就是拿起了一杯酒
and you could I suppose find out whats going on.
然后喝下去 看看會怎么樣
But it isn't that straightforward is it?
但不是那么簡單 對吧
No its not and as you say
當然不是 就像你說
its critical to understand
關鍵是搞明白
what really happens in the brain as alcohol hits it.
酒精進入大腦后究竟起了什么作用
And yet the nature of the drug
然而 毒品的性質
is such that it's been very difficult.
讓檢驗變得困難
For any given amount consumed the normal way
無論服用多少量
the amounts in the blood will vary about three-to four-fold.
血液里的含量總是會有三到四倍的差別
So you can imagine if
所以你可以想象
we would like to do functional brain imaging
我們想要進行功能性大腦呈像
and visualise what brain circuits are activated
觀察腦電波如何被激活
it really is almost impossible.
這真的幾乎不可能
What the team did was to come up with a new technique.
這個團隊所做的就是提供一種新技術
They would administer the alcohol intravenously
通過靜脈注射酒精
so that my brain would receive a precise amount
使得大腦可以接受確定量的酒精
regardless of my metabolism or body size.
而新陳代謝或胖瘦不會對其產生影響
If you drink it
如果你直接喝的話
the amount in the blood for any given amount that is consumed
血液酒精含量
is extremely variable depending on people's
因為人們的體重 性別
body weight gender many other things.
還有很多其他因素而太多變了
重點解釋:
1.find out發現;找出來;揭發
例句:Find out what the conditions of the contract are.弄清楚合同的條件是什么
2.go on繼續;往前走;發生
例句:Let us go on to the next item on the agenda.讓我們繼續討論議程上的下一個項目。
3.come up with 趕上;提出;想出
例句:He's come up with a great idea.他想出了一個絕好的辦法。