你的身體遠沒有想象中乾淨(上)
The human body is gross. It's teeming with non-human bacteria, oozing mucus from a variety of orifices, and generally functioning in a manner disgusting enough to make you taste your dinner twice. We don't think about the "ick" factor because we're used to our bodies; desensitized to the yuckiness of it all. Let's take a few moments to review just how revolting people really are. If you weren't already under the impression that human bodies are burbling cauldrons of nastiness, brace yourself. The facts are nauseating, and once you're in-the-know, there's no going back.
人類的身體遠沒有想象中清潔優雅。身體中充滿了細菌和粘液，其運轉方式也許會令你連連作嘔。生活中並未發覺，是因爲我們對身體太習以爲常而自動忽略了這些並不令人愉快的事實。現在，就讓我們花幾分鐘一起來看看，人類的身體究竟能有多麼噁心。如果你從未認識到人的身體並不乾淨，那就先給自己一個擁抱自我鼓勵下吧，因爲你一旦瞭解下面這些知識，曾經那些對於身體的美好幻想可就再也回不去了。feet are super sweat-a-licious.
10.腳是汗液大本營
Anyone who's smelled a pair of used sneakers knows that feet sweat. What they might not know is how much. One pair of feet contains 250,000 sweat glands. They produce approximately "16oz of perspiration each day". That's roughly one pint of foot sweat! Some of it evaporates, but what doesn't will give your shoes, socks, and feet a potent signature aroma. Excessive sweat provides bacteria the kind of moisture-rich environment in which it can thrive and stink. Too much cooped-up sweat can also increase your susceptibility to fungal infections, such as athlete's foot. That's why it's so important to let your feet air out every once in a while! Careful walking around barefoot, though, as a cut on your foot can lead to infection and medical issues such as plantar warts.
如果你曾經聞過襪子的味道，那你一定知道人的腳是會出汗的。但若知道雙腳一天會分泌多少汗液，你一定會大吃一驚哦！人的雙腳有250000個汗腺，它們每天大約會分泌160z的汗液，加起來估計有一品脫啦。其中一部分汗液會蒸發，但是未蒸發的部分就會使的你的鞋子、襪子和腳散發"芬芳"的味道。腳出汗過多，細菌便容易繁殖，這會增加你感染真菌的風險，這種情況在運動員身上常發生，因此一定要使雙腳保持在透氣的狀態。另外，光腳走路的時候也要注意了，若腳部有傷口會容易造成感染和疾病，例如足疣。
shed, and I'm not talking about hair.
9.皮膚會脫落
have a very dirty mouth.
8.你的嘴巴不乾淨
If anyone has ever called you a "potty mouth," they were not doing your mouth germs justice. The average mouth is much dirtier than the average potty. "Our mouth is inhabited by 500 to 1000 different types of bacteria, 70 to 80 different types of fungi and a few viruses and parasites." Chew on that! What you taste at this very moment includes bacteria, fungus, and parasites. Many of the bacteria are "good guys" working to fight off harmful bacteria, so it's not like you want your mouth to be without the little buggers. You just want to make sure potentially harmful bacteria don't get out of control. Brush and floss, ladies and gentlemen, and don't skip out on that twice-yearly dental check-up!
當有人說你的嘴巴是"便盆嘴"時，她並非在對你的口腔細菌狀況做評判。正常來說，人的嘴巴比便盆還要髒。"我們的嘴巴里有500-1000種不同的細菌，70-80種病毒和寄生蟲。仔細想想這句話不禁要打個寒顫。這可意味着，當下你正在吃的食物裏包括了細菌、病毒和寄生蟲。沒關係，讀到此處也不必太過驚慌，許多細菌可以對抗有害的細菌，因此我們只需要確認那些有害的細菌還未在身體中肆意興風作浪就好。同志們，其實只要你按時刷牙、用牙線以及每年按時做兩次牙齒檢查，大可不必過度擔心啦。thing's sprouting.
7.你的身體在"發芽"
Keratin sprouts from our bodies in the form of dead protein, or "hair," as we like to call it. Fingