纪录片《你喝多了吗》 第09期：酵母培养（在线收听）

But the really clever part is that alcohol is poisonous to other bugs.

酒精对其他病菌有毒 这就是酵母狡猾之处

So bad for those other bugs good for yeast and good for us.

可怜了那些病菌 成就了酵母和人类

Thats right.

确实

Without this particular species of yeast

如果没有酵母的存在

it would be a teetotal world.

这个世界将滴酒不沾

So at the heart of this war

也就是说酒精的产生

was one tiny organism that evolved a unique method to protect itself.

得益于这一微生物独特的自卫方式

Some juice coming out there which will help.

这些汁液就足够了

Oh gosh well there are a few things on here but the abosolute majority -

有几种物质 但大多数是

and there are loads of them -are little ovals.

那些成批的卵状物

Those are yeast cells.

那就是酵母细胞

Those are yeast cells.

那就是酵母细胞吗

It's almost a pure culture as we would say.

这几乎是纯粹的酵母培养

There's little or nothing else there.

几乎没有杂质

What I'm looking at I suppose is yeast floating in alcohol?

我看到的是不是酵母漂浮在乙醇上

Yeah

没错

Um... And if you think about it going back in time

说到这里 你不妨想想远古时代

this might've been how primitive man first encountered alcohol

原始人与酒精的邂逅

by eating some rotten fruit.

其实就是在吃腐烂水果的时候

Do you want to try one?

你想尝一个吗

Yeah OK I will. Not the one you just used.

好的 但不要刚刚那个