OK, Michael. We need to put some booties on!
好的 迈克尔 我们需要穿上鞋套
We're heading down into the basement
我们现在要前往
of the National Institute on Ageing.
国家衰老研究所的地下室
- OK? - Yeah.
-好了吗 -好了
Hidden away down here,
在地下室中
there's a special mouse he's keen to show me.
藏着只他特别想要给我看的特殊小鼠
This mouse is exploring a maze.
这只小鼠在探索迷宫
It's a memory test,
这是个记忆力测试
designed to see how well he remembers where he has found food before.
用来看它对之前食物所在地的记得有多好
- So the food is actually in there, is it? - The food's in here.
-食物在那里 对吧 -食物在这里
The mice they study are destined to develop Alzheimer's disease.
他们研究的小鼠生来注定会患老年痴呆症
Normally, they succumb
一般而言 它们会在
within a relatively short time,
相对较短的时间内死亡
but when these mice are put on a diet
但当这些小鼠采用了
of feast days and fast days,
隔日禁食的方法后
what Mark calls "Intermittent energy restriction",
马克称之为"间歇性能量摄入限制"
the results are incredible.
结果令人难以置信

重点解释：

1.head down 开往；朝向

2.hide away 藏起

例句：It licked me to think they had been hid away for such a long time.
我真不明白它们怎么会被隐藏了这么久。

3.destined to 注定要

例句；He was destined to enter the Church.
命运注定他要当牧师。