纪录片《熟食造就了人类吗》 第33期：咀嚼马铃薯

First, he prepares a raw potato by chewing it.

首先 他咀嚼了一个生马铃薯

I was expecting it to be similar to eating raw apple. But...

我期望它尝起来跟生苹果差不多 但...

Dr Martin Wickham Model Gut¹ Project

马丁·维克汉姆博士 模拟内脏计划

It's a bit like...talcum powder.

这有点像滑石粉

First of all, we need to feed our model gut,

首先 我们需要给模拟内脏喂食

exactly the same material that our own stomachs get fed.

模拟食物经咀嚼进入胃中的情景

What we're doing is we're breaking down the food,

我现在所做的 就是嚼碎食物

from these large pieces into smaller pieces.

把食物由大块变小块

Now, in the world's most expensive gut,

现在 在全世界最贵的胃里

enzymes² and acids, which naturally occur in our own stomach,

酶和胃酸 这些通常由胃自己产生的东西

will attempt to give the raw potato a workover.

将会为生马铃薯进行一次大检查

After half an hour, Martin examines the result.

半小时后 马丁检查了结果

With the raw potato, what we can see here is

当实验对象是生马铃薯时 我们可以看到

that there's actually been very little mechanical breakdown³.

几乎没有发生机械分解[物理分解]

1 gut   

n.[pl.]胆量；内脏；adj.本能的；vt.取出内脏

参考例句：

• It is not always necessary to gut the fish prior to freezing.冷冻鱼之前并不总是需要先把内脏掏空。
• My immediate gut feeling was to refuse.我本能的直接反应是拒绝。

2 enzymes   

n. 酶，酵素

参考例句：

• It was said that washing powders containing enzymes remove stains more efficiently. 据说加酶洗衣粉除污更有效。
• Among the enzymes which are particularly effective are pepsin, papain. 在酶当中特别有效的是胃朊酶、木瓜酶。

3 breakdown   

n.垮，衰竭；损坏，故障，倒塌

参考例句：

• She suffered a nervous breakdown.她患神经衰弱。
• The plane had a breakdown in the air,but it was fortunately removed by the ace pilot.飞机在空中发生了故障，但幸运的是被王牌驾驶员排除了。