Hello, Mrs. Hudson. I've brought you a brochure to help explain about how to swallow safely before you start on a pureed diet today. I'll go through it with you now, if that's OK?
你好,哈德森女士。我拿来了一本小册子,上面对吃流食时如何安全吞咽做了详细的讲解。我跟您一起看,行吗?
That's OK.
当然可以。
Before we start talking about swollowing, I'll go through some of the parts of the head and neck.
开始讲解吞咽流食前,我需要先看一下头部和脖颈。
All right.
没问题。
First of all, the food enters the mouth. Then the teeth help with chewing the food.
首先,将食物送入口中,然后用牙齿进行咀嚼。
Right.
是的。
The tongue also helps with chewing and swallowing the food.
舌头可以帮助咀嚼和吞咽食物。
I see.
我明白了。
Then the soft food goes to the throat, which is at the back of the mouth.
之后,嚼碎的食物进入口腔后面的咽喉中。
OK.
好的。
The throat joins up with 2 separate tubes. One tube is called the trachea or windpipe. The other tube is called oesophagus.
喉咙里有2个独立的管道。一个是气管,另一个是食道。
Is that important?
这很重要吗?
Yes, it is. I'll explain about it in a minute.
是的。我待会再跟您解释这一点。
Right.
知道了。