纪录片《你喝多了吗》 第04期：为什么喜欢喝酒（在线收听）

The fact is I've been drinking ever since I was a teenager.

事实上 少年时代起我就开始喝酒

And yet what I've never dared to ask myself

不过 我一直不愿意去思考

is what exactly does it do to make me feel the way I do when I drink?

酒精是如何让我产生饮酒体验的

I've come to meet a colleague of mine Professor Nutt

于是 我去拜访了一同事 纳特教授

to really pin down the pharmacology of this drug alcohol.

希望能切实了解酒精的药理学作用

What is it about alcohol that we like as humans?

究竟是什么 使人们这么喜爱饮酒

Well alcohol is a remarkable drug

酒精是一种无与伦比的药物

cos it's so many different things.

因为它包含复杂的成分

Many people use different aspects of alcohol

酒精繁多的各种功能

to serve their own purposes.

可以满足人们不同的需要

Here's alcohol. You’ve got some here!

这有些酒精 你都准备好了

So this is lab-grade ethanol?Thats right.

这是实验室使用的乙醇? 对

If you have a couple of largeish glasses of wine

如果喝下几大杯葡萄酒

then you'd be drinking about that much.

摄入的酒精大概会有这么多

It works on many different systems in the brain.

大脑中很多系统会产生反应

The first effect most of us have with alcohol is we get calm.

首先 大多数人会感到平静

So taking a couple of shots of alcohol

因此 几杯酒下肚

is like taking a minor tranquilliser like Diazepam.

就像服用了少量镇定药 例如安定

The best example is when people are flying.

坐飞机是一个典型的例子

The first thing they do when the seatbelt sign comes off

飞机起飞时 当安全带指示灯亮后

is serve the drinks

乘务员首先要端上酒水

because about 30% of people are phobic of flying.

因为30%的人对飞行有恐惧反应