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Youve translated that design into your laboratory? Absolutely.
听说你也在实验室做了相同实验 是的
It would be interesting to do that work in children but you can't.
不过我们不能用孩子来做实验
Ethically you cant be giving alcohol to kids
这与我们的社会道德感相冲突
so one way weve been trying to do that is looking at an animal model -
所以我们用动物作为实验的对象
a very simple animal model of adolescence and we used rats.
我用了最容易找到的青春期老鼠
Linda re-ran the experiment for me.
琳达为我重新做了这个实验
The idea was to compare teenage with adult rats after theyd had a dose of alcohol
让青春期和成年老鼠都喝了酒后
and see which one was better at keeping their balance.
看看哪个的平衡感更好
So the rats were put upside down on a slope -
老鼠被面朝下放到一个斜坡上
a spot they would immediately try to get out of but would they be able to?
看他们是不是能够离开
The first on was a teenage rat.
第一只是青春期的老鼠
And he made it.
它成功了

重点解释

The idea was to compare teenage with adult rats after theyd had a dose of alcohol让青春期和成年老鼠都喝了酒后对比

compare with与 ... 相比

Compare with apartment hunting, my research work is a cinch.

跟找房子相比，我的研究工作真算不上什么。

Teacher takes Shelley to compare with Keats mutually.

教师拿Shelley与Keats相比较。

and see which one was better at keeping their balance.看看哪个的平衡感更好

keep balance保持平衡

He tried to keep balance between income and expenditure.

他试图保持收之平衡。

So the rats were put upside down on a slope -老鼠被面朝下放到一个斜坡上

upside down颠倒

The painting is upside down.

图画颠倒了。