纪录片《熟食造就了人类吗》 第38期：消化时间有点长

Good, good...

好的...

Let's get them to relax a bit.

让它们放松点

There we go. That's a good snake.

好了 真乖

The first python is fed, what is by any standards, a mouthful.

第一只蟒蛇以一口量的食物喂食

A piece of raw steak, shaped like a rat...

一块跟老鼠一样大的生牛排

..It's natural prey¹. That's a good fellow.

跟他们的天然食品一样大 这个好家伙

We just need to slowly keep pushing it back into the throat.

我们把肉塞到它喉咙里

A little at a time.

慢慢地

It takes a little bit of time and effort.

可能要花点功夫了

Fortunately, they have no problem eating a meal this size.

幸好它们吃下这么大的食物也没什么大碍

That's nothing compared

因为消化时间较长

to the time taken in the digestion² process.

所以这么大块牛排也无足与奇

It'll take about six or seven days

这条蟒蛇大概要花6到7天

for this python to digest this piece of steak.

来消化这么大块牛排

It's pretty much the same amount of time it would take

它消化一只这么大的老鼠

to digest a similar-sized rat.

也得这么长时间

You guys can serve it now.

帮他梳梳肠道吧

There we are. We've got it down in the stomach.

好了 已经全部进入胃里了

All right.

好的

Then Stephen starts the next meal,

史蒂芬开始准备下一餐

grinding³ and cooking the meat.

绞肉并进行烹饪

1 prey   

n.被掠食者，牺牲者，掠食；v.捕食，掠夺，折磨

参考例句：

• Stronger animals prey on weaker ones.弱肉强食。
• The lion was hunting for its prey.狮子在寻找猎物。

2 digestion   

n.消化，吸收

参考例句：

• This kind of tea acts as an aid to digestion.这种茶可助消化。
• This food is easy of digestion.这食物容易消化。

3 grinding   

adj.磨的，磨擦的，碾的v.磨碎，嚼碎( grind的现在分词 )；旋转开动；压迫，折磨

参考例句：

• The powerful lords were guilty of grinding the villagers under their heels. 那些大领主的罪过是以权势欺压村民。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• This old mill has been grinding away for over 50 years. 50多年来，这间老磨坊一直在磨粮食。 来自《简明英汉词典》