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During the darkest years
在經濟大蕭條
of Great Depression - 1929 to 1933
最黑暗的1929至1933年間
life expectancy increased by a remarkable six years.
人均壽命顯著增加 延長了六年
Now, on the face of it, that is really surprising,
乍看之下 這實在令人驚訝
and yet, clues as to why could also be found
然而 關于這種現象的原因
from research done back in the 1930s.
在三十年代的研究中就已經發現
Nutritionists at Cornell University working with animals
康乃爾大學的營養學家進行動物試驗
discovered that if you severely restrict
發現如果嚴格限制
the amount they eat, they live longer.
動物的攝入量 它們壽命更長
Much, much longer.
且長壽很多
So the next obvious question -
那么下一個顯而易見的問題
if you do the same with humans,
如果在人類身上進行
will it have the same effects?
會有相同的效果嗎
Well, it's been eight decades since that observation,
那項實驗距今已過了八十年
and only now are scientists really beginning to understand
現在科學家們才真正開始了解
the link between calorie restriction and longevity in humans.
低熱量飲食與人類長壽之間的聯系
重點解釋：
1.on the face of 從 ... 外表判斷
例句：On the face of it, you are right.由此可見，你是對的。
2.as to 關于
例句：As to the author of the book, I will hazard a guess.關於這本書的作者，我來試猜一下。
