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#英語思維#
【編者按】既然呼吸之間都有碳，希望我們都能低碳生活。
Humans and most animals breathe in O2(dioxide) and breathe out CO2(carbon dioxide) , where does the carbon come from?【譯】人類和大多數動物吸入O2（二氧化碳）和呼出CO2（二氧化碳），那麼這裡多出來的碳來自哪裡？【單詞】animals 原型：animal ['an-uh-muhl]['nml] n. 動物【單詞】breathe [breeth][bri] vi. 呼吸【單詞】dioxide [dahy-'ok-sahyd, -sid][da'ksad] n. 二氧化物【單詞】carbon ['kahr-buhn]['kɑbn] n. 碳【專有名詞】O2 [醫] 氧(8號元素)【專有名詞】CO2 [化]二氧化碳(=carbon dioxide)
The food you eat.【譯】你吃的食物。【單詞】eat [eet][it] v. 吃；吃飯
The carbohydrate you eat is long chains of sugar.【譯】你吃的碳水化合物是長鏈的糖。【單詞】carbohydrate [kahr-boh-'hahy-dreyt, -buh-][kɑb'hadret] n. 碳水化合物；糖類【單詞】chains 原型：chain [cheyn][ten] n. 鏈條；鏈；(一)連串【單詞】sugar ['shoog-er]['ɡ] n. 糖，食糖
They are broken down to simple sugars like Glucose that is C6H12O6【譯】它們被分解成單糖，比如葡萄糖，（化學分子式是）C6H12O6【單詞】broken 原型：break [breyk][brek] v. 打碎；折斷【專有名詞】Glucose ['gloo-kohs]['ɡluks] n. 葡萄糖
You can sum up your metabolism of it as C6H12O6 + 6O2 = 6 H20 + 6 CO2 + usable energy.【譯】你可以把你的新陳代謝總結為C6H12O6+6O2=6H20+6CO2+可用能量。【單詞】sum [suhm][sm] v. 概括；總結；歸納；總計【單詞】metabolism [muh-'tab-uh-liz-uhm][m'tblzm] n. 新陳代謝
【單詞】usable ['yoo-zuh-buhl]['juzbl] adj. 可用的；適用的
So sugar + oxyger = water + carbon dioxide + usable energy.【譯】所以糖+氧氣=水+二氧化碳+可用能量。
Totally forgot that the molecule formula from glucose is C6H12O6, but that explains a lot!【譯】完全忘記了葡萄糖的分子式是C6H12O6，但這說明了很多事！【單詞】Totally 原型：totally 副詞 ['toht-l-ee]['ttli] adv. 完全【單詞】forgot 原型：forget [fer-'get][f'ɡet] v. 忘記；忽略
【單詞】molecule ['mol-uh-kyool]['mlkjul] n. 分子；微粒【單詞】formula ['fawr-myuh-luh]['fmjl] n. 配方；公式；規則【單詞】glucose ['gloo-kohs]['ɡluks] n. 葡萄糖【單詞】explains 原型：explain [ik-'spleyn][k'splen] v. 說明；解釋
Thanks.【譯】謝謝。
And that formula in reverse is how plants produce those sugars.【譯】這個公式如果反過來的話，解釋了植物如何產生這些糖的。【單詞】reverse [ri-'vurs][r'vs] n. 相反；背面【單詞】plants 原型：plant [plant, plahnt][plɑnt] n. 植物
They use water and co2 from air and with suns energy make it in sugars and oxygen as a waste/side product.【譯】它們利用空氣中的水和二氧化碳，再加上太陽的能量，使之成為糖類和氧氣，作為他們代謝中的廢物/副產品。【單詞】oxygen ['ok-si-juhn]['ksdn] n. 氧；氧氣
When a plant consumes that energy, does it consume oxygen and produce CO2?【譯】當一個植物消耗這些能量時，它會消耗氧氣並產生二氧化碳嗎？【單詞】consumes 原型：consume [kuhn-'soom][kn'sjum] v. 消耗
I feel like this applies to deciduous trees in the spring before they get their leaves up.【譯】我覺得這適用於春天落葉樹，在它們長出葉子之前。【單詞】applies 原型：apply [uh-'plahy]['pla] vt. 應用 vi. 申請；有關聯【單詞】deciduous [dih-'sij-oo-uhs][d'sdus] adj. 每年落葉的；非永久性的【單詞】leaves 原型：leaf [leef][lif] n. 葉，樹葉
It's crazy, thinking about how much energy plants gather that isn't meant to be consumed.【譯】想想植物收集了多少本不該被消耗的能量，真是太瘋狂了。【固定用法】meant to be 命中注定，天生的。例句：I believe he is meant to be a soldier. 我相信他天生是要當軍人的。【單詞】crazy ['krey-zee]['krezi] adj. 瘋狂的；荒唐的；著迷的【單詞】gather ['gath-er]['ɡ] v. 聚集；集合；收集
