双语调查：司机常做按摩可减少交通事故

　　A massage a day keeps the Thai death toll at bay. That's the message from Thailand's health ministry, which said it planned to set up traditional massage services at gas stations to help motorists relieve stress and, hopefully, cut the road toll.

　　泰国卫生部告知国民：每天享受按摩服务，减少交通死亡人数。卫生部宣称它打算在加油站开设传统按摩服务以帮助司机减轻压力，并希望借此降低交通事故死亡人数。

　　The ministry, in a statement, said it was working with a Thai fuel company to provide the services in 21 gas stations on major inter-city highways and around the capital Bangkok.

　　"The more hours people continue to drive on roads, the less concentration they tend to have and the more accidents are likely to occur," Vichai Chokevivat, head of the ministry's department of Thai traditional medicine, said in the statement. "A 15-minute pause for stretching or massage will help relieve their stress."

　　“人们连续驾驶的时间越长，注意力就越不集中，发生事故的可能性也越大，”卫生部泰国传统医药处主管威猜丘克维瓦在这份声明中说。“暂停15分钟来活动一下或是做个按摩将有助于他们减轻压力。”

　　On average, two people die in road accidents every hour in Thailand--one of the world's worst accident rates, the ministry said.

　　据卫生部说，泰国是世界上

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