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The traditional farmyard was rapidly being modernised
傳統的農家庭院正被快速地現代化
and the animals brought indoors
動物被帶到室內養殖
to increase efficiency and enable mass-production.
來提高效率并確保大批量生產
The chicks are sexed,
小雞通過性別進行分離
a skilled job invented by the Japanese
這是一項日本人發明的技術
and brought by them to Britain in the 1930s.
在19世紀30年代被引入英國
Today, it's possible to separate the cocks from the hens
現在 分離公雞和母雞的準確性
with a guaranteed accuracy of 98%.
可達到98%
The hens are put on one side.
母雞被放在一邊
The cocks, of no commercial value, are gassed.
公雞由于沒有商業價值 將被毒死
The drive to produce the maximum amount at the minimum cost
追求產出最大 成本最低
meant methods that could keep the product flowing as fast as possible,
意味著要采取保證產量盡快增加的辦法
whatever the cost to the animal.
無論動物要付出何等代價
Each day, 28,000 chickens are set off down a long conveyor belt
每天有28000只雞從傳輸帶上線
on a journey which will last 108 minutes.
此過程會持續108分鐘
Calmed by hanging upside down,
首先倒掛使它們平靜
they are then electrically stunned.
然后電暈它們
