may take ten minutes or longer to come
not a moment to lose
hoover
to be safe and sound
to swallow the wrong way
traditional festive food
to apply first aid to
to block the windpipe
the odd-man-out - to run past the throat into the stomach
Изложение
В тот день в большой японской семье Хада был праздник.
Главным блюдом на столе был праздничный суп из курицы, овощей, грибов и моти.
Дедушка Хада очень любил этот суп и особенно ему нравились моти.
Он ел и нахваливал, пока вдруг не поперхнулся куском своего любимого блюда.
Дедушка сильно закашлялся, лицо его побагровело.
Его дочь пыталась помочь ему, стучала по спине, но все было бесполезно.
Тогда она бросилась к телефону и вызвала скорую.
Диспетчер сказал, что скорая приедет только через 10 минут, а дедушка уже начал задыхаться.
Понимая, что медлить нельзя, дочь схватила пылесос, включила его на максимум и вставила трубку в рот дедушке.
Кусок моти со свистом высосало из горла дедушки в пылесос.
Дедушка сразу перестал кашлять, а тут и скорая подоспела.
Врач проверил состояние дедушки и сказал, что ему больше ничего не угрожает.
С тех пор в семье Хада варили праздничный суп без моти.
2.
В тот день в большой японской семье Хада был праздник.
Главным блюдом на столе был праздничный суп из курицы, овощей, грибов и моти.
Дедушка Хада очень любил этот суп и особенно ему нравились моти.
Он ел и нахваливал, пока вдруг не поперхнулся куском своего любимого блюда.
Дедушка сильно закашлялся, лицо его побагровело.
Его дочь пыталась помочь ему, стучала по спине, но все было бесполезно.
Тогда она бросилась к телефону и вызвала скорую.
Диспетчер сказал, что скорая приедет только через 10 минут, а дедушка уже начал задыхаться.
Понимая, что медлить нельзя, дочь схватила пылесос, включив его на максимум мощности, вставила трубку в рот дедушке и застрявший кусок моти со свистом выскочил из горла дедушки.
Дедушка сразу перестал кашлять, а тут и скорая подоспела.
Врач проверил состояние дедушки и сказал, что ему больше ничего не угрожает.
С тех пор в семье Хада варили праздничный суп без моти.
Перевод
There was a holiday of a big Japan family Hada.
They cooked a traditional festive food which was a mushroom vegetables chicken soup with mochi.
Grandpa Hada liked the soup very much especially he liked mochi.
He was eating his favorite meal while praising it but suddenly he swallowed the wrong way and gaged on a piece of mochi.
Grandpa Hada began to cough badly. His face became red as the mochi blocked his windpipe.
His daughter tried to apply first aid to him hitting on his back but it was no go.
So she got to the telephone and called the ambulance but the dispatcher said that it might unfortunately take ten minutes or longer to come.
The daughter saw that she didn't have a moment to lose because her father was choking.
She brought the hoover, turned it on to maximum power and put its pipe into her father's throat.
The piece of mochi travelled out from Grandpa Hada's throat into the hoover very quickly and Grandpa stopped caughing right away.
In that moment the ambulance arrived.
The doctor checked Grandpa's conditions and assured Hada family that Grandpa was safe and sound now.
So everybody was happy.
Since then Hada's festive soup didn't contain mochi.
2.
There was a holiday of the Hadas, a big family.
They cooked their traditional festive soup of mushrooms, vegetables, chicken and mochi.
Grandpa Hada liked the soup very much and mochi most of all.
While he was eating and praising his favorite meal he suddenly swallowed a piece of mochi in a wrong way and gagged on it.
Grandpa began to cough badly. His face became red as the piece of mochi blocked his windpipe.
His daughter tried to apply first aid to him by hitting on his back but in vain.
So she got to the telephone and called the ambulance but they said that it, unfortunately, might take ten minutes or even longer to come.
Grandpa Hada's daughter saw that she didn't have a moment to lose because her father was choking.
She brought the hoover, turned it on to maximum power and put its pipe into her father's throat.
The piece of mochi was sucked out from her father throat into the hoover very quickly and he stopped coughing at once.
At that moment the ambulance arrived.
The paramedic checked the grandfather's conditions and assured the Hada family that their grandfather was safe and sound now.
So everybody was happy.
Since then Hada's festive soup didn't contain mochi.
A kind of essay
I think most people some day found themselves in a similar situation.
If someone beside you suddenly swallowed a piece of something in a wrong way and began to choke usually it is enough to hit this person on the back to help the piece of food to be coughed up.
