纪录片《你喝多了吗》 第09期：酵母培养

But the really clever part is that alcohol is poisonous to other bugs¹.

酒精对其他病菌有毒 这就是酵母狡猾之处

So bad for those other bugs good for yeast² and good for us.

可怜了那些病菌 成就了酵母和人类

Thats right.

确实

Without this particular species of yeast

如果没有酵母的存在

it would be a teetotal world.

这个世界将滴酒不沾

So at the heart of this war

也就是说酒精的产生

was one tiny organism that evolved a unique method to protect itself.

得益于这一微生物独特的自卫方式

Some juice coming out there which will help.

这些汁液就足够了

Oh gosh well there are a few things on here but the abosolute majority -

有几种物质 但大多数是

and there are loads of them -are little ovals.

那些成批的卵状物

Those are yeast cells.

那就是酵母细胞

Those are yeast cells.

那就是酵母细胞吗

It's almost a pure culture as we would say.

这几乎是纯粹的酵母培养

There's little or nothing else there.

几乎没有杂质

What I'm looking at I suppose is yeast floating in alcohol?

我看到的是不是酵母漂浮在乙醇上

Yeah

没错

Um... And if you think about it going back in time

说到这里 你不妨想想远古时代

this might've been how primitive³ man first encountered alcohol

原始人与酒精的邂逅

by eating some rotten fruit.

其实就是在吃腐烂水果的时候

Do you want to try one?

你想尝一个吗

Yeah OK I will. Not the one you just used.

好的 但不要刚刚那个

1 bugs   

adj.疯狂的，发疯的n.窃听器( bug的名词复数 )；病菌；虫子；[计算机]（制作软件程序所产生的意料不到的）错误

参考例句：

• All programs have bugs and need endless refinement. 所有的程序都有漏洞，都需要不断改进。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The sacks of rice were swarming with bugs. 一袋袋的米里长满了虫子。 来自《简明英汉词典》

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 primitive   

adj.原始的；简单的；n.原(始)人，原始事物

参考例句：

• It is a primitive instinct to flee a place of danger.逃离危险的地方是一种原始本能。
• His book describes the march of the civilization of a primitive society.他的著作描述了一个原始社会的开化过程。