纪录片《你喝多了吗》 第37期：从酒精中得到的乐趣

A drug infused again the same drug infused right into brain HQ.

相同的药品注射到体内 进入大脑中枢

But I'm alone I'm in a brain scanner.

但这次我独自呆在脑部扫描装置里

And in a sense the euphoria is less.

从某种意义上说 愉悦感减少了

But you're well aware of a powerful¹ drug at work.

你完全意识到是强力的药品作用

It's quite strange.

感觉相当奇怪

But there was more.

还有更多发现

The team have found a genetic² mutation³ in many of the people

这个团队在那些对酒精有强烈反应的人

who have a really strong reaction to alcohol⁴.

体内找到了一处基因突变

If you get a big kick from drinking

如果你从饮酒中得到极大乐趣

it may mean you have this mutation.

意味着你可能有这个突变

What if I did?

我会不会有呢

They'd taken a blood sample from me

他们抽取了我的血液样本

and that night were matching my brain images

当晚就会把我的脑图像

with my genetic test result.

和我的基因测试结果做匹配

12% of white men have this mutation.

12%的白种人有这种突变

Given how much I'd enjoyed that alcohol

根据我享受酒精的感觉推断

I certainly couldn't rule myself out.

我肯定自己不能被排除在外

The next day I'd know for sure.

第二天我就能知道确定的答案了

1 powerful   

adj.有力的，有权力的，强大的

参考例句：

• The UN began to get more and more powerful.联合国开始变得越来越强大了。
• Such are the most powerful voices of our times!这些就是我们时代的最有力的声音！

2 genetic   

adj.遗传的，遗传学的

参考例句：

• It's very difficult to treat genetic diseases.遗传性疾病治疗起来很困难。
• Each daughter cell can receive a full complement of the genetic information.每个子细胞可以收到遗传信息的一个完全补偿物。

3 mutation   

n.变化，变异，转变

参考例句：

• People who have this mutation need less sleep than others.有这种突变的人需要的睡眠比其他人少。
• So far the discussion has centered entirely around mutation in the strict sense.到目前为止，严格来讲，讨论完全集中于围绕突变问题上。

4 alcohol   

n.酒精，乙醇；含酒精的饮料

参考例句：

• The law forbids shops to sell alcohol to minors.法律禁止商店向未成年者出售含酒精的饮料。
• The alcohol is industrial.这些酒精是供工业用的。