oesophagus 復習
大食い競争でまた悲惨な事故が起きてしまいました。
Man dies after Japan speed-eating contest
A Japanese man has died after choking on a rice ball during a speed-eating competition.
The man, who has not been named, fell unconscious at the event in Hikone, in Shiga prefecture, on 13 November while trying to eat five onigiri balls in three minutes.
He died in hospital three days later without regaining consciousness, contest organisers told Japanese media.
Speed-eating contests are popular spectator events in Japan.
Experts warn that as well as choking, speed-eaters risk damaging their stomach or oesophagus.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-38073919
今回取り上げる単語は、oesophagus /iˈsɒfəɡəs/です。
Oxford Dictionary of English (Second Edition Reserved, Oxford University Press)によると、 “the part of the alimentary canal which connects the throat to the stomach. In human and other vertebrates it is a muscular tube lined with mucous membrane”とのことでした。
『ジーニアス英和辞典』（第五版，大修館）で調べたところ、「食道」と載っておりました。
ちなみにoesophagusはイギリス綴りで、アメリカ綴りはesophagusです。
少し発音が難しいなと感じたためしらべていたところ、あるビデオを見つけたので下にリンクを記載しておきます（Gomez）
