纪录片《药物依赖》 第2期：依靠药物过日子

Our relationship with pills

我们和药物的联系

starts from the very beginning of our lives,

从生命的最初开始

from the medicines handed to us by our parents.

从父母递给我们药片时就开始了

I used to get so upset having to

以前必须吃这些止痛药

take these pain killers¹ because I didn't want to,

总让我很烦恼 因为我不想吃

so my mum, I was probably about five,

我当时大概五岁 所以我妈

and my mum used to snap them in half

把它们掰成两半

and tip the actual medication into orange squash for me.

把药倒到橙汁里给我喝

My mum gives me my tablets every day.

我妈妈每天都给我吃药

As we grow up, we begin to pop pills for everything.

随着我们长大 我们开始凡事依赖药物

There are the antibiotics² we take to fight off disease,

我们服用抗生素 去抗击疾病

more than one course every two years of our lives.

每两年还要吃不止一个疗程

The 28,000 pain killers we each take

有28000种止痛药供人挑选

to make us feel better.

用于减少痛苦

Pills to stop us having babies.

还有帮人避孕的药片

I actually got pregnant on the pill.

我其实是靠吃药帮助才怀孕的

So...

所以

Medicines to carry us through middle age.

帮人度过中年综合症的药物

Statins.

抑制素[他汀类药物 用以降低胆固醇]

Simvastatin. Simvastatin.

辛伐他汀 还是辛伐他汀

Even tablets to extend our youth

甚至还有帮我们延缓衰老

and improve our performance in bed.

提升床上战斗力的药物

1 killers   

凶手( killer的名词复数 )； 消灭…者； 致命物； 极难的事

参考例句：

• He remained steadfast in his determination to bring the killers to justice. 他要将杀人凶手绳之以法的决心一直没有动摇。
• They were professional killers who did in John. 杀死约翰的这些人是职业杀手。

2 antibiotics   

n.（用作复数）抗生素；（用作单数）抗生物质的研究；抗生素，抗菌素( antibiotic的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• the discovery of antibiotics in the 20th century 20世纪抗生素的发现
• The doctor gave me a prescription for antibiotics. 医生给我开了抗生素。