纪录片《熟食造就了人类吗》 第06期：体验古人的饮食

Morning, everybody! - Morning!

大家早上好 -早安

The dietician running the study is Lynne Garton.

进行这项研究的营养学家是琳妮·加顿

Are you all hungry? - Yes.

大家都饿了吧 -是的

Yeah? Well, I'm going to introduce

是嘛 好 那我就来给你们

to you the diet that our ancestors¹ would have eaten.

看看我们祖先的膳食

Inside the box is a range of fruit, vegetables and nuts,

箱子里面有一些水果 蔬菜 还有些坚果

to give you an idea of the huge range and variety

让你们对祖先们广泛的饮食结构

of different foods that they would have eaten.

有个初步的了解

Each volunteer is given the

每位志愿者都有

five kilos of raw fruit and vegetables they'll need

5公斤的新鲜蔬果

to meet their daily energy requirements².

来满足他们日常所需的能量

They are low in calories³.

这些食物热量都很低

In order to meet your nutritional⁴ requirements,

为了满足你们的营养需求

we've had to make sure that there's plenty of fruit and veg

我们准备有充裕的水果蔬菜

to ensure that those are met.

保证食品不短缺

Actually, it's not as bad as I thought. Yeah?

没有我想象中的糟糕 不是吗

But not all the volunteers

当然并不是所有的志愿者

are so eager to bridge the intervening⁵ four million years

都热衷于回到400万年前那样

and live like an Australopithecus.

跟南方猿人那样生活

1 ancestors   

n.祖先( ancestor的名词复数 )；祖宗；原型；（动物的）原种

参考例句：

• His ancestors had come to America from Ireland. 他的祖先从爱尔兰来到美国。
• The custom of worshipping ancestors is prevalent among these people. 崇拜祖先的风俗在这些人中是普遍的。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 Requirements   

n.所需的（或所要的）东西；必要条件，必备的条件；要求( requirement的名词复数 )；必要条件；需要；需要的东西

参考例句：

• the basic requirements of life 基本生活所需
• This company should be able to fulfill our requirements. 这家公司应该能够满足我们的要求。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 calories   

n.大卡( calorie的名词复数 )；千卡（食物所产生的能量单位）；卡路里；卡（热量单位）；卡路里，大卡路里( calory的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• No sugar for me, thanks—I'm counting my calories . 我不要糖，谢谢。我在控制摄取的热量。
• Her diet restricts her to 1500 calories a day. 她的规定饮食限制她每天摄入1500大卡热量。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 nutritional   

adj.营养的，滋养的

参考例句：

• A diet lacking in nutritional value will not keep a person healthy.缺乏营养价值的饮食不能维持人的健康。
• The labels on food products give a lot of information about their nutritional content.食品上的标签提供很多关于营养成分的信息。

5 intervening   

发生于其间的； 介于中间的

参考例句：

• Little had changed in the intervening years. 这些年间没有发生什么变化。
• The bank has been intervening in foreign exchange markets. 银行一直干预外汇市场。