时差N小时:太空中进餐 Dining In Space
日期:2014-03-13 15:19

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In the 1960s, during the earliest space flights, no one knew exactly how weightlessness would affect eating and drinking.
早在20世纪60年代,也就是人类最早开始太空飞行时期,没人真正知道失重会对饮食造成多大的影响T9=Tu,WIjm
Would food fly off a plate?
食物会不会飞出盘子?
Would astronauts have digestive problems, with no gravity to helpthings along the digestive system?
由于没有重力帮助消化食物,宇航员会不会出现消化不良的问题?
The first astronauts ate rather unappealing food pastessqueezed directly into the mouth from toothpaste-like tubes. Yuck!
第一批宇航员所吃的食物是一些非常难吃的糊状食物,这些食物通过牙膏状的小管被直接挤进宇航员的嘴中iAgTW@_aeePTAP。确实够恶心!
Today, astronauts eat a variety of foods like steak, shrimp cocktail, strawberries andbutterscotch pudding.
如今,宇航员的食物选择多种多样,比如牛排、基围虾、草莓和奶油糖果布丁等WSrffE7(q@ItU
Each food is made as appetizing and simple to prepare as possible.
每样食物要做的尽可能可口并且还要方便食用UohR,6;bAg79laWghS

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Steak,for example, is cooked here on earth and sealed into a reheatable pack.
例如,牛排会在地球上做好,然后封入一个可加热的食品袋中6rz3gjXnJLTl=#G+
Strawberries are freeze dried, keeping their shape and texture when they're rehydrated.
草莓会被冻干,使得再水化时能够保持原来的形状和口感3Z!e;[*KVX.Q
It's easy to get water in space,because the fuel cells that supply electricity for spacecraft produce water as a byproduct.
在太空中喝水很方便,因为燃料电池在为太空飞船供电时产生的副产品就是水X*_5FHU&-qVH4tO
Containers of food have to be taped, magnetized, or velcroed to trays, and astronauts usuallydine with foot restraints on-unless they feel like floating around!
装食物的容器必须要用胶带封住并被磁化,或者是用魔术贴贴于盘子中;PWqnkIy3DYfN。宇航员通常在进餐时会固定住双脚,不然整个人就会漂在空中;6+G|u,9]ow,
There's usually enough liquidsurface tension to keep food in its container, but bump a plate or fork, and watch your dinnerdrift away!
液体表面的张力通常足以将食物锁定在容器中XWzU!rE+]*0uQv1YT0K。但是如果盘子或叉子不小心受到撞击,你就会看到自己的食物开始四处飘浮vj&-BQZe(S&O~aABz,
Liquids are even trickier.
液体食物则更加复杂E4~MhkpGIzZ#bOv.yZ
Juice won't pour out of a container, but simply stays inside.
果汁不会从容器中自动流出,只是会停留在容器内不动=kI|DwI*_Tx]L|
If you shook it out, little globs of juice would fly everywhere!
如果你想将它摇出来,果汁会一滴一滴飞得到处都是!
That's why liquids are squirted directly into themouth or sucked in with a straw from a sealed container.
这就是为什么液体食物要被直接送入口中,或者用一根吸管从一个密封的容器中吸出的原因IB2Q)b6;egzXT
Once food is in the mouth, there's noproblem swallowing or digesting.
一旦食物送到嘴中,吞咽和消化就不成问题了-;oYobcIJjO)

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重点单词
  • tensionn. 紧张,拉力,张力,紧张状态,[电]电压 vt. 使
  • supplyn. 补给,供给,供应,贮备 vt. 补给,供给,提供,
  • containern. 容器,集装箱
  • varietyn. 多样,种类,杂耍
  • byproductn. 副产品
  • gravityn. 重力,严重,庄重,严肃
  • producen. 产品,农作物 vt. 生产,提出,引起,分娩,制片
  • spacecraftn. 宇宙飞船
  • affectvt. 影响,作用,感动
  • appetizingadj. 开胃的,促进食欲的 =appetising