這確實很危險啊，不過能把一個無線耳機吞下去也真是心大，難道吞的時候沒感覺的嘛？怎麼著也會卡喉嚨的吧。還好取出來了，如果進入呼吸道或者胃裡面，可就麻煩了。大家引以為戒呀～
A 38-year-old man is warning other AirPod users about the danger of swallowing the wireless ear buds, after accidentally ingesting one in his sleep, and undergoing surgery to have it removed.
一名38歲男子睡覺時不小心將一個無線耳機吞進了肚子裡，不得不做手術將其取出來。這位男子警告AirPod的用戶，一定要小心不要將無線耳機吞進肚子裡。
Last Tuesday morning, after waking up in his home in Worcester, Massachusetts, Brad Gauthier noticed that one of his AirPods was missing. He had fallen asleep with them on, but he didn’t think much of the loss, as AirPods falling off isn’t exactly unheard of.
上周二早晨，麻薩諸塞州伍斯特的Brad Gauthier醒來時，發現自己的一個AirPods不見了。他睡的時候是戴著耳機入睡的，不過這種事也很常見，他並沒有很放在心上。
Gauthier reportedly went about his day as usual, ignoring the slight discomfort in his chest, but when he tried to drink a glass of water, something strange happened.
Gauthier的胸口處儘管有一點不舒服，但他還是像往常一樣沒太在意，但他想要喝杯水時，奇怪的事情發生了。
As Brad Gauthier tried to have a drink of water, his throat simply filled up and he started chocking. He was able to get the water out by leaning forward, and carried on as if nothing had happened, even clearing his driveway of snow, after a severe blizzard.
Brad Gauthier打算喝水的時候，他的喉嚨一下子就被水填滿了，然後他被嗆住了。他身體朝前趕緊將水吐了出來，然後像什麼事都沒有發生一樣繼續喝水，外面下了一場暴風雪，雪停之後他還去掃了掃車道上的積雪。
But the though of the missing AirPod started bugging him again, especially since he couldn’t find it, even with the help of his wife and son.
他又想起了丟的那一隻AirPod，即使是妻子和兒子一起幫他找都沒有找到。
「By that point, my son and wife . . . brought it up jokingly at first, but it seemed too coincidental that I would be missing it when I knew I went to bed with it, while I felt a distinct blockage in the center of my chest,」 Gauthier said.
「那時，我兒子和妻子還開我的玩笑來著，不過確實有點巧，我剛好覺得胸口有東西堵住時，睡覺時戴著耳機竟然不翼而飛了。」說道。
Brad and his wife laughed about the idea of him accidentally swallowing the wireless ear bud, but the more he thought about it, the more plausible that explanation became.
Brad和妻子笑著說是不是他不小心把無線耳機給吞下去了，Brad越想越覺得這事發生的可能性很大。
It explained the sudden discomfort in his chest and the way he had choked on a drink of water earlier in the day. After messing around for about 10 minutes thinking about it, he decided that going to the hospital was a good idea.
這剛好也解釋了他胸口的突然不適，還有早上喝水時嗆的那一口水。在想了大約10分鐘之後，他決定還是去醫院看看為好。
「They were all jaws a slack, looking at this x-ray, on the screen where you could see it in such clear definition. Fortunately, she was able to get me right through an endoscopy center they’re affiliated with,」 the 38-year-old said.
Brad說：「大家的下巴都要驚掉了，看著x光屏幕，大家很清楚得能看到耳機。幸運的是，醫生讓我去了內窺鏡檢查中心。」
Doctors did warn the man that the procedure involved a risk of the AirPod getting dislodged and then enter his stomach or his lung passageway. Luckily, that didn’t happen, and Brad was able to go home after the procedure.
醫生警告過Brad，手術有可能導致氣管脫臼，然後AirPod很可能會掉進他的胃或肺通道裡。不過幸運的是，這種危險並沒有發生，手術後Brad得以回家。
「I’m really lucky things happened the way they did and got it resolved so quickly, along with it being wedged in the position that it was,」 Brad Gauthier said. 「Had I inhaled it or it had gotten lodged or constricted my airway that could have certainly been a significantly more serious matter.」
「我真的很幸運，他們這麼快就找到了耳機，並把它取了出來」Brad說。「如果我把它吸進去，一旦它卡住或者阻塞了我的氣道，那問題可能就更嚴重了。」
Interestingly, it’s built-in speaker is still functional, but the microphone was damaged during its unusual trip.
有意思的是，這隻耳機的內置揚聲器竟然還可以正常工作，只不過耳機的麥克風在這趟不尋常的旅途中壞掉了。
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