Student Rhiannon Brooksbank-Jones who is so obsessed with Korean culture that she has had her tonge surgically lengthened to help her speak the language. [Agencies]

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A student is so obsessed with Korean culture that she has had her tongue surgically lengthened to help her speak the language, the Daily Telegraph reports.

Rhiannon Brooksbank–Jones, 19, plans to take Korean Studies at university and dreams of living in the country. While taking language lessons, she struggled to pronounce certain sounds in Korean. It was blamed on having a slightly shorter than average tongue.

Her parents agreed to her having a lingual frenectomy, a 15–minute operation under local anaesthetic that involved an incision in the flap of skin. Rhiannon admitted that it was "agony at first" but her tongue is now about 1 centimeter longer and she can say words that were impossible before.（點(diǎn)擊英國(guó)《每日電訊報(bào)》查看原文）

女孩為學(xué)韓語(yǔ)拉長(zhǎng)舌頭

?????? 據(jù)英國(guó)《每日電訊報(bào)》報(bào)道，一位英國(guó)學(xué)生非常迷戀韓國(guó)文化，為學(xué)韓語(yǔ)她甚至將自己的舌頭動(dòng)手術(shù)拉長(zhǎng)。

?????? 這位叫做里安農(nóng)?布魯克斯班克-瓊斯的19歲女孩計(jì)劃在大學(xué)里學(xué)習(xí)韓語(yǔ)并一直夢(mèng)想著能在韓國(guó)生活。但當(dāng)她上韓語(yǔ)課時(shí)，她發(fā)現(xiàn)自己某些音發(fā)音有困難，因?yàn)樗纳囝^比正常人稍短。

?????? 她父母同意她去做舌系帶切除術(shù)。這是一個(gè)15分鐘的手術(shù)，即在麻醉的狀態(tài)下切除一部分舌系帶。里安農(nóng)承認(rèn)手術(shù)最初有點(diǎn)疼，但她的舌頭術(shù)后確實(shí)長(zhǎng)了1厘米，她也能清晰地發(fā)出以前無(wú)法發(fā)出的音節(jié)。

(China.org.cn August 17, 2011)