国外媒体:吃得太多可能会撑死
时间：2019-01-02 作者：英语课 分类：国外媒体新闻
平时，贪吃的朋友们总是觉得多吃一点没有关系，满足自己的嘴馋最要紧。然而，你们知道吗？贪吃、吃得过多有可能会导致死亡。所以，大家还是要合理饮食。
Yael: Hey Don, do you know why over-eating can be lethal 1 for a squid?
Don: Obese 2 squid are prone 3 to heart disease, Yael?
Y: No. In fact, it would only take a single oversized meal to kill or cause brain injury to a squid.
D: Brain injury? I'm stumped 4.
Y: Squid are part of a diverse group of highly evolved invertebrates 5 called cephalopod mollusks. Cephalopods, which also include octopus 6 and cuttlefish 7, have the largest and most complex brains of all the invertebrates. Like all invertebrates, squid don't have a bony skeleton. And squid even lack a hard outer shell like many other mollusks have. But squids' brains are protected by a capsule of flexible cartilage.
D: Yael, what does this have to do with over-eating?
Y: Oh right. Well, the squid's digestive system passes right through its brain!
D: Whaaaaat?
Y: Yep. Although the cartilage surrounding the brain is flexible, it doesn't stretch. However, the esophagus running through the middle of the brain does stretch. If a squid tried to swallow too large a piece of food, the esophagus would expand, squashing its brain into the sides of its head. But squid are well adapted to avoid this problem. They have hard chitinous beaks 8, sort of like parrots' beaks, that break up even hard-shelled food into manageable pieces. The food is further broken down by strong enzymes 9 in their saliva 10, and a hard, raspy tongue-like structure called a radula. The radula is covered with rows of small sharp teeth specially 11 adapted to grinding and shredding 12. So the squid's dinners are reduced to tiny particles before swallowing.
D: An esophagus through the brain! Who knew squid were so fascinating!?
- A hammer can be a lethal weapon.铁锤可以是致命的武器。
- She took a lethal amount of poison and died.她服了致命剂量的毒药死了。
- The old man is really obese,it can't be healthy.那位老人确实过于肥胖了，不能算是健康。
- Being obese and lazy is dangerous to health.又胖又懒危害健康。
- Some people are prone to jump to hasty conclusions.有些人往往作出轻率的结论。
- He is prone to lose his temper when people disagree with him.人家一不同意他的意见,他就发脾气。
- Jack huffed himself up and stumped out of the room. 杰克气喘吁吁地干完活，然后很艰难地走出房间。
- He was stumped by the questions and remained tongue-tied for a good while. 他被问得张口结舌，半天说不出话来。
- Insects and worms are all invertebrates. 昆虫和蠕虫都是无脊椎动物。 来自辞典例句
- In the earthworm and many other invertebrates, these excretory structures are called nephridia. 在蚯蚓和许多其它无脊椎动物中，这些排泄结构称为肾管。 来自辞典例句
- He experienced nausea after eating octopus.吃了章鱼后他感到恶心。
- One octopus has eight tentacles.一条章鱼有八根触角。
- I have no idea about how to prepare those cuttlefish and lobsters.我对如何烹调那些乌贼和龙虾毫无概念。
- The cuttlefish spurts out dark ink when it is in danger.乌鲗遇到危险的时候会喷出黑色液体。
- Baby cockatoos will have black eyes and soft, almost flexible beaks. 雏鸟凤头鹦鹉黑色的眼睛是柔和的，嘴几乎是灵活的。 来自互联网
- Squid beaks are often found in the stomachs of sperm whales. 经常能在抹香鲸的胃里发现鱿鱼的嘴。 来自互联网
- It was said that washing powders containing enzymes remove stains more efficiently. 据说加酶洗衣粉除污更有效。
- Among the enzymes which are particularly effective are pepsin, papain. 在酶当中特别有效的是胃朊酶、木瓜酶。
- He wiped a dribble of saliva from his chin.他擦掉了下巴上的几滴口水。
- Saliva dribbled from the baby's mouth.唾液从婴儿的嘴里流了出来。
- They are specially packaged so that they stack easily.它们经过特别包装以便于堆放。
- The machine was designed specially for demolishing old buildings.这种机器是专为拆毁旧楼房而设计的。