纪录片《长生不老》 11抗衰老药

Could this be the ultimate anti-ageing pill in a bottle?

这最终会成为装在瓶子里的抗衰老药吗

David sold his company to GlaxoSmithKline for 720 million,

大卫以72亿把他的公司卖给了葛兰素史克

but it's too early to know whether it works on humans.

但要知道它是否对人类有效还为时过早

I'm a scientist.

我是个科学家

Occasionally, I experiment on myself as well and so I started

有时我也会拿自己做实验

taking Resveratrol as soon as we had tested it on yeast¹ cells.

在酵母细胞上试验后 我开始服用白藜芦醇

Now, looking back, that was a little mad.

现在回想起来有一点疯狂

We didn't know if it was toxic², might even have caused cancer.

我们不知道它是否有毒或致癌

We now know that it is, as far as we can tell, relatively³ safe.

我们目前所知的 也只能说它是比较安全的

My wife started taking Resveratrol, my family does.

我太太以及家人都开始服用白藜芦醇了

Now, I don't endorse⁴ it, it's still an investigational⁵ molecule⁶,

现在我还不支持 它现在仍待调查

but I felt that the science

但我觉得科学已足够发达到

was strong enough for me to take that risk

让我去冒这个险

and I know what's going to happen if I don't take it.

而且我知道如果我不冒险会发生什么

So, now as an anti-ageing scientist, what would his goal be?

所以现在 一个抗衰老科学家的理想是什么

I'd be happy living another few hundred years,

我会因为能再活几百年高兴

but I don't think that's going to happen.

但我不认为有这可能

Eventually, I'll grow old and die,

实际上 我会变老然后死亡

but if I can live a long healthy life,

可我若能一直健康活到

maybe to 90, 100, 110, that would be fine with me.

90 100 110岁 那该多好啊

Though David Sinclair is confident about this drug,

尽管大卫·辛克莱尔对这个药有信心

it'll be a while before he'll know for sure.

但在他肯定前 我们还要等些时日

Meanwhile, on the other side of the continent, another scientist

同时 在这星球的另一端有位科学家

was working on one of the most established anti-ageing beliefs.

正在为已经建立的抗衰老理念而奋斗

1 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。

2 toxic   

adj.有毒的，因中毒引起的

参考例句：

• The factory had accidentally released a quantity of toxic waste into the sea.这家工厂意外泄漏大量有毒废物到海中。
• There is a risk that toxic chemicals might be blasted into the atmosphere.爆炸后有毒化学物质可能会进入大气层。

3 relatively   

adv.比较...地，相对地

参考例句：

• The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
• The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。

4 endorse   

vt.(支票、汇票等)背书，背署；批注；同意

参考例句：

• No one is foolish enough to endorse it.没有哪个人会傻得赞成它。
• I fully endorse your opinions on this subject.我完全拥护你对此课题的主张。

5 investigational   

[医]调查研究的

参考例句：

• Investigational New Drug Application (IND) for the compound. 为化合物的研究中的新药物申请(IND)。
• He said it representsan investigational H.I. 一位博士说：我们已经向成功迈出了重要的一步。

6 molecule   

n.分子，克分子

参考例句：

• A molecule of water is made up of two atoms of hygrogen and one atom of oxygen.一个水分子是由P妈̬f婘̬ 妈̬成的。
• This gives us the structural formula of the molecule.这种方式给出了分子的结构式。