Seventeen child fatalities last year were toy-related, up from 12 in 2010. Almost half were from choking on balloons and balls — products so common they're hard to regulate.

2010年前有12个孩子因玩具致死，去年这个数字增长到17人，其中近一半是由于误吞食气球或球类而窒息死亡，而球类产品太普通了，难以监管。

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Who can forget this famous snack with bright red packaging, yellow snack balls and sometimes, a small hidden toy?

有谁会忘记这种鲜红色包装，黄色小食球，有时还藏个小玩具的大名鼎鼎的零食呢？

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The sleigh flies back to the North Pole for more presents. Santa's toy factory is very busy. There are robots, dolls, balls and teddies.

雪橇飞回北极去拿更多的礼物。圣诞老人的玩具工厂非常的忙碌。那里都是机器人，娃娃和泰迪熊。

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Between 1990 and 2005, the CPSC reported 69 balloon-related choking deaths of children under 15, with another 97 coming from marbles, balls and small toy parts.

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Meanwhile, more children die of choking on balloons, balls, marbles and small toy accessories than anything else.

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Among the desk decorations, the occasional conventional baby photo seems almost ridiculously un-ironic, amid other personal props like a horde of model dinosaurs riding motorcycles, cuddly toy gremlins with shocking pink fur and knobbly yellow stress balls.

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