But sometimes the situation could be more serious just like in the story about the Hadas' festive soup.
When I read the story I thought of what I would do if I were in Grandpa Hada's daughter's shoes.
As I've read in the Internet I should do in the following succession:
I would stand behind the person, wrap my arms around the waist and tip the person forward slightly.
Then I would make a fist with one hand and grasp the fist with my other hand.
Then I would press hard into the abdomen with a quick, upward thrust — as if trying to lift the person up.
I believe that this succession would help the person to choke the object out of the throat.
When I was musing about the situation I wondered why people are able to choke in contrast to other animals.
As I've known, people got their organs of articulation in the course of evolution which gave a possibility of speaking .
Despite some disadvantages including a chance of choking, speaking became very important and useful adaptation to the environment so the structure of the throat was remained in the human genome.
I think that complying with some simple life saving rules is not a high price for a speaking ability.
1.
I think almost everyone some day found themselves in a similar situation.
If someone beside you suddenly swallowed a piece of something in a wrong way and began to choke usually it is enough to hit this person on the back to help the piece of food to be coughed up.
But sometimes the situation could be more serious just like in the story about the Hadas' festive soup.
When I read the story I thought of what I would do if I were in Grandpa Hada's daughter's shoes.
As I've read in the Internet I should do in the following succession:
I would stand behind the person, wrap my arms around the waist and tip the person forward slightly.
Then I would make a fist with one hand and grasp the fist with the other hand.
Then I would press hard into the abdomen with a quick, upward thrust — as if trying to lift the person up.
I believe that this succession would help the person to choke the object out of the throat.
When I was musing about the situation I wondered why people are able to choke in contrast to other animals.
In the matter of fact, pets can choke if they would swallow some things that could get stuck in the throut but that would be another story because the thing can't block an animal windpipe as in the case of a man.
As I've known it is so because people got a possibility of speaking in the course of evolution.
It was so important and useful adaptation to the environment for the human that, in spite of some disadvantages including possibilityto choke, it kept in the human DNA.
I think that complying with some simple life saving rules is not a high price for having a speaking ability.
2.
I think almost people some day found themselves in a similar situation.
If someone beside you suddenly swallowed a piece of something in a wrong way and began to choke usually it is enough to hit this person on the back to help the piece of food to be coughed up.
But sometimes the situation could be more serious just like in the story about the Hadas' festive soup.
When I read the story I thought of what I would do if I were in Grandpa Hada's daughter's shoes.
As I've read in the Internet I should do in the following succession:
I would stand behind the person, wrap my arms around the waist and tip the person forward slightly.
Then I would make a fist with my hand and grasp the fist with my other hand.
Then I would press hard into the abdomen with a quick, upward thrust — as if trying to lift the person up.
I believe that this succession would help the person to choke the object out of the throat.
When I was musing about the situation I wondered why people are able to choke in contrast to other animals.
In the matter of fact, pets can choke if they swallow a thing which can get stuck in their throat.
However that is another story because the thing can't block an animal windpipe as in the case of a man.
As I've known, people got their organs of articulation in the course of evolution which gave a possibility of speaking .
Despite of some disadvantages including a chance of choking, speaking became so important and useful adaptation to the environment that the articulation organs structure remained in the human DNA.
I think that complying with some simple life saving rules is not a high price for a speaking ability.
3.
I think most people some day found themselves in a similar situation.
If someone beside you suddenly swallowed a piece of something in a wrong way and began to choke usually it is enough to hit this person on the back to help the piece of food to be coughed up.
But sometimes the situation could be more serious just like in the story about the Hadas' festive soup.
When I read the story I thought of what I would do if I were in Grandpa Hada's daughter's shoes.
As I've read in the Internet I should do in the following succession:
I would stand behind the person, wrap my arms around the waist and tip the person forward slightly.
Then I would make a fist with one hand and grasp the fist with my other hand.
Then I would press hard into the abdomen with a quick, upward thrust — as if trying to lift the person up.
I believe that this succession would help the person to choke the object out of the throat.
When I was musing about the situation I wondered why people are able to choke in contrast to other animals.
In the matter of fact, pets can choke if they swallow a thing which can get stuck in their throat.
However this is something else because that thing doesn't block the windpipe as in the case of human.
As I've known, people got their organs of articulation in the course of evolution which gave a possibility of speaking .
Despite some disadvantages including a chance of choking, speaking became very important and useful adaptation to the environment so the structure of the throat was remained in the human DNA.
I think that complying with some simple life saving rules is not a high price for a speaking ability.
4.
