纪录片《你喝多了吗》 第10期：酒桌上的生意

（单词翻译）

This is another ripe one.

吃一个熟的

Give it a go.

尝尝吧

Oh you're not kidding. That's quite strong.

不试不知道 酒精味还真足

Actually the cherry taste has diminished

事实上 樱桃味已经变淡了

but there is a hint of alcohol.

但是有一缕酒精味道

This quirk¹ of evolution -the ability to turn sugar into alcohol -

这种神奇的转变 糖转化为酒精

takes us way back.

可以追溯到远古时代

But it's what we do today when we harness billions of yeast² cells

但是如今 我们依靠数十亿的酵母细胞

to make their poison for us

利用简单的化学原理

using a relatively³ simple piece of chemistry

来制造这种"毒药"

that we have obsessively⁴ reproduced across the planet.

全世界都沉迷于酒品制造

Once we'd tasted alcohol

可以说 一旦沾酒

it seems there was no going back.

一辈子就离不开它了

Like Popeye and spinach⁵.

就像大力水手吃了菠菜

I would see it as part of a ritual yes. Part of my routine.

对我来说 喝酒是习惯 日常所需

I'm in a group everybody's drinking "Well come and join in!"

一群人都在喝酒 他们会招呼我加入

If I met a student who didn't drink

如果有同学说自己不喝酒

I'd be like "Really?!"

我会说"不会吧"

There's a lot of business that get's done over a glass of wine.

好多生意都是酒桌上做成的