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Now, bit by bit,
現在 一點一點地
the chicken is stripped down to a shell to become a convenience food.
通過褪毛加工直到變成一種便利的食品
With a pause of only 35 minutes for lunch and two breaks for tea,
除了35分鐘午餐和兩次喝茶時間外
all day long the procession of birds goes by.
工人全天要面對一排排的雞經過
This is a process which is inevitable, a process which must go on
這個過程是不可避免的 必須繼續下去
and a process which we can do nothing but admire.
我們所能做的只有欽佩
The end of the production line.
產品線的最后
Conceived by the geneticist and realised in a factory,
由遺傳學家構想并由工廠實現
it's grown in nine weeks from 1.5 ounces to three pounds,
它能在9周內從1.5盎司長到3磅
the weight that the housewife wants,
這是主婦們想要的重量
and at a price that most people can afford.
且在大多數人可承受的價格之內
The march of progress was relentless.
工業化發展進程不斷推進
But in their urge to squeeze maximum efficiency out of the farmyard,
但由于急切追求產出最大化
scientists sometimes went to extremes.
科學家們往往會走向極端
Animals kept completely free of the main farm diseases thrived,
動物們完全不必經受農場中盛行的疫病
putting on weight at an
以理想速率增重的同時
exceptional rate and with much lower mortality.
還伴隨著相對低得多的死亡率
By rearing a whole herd of germ-free piglets in incubators
通過在孵化器中培育一群無菌小豬
and keeping them away from other animals in a sealed-off building,
讓它們在密閉空間內遠離其它動物
commercial herds of pigs for meat
商業化肉豬
have been produced that are the healthiest pigs in the
已被培育成全國最健康的豬種0
country, with quite an edge over their nearest normal competitors.
完勝它們的普通競爭者
