First, he prepares a raw potato by chewing it.
首先 他咀嚼了一個生馬鈴薯
I was expecting it to be similar to eating raw apple. But...
我期望它嘗起來跟生蘋果差不多 但...
Dr Martin Wickham Model Gut Project
馬丁·維克漢姆博士 模擬內臟計劃
It's a bit like...talcum powder.
這有點像滑石粉
First of all, we need to feed our model gut,
首先 我們需要給模擬內臟喂食
exactly the same material that our own stomachs get fed.
模擬食物經咀嚼進入胃中的情景
What we're doing is we're breaking down the food,
我現在所做的 就是嚼碎食物
from these large pieces into smaller pieces.
把食物由大塊變小塊
Now, in the world's most expensive gut,
現在 在全世界最貴的胃里
enzymes and acids, which naturally occur in our own stomach,
酶和胃酸 這些通常由胃自己產生的東西
will attempt to give the raw potato a workover.
將會為生馬鈴薯進行一次大檢查
After half an hour, Martin examines the result.
半小時后 馬丁檢查了結果
With the raw potato, what we can see here is
當實驗對象是生馬鈴薯時 我們可以看到
that there's actually been very little mechanical breakdown.
幾乎沒有發生機械分解[物理分解]