I think most people some day found themselves in a similar situation.
If someone beside you suddenly swallowed a piece of something in a wrong way and began to choke usually it is enough to hit this person on the back to help the piece of food to be coughed up.
But sometimes the situation could be more serious just like in the story about the Hadas' festive soup.
When I read the story I thought of what I would do if I were in Grandpa Hada's daughter's shoes.
As I've read in the Internet I should do in the following succession:
I would stand behind the person, wrap my arms around the waist and tip the person forward slightly.
Then I would make a fist with one hand and grasp the fist with my other hand.
Then I would press hard into the abdomen with a quick, upward thrust — as if trying to lift the person up.
I believe that this succession would help the person to choke the object out of the throat.
When I was musing about the situation I wondered why people are able to choke in contrast to other animals.
As I've known, people got their organs of articulation in the course of evolution which gave a possibility of speaking .
Despite some disadvantages including a chance of choking, speaking became very important and useful adaptation to the environment so the structure of the throat was remained in the human genome.
I think that complying with some simple life saving rules is not a high price for a speaking ability.
5.
I think most people have found themselves in a similar situation.
If you see somebody suddenly swallows a piece of food in a wrong way and begins to choke usually it is enough to hit this person on the back to help the piece to be coughed out.
But sometimes the situation could be more serious just like it is described by the story about the Hadas' festive soup.
When I read the story I thought of what I would do if I were in Grandpa Hada's daughter's shoes.
As I've read in the Internet I should perform the following succession:
I would stand behind the person, wrap my arms around its waist and tip the person forward slightly.
Then I would grasp with one of my hands the fist of my other hand.
Then I would press hard onto the abdomen with a quick, upward thrust as if trying to lift the person up.
I believe that this succession would help the person to choke the object out of its throat.
When I was pondering about the situation I wondered why people are able to choke in contrast to other animals.
As I know people have got their organs of articulation in the course of evolution which has given the ability to speak.
Despite some disadvantages including a choking, speaking has become a very important and useful adaptation to the environment so the structure of the throat remained in the human genome.
I think that complying with some simple life saving rules is not a high price for a speaking ability.
I think most people have found themselves in a similar situation.
If you see somebody suddenly swallows a piece of food in a wrong way and begins to choke usually it is enough to hit this person on the back to help the piece to be coughed out.
But sometimes the situation could be more serious just like it is described by the story about the Hadas' festive soup.
When I read the story I thought of what I would do if I were in Grandpa Hada's daughter's shoes.
As I've read in the Internet I should perform the following succession:
I would stand behind the person, wrap my arms around its waist and tip the person forward slightly.
Then I would grasp with one of my hands the fist of my other hand.
Then I would press hard onto the abdomen with a quick, upward thrust as if trying to lift the person up.
I believe that this succession would help the person to choke the object out of its throat.
When I was pondering about the situation I wondered why people are able to choke in contrast to other animals.
As I know people have got their organs of articulation in the course of evolution which has given the ability to speak.
Despite some disadvantages including a choking, speaking has become a very important and useful adaptation to the environment so the structure of the throat remained in the human genome.
I think that complying with some simple life saving rules is not a high price for a speaking ability.
Orig.
Mochi (Japanese: 餅) is a Japanese rice cake made of glutinous rice pounded into paste and molded into shape. In Japan it is traditionally made in a ceremony called mochitsuki. While also eaten year-round, mochi is a traditional food for the Japanese New Year and is commonly sold and eaten during that time. Mochi is also a prominent snack in Hawaii and Taiwan.
IT is New Year's Day in Japan. The Hada family is eating a special New Year's soup. The soup has chicken, vegetables, and mochi in it. Mochi are rice cakes. Grandfather Hada likes mochi. He takes a big bite of mochi. Then he begins to cough.
Grandfather Hada coughs and coughs. He can't stop coughing. The mochi is stuck in his throat. Grandfather Hada's face is purple. He can't breathe. Someone runs to the phone and calls an ambulance. When will the ambulance arrive? Maybe in five or ten minutes. That will be too late. Grandfather Hada's daughter gets the vacuum cleaner. She turns the vacuum cleaner on and turns the power to "high." She puts the vacuum cleaner hose into Grandfather Hada's throat. Whoosh! The mochi comes out of his throat and goes into the vacuum cleaner. Now Grandfather Hada can breathe.
Nine minutes later, the ambulance arrives, and paramedics check Grandfather Hada. He is fine.
Next year, on New Year's Day, the Hada family will eat a special soup. The soup will have chicken and vegetables in it. But it will have no mochi!