纪录片《长生不老》 07延寿的希望

I know about a dozen people voluntarily restricting

我知道很多人控制

their foods so that they're

他们的饮食 因此他们

hungry during the day in the hopes that that will

在能够延寿的希望中

extend their life span,

忍受饥饿

but you have to be hungry for this to work.

而且你不得不饿着工作

Well, calorie restriction¹ means you need to cut your calories

好的 控制卡路里意味着你需要减少

by about 30 % from what you would normally eat,

你平时摄入的百分之三十的卡路里

and I tried it for about a week and it meant eating baby food

我试了一周 就是吃婴儿食物

and just a few vegetables and

和一些蔬菜

I felt hungry all the time, and I thought if

我总是感到饿 我想假如

this is going to be my life

我的生活像这样过100年

for the next hundred years, I don't want it.

那么这不会是我想要的

Professor David Sinclair wanted

大卫·辛克莱尔教授想

to understand how calorie restriction worked,

搞清控制卡路里摄入的原理

and see if he could create its effects without the effort.

看看他能否让使其自行起作用

So far, trying to make sense of

至今 他仍在研究酵母

the ageing process, he'd been working with yeast².

以试着了解衰老过程

The organism that I'm particularly excited about are yeast cells.

令我特别兴奋的组织就是酵母细胞

These are yeasts³ that you put in your bread and your beer,

就是你们放进面包啤酒里的酵母

but actually they have a life span of about a week

但实际上它们的寿命只有一周左右

and the goal about fifteen years ago was

15年前的目标是

to find out why do they age, and what can we do about it?

找出它们衰老的原因 我们又能为其做什么

1 restriction   

n.限制，约束

参考例句：

• The park is open to the public without restriction.这个公园对公众开放，没有任何限制。
• The 30 mph speed restriction applies in all built-up areas.每小时限速30英里适用于所有建筑物聚集区。

2 yeast   

n.酵母；酵母片；泡沫；v.发酵；起泡沫

参考例句：

• Yeast can be used in making beer and bread.酵母可用于酿啤酒和发面包。
• The yeast began to work.酵母开始发酵。

3 yeasts   

酵母( yeast的名词复数 )； 酵母菌； 发面饼； 发酵粉

参考例句：

• The basidiospores proliperate in a manner comparable to the multiplication of yeasts. 担孢子以一种可与酵母繁殖相比拟的方式进行增殖。
• Wine yeasts can grow in sweet wines even after bottling. 装瓶以后葡萄酒酵母也能在甜葡萄酒中生长。