They make so much structural sugar(cellulose) and bait sugar (fructose).【譯】它們製造了大量的結構糖（纖維素）和誘餌糖（果糖）。【單詞】structural ['struhk-cher-uhl]['strktrl] adj. 結構的；構造的；建築的【單詞】cellulose ['sel-yuh-lohs]['seljuls] n. 纖維素【單詞】bait [beyt][bet] n. 餌；引誘 v. 以餌引誘【單詞】fructose ['fruhk-tohs, 'frook-]['frkts] n. 果糖
Yes.【譯】對。
They do cellular respiration at all times.【譯】它們一直在做細胞呼吸。【單詞】cellular ['sel-yuh-ler]['seljl] adj. 細胞的；多孔的【單詞】respiration [res-puh-'rey-shuhn][resp'ren] n. 呼吸；植物的呼吸作用
I read somewhere someone asking the question "What happens to the fat that you lose when you are losing weight?".【譯】我在某個地方讀到有人問這樣一個問題：「當你減肥的時候，你減掉的脂肪會怎麼樣？」。【單詞】somewhere ['suhm-hwair, -wair]['smwe] adv. 在某處；到某種程度；大約【單詞】happens 原型：happen ['hap-uhn]['hpn] vi. 發生【單詞】fat [fat][ft] n. 脂肪；肥肉【單詞】lose [looz][luz] vt. 丟失；削減【單詞】weight [weyt][wet] n. 重量；體重
The answer was that you breathe it out.【譯】答案是：你把它呼出來了。
Crazy.【譯】太瘋狂了。
I know I'm oversimplifying, but that was the basic answer.【譯】我知道我太簡單化了，但這是最基本的答案。【單詞】oversimplifying [oh-ver-'sim-pluh-fahy][v'smplfa] v. (使)過於簡單化
It comes from the sugars, fats, and proteins in your body that you are using for energy.【譯】它（碳）來自於你身體中的糖、脂肪和蛋白質，這些都是你用來補充能量的。【單詞】proteins 原型：protein ['proh-teen, -tee-in]['prtin] n. 蛋白質
They are all chemicals made of carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen.【譯】它們都是由碳、氧和氫構成的化學物質。【單詞】chemicals 原型：chemical ['kem-i-kuhl]['kemkl] n. 藥品；化學物；化合物【單詞】hydrogen ['hahy-druh-juhn]['hadrdn] n. 氫
Combining them with oxygen in your blood gives off energy your body can use, and leaves behind carbon dioxide and water.【譯】它們與血液中的氧氣結合會釋放出你身體可以利用的能量，並留下二氧化碳和水。【單詞】Combining 原型：combine [kuhm-'bahyn][km'ban] v. 聯合；使結合；結合
There are many chemical reactions involved, but at its basic level it's pretty similar to fire (which also burns carbon and gives off CO2 and water).【譯】會有許多化學反應發生，但在其基本水平上，它非常類似於火焰燃燒（它也燃燒碳，放出二氧化碳和水）。【單詞】chemical ['kem-i-kuhl]['kemkl] adj. 化學的【單詞】reactions 原型：reaction [ree-'ak-shuhn][ri'kn] n. 反應；化學反應【單詞】involved 原型：involve [in-'volv][n'vlv] vt. 包含；牽涉；使捲入【單詞】pretty ['prit-ee]['prti] adv. 相當地【單詞】burns 原型：burn [burn][bn] v. 燃燒；燒著
That is also where the weight is going when you "lose weight."【譯】這也是你「減肥」時體重的去向。
You are breathing it out.【譯】你在把它（脂肪）呼吸出去。
And for that reason, how hard you are breathing is a good way to determine how fast you are burning calories, for example when comparing different exercises.【譯】因此，呼吸有多困難是確定你燃燒卡路裡的速度的一個好方法，例如，比較不同的運動。【短語】for example 例如；例句：You can buy fruit here - oranges and bananas, for example. 你可以在這裡買水果，例如買柑橘和香蕉。【單詞】determine [dih-'tur-min][d'tmn] v. 決定；決心；確定；測定【單詞】calories 原型：calorie ['kal-uh-ree]['klri] n. 卡；卡路裡(熱量單位) =calory.【單詞】comparing 原型：compare [kuhm-'pair][km'pe] v. 比較；對比；比喻【單詞】exercises 原型：exercise ['ek-ser-sahyz]['ekssaz] n. 運動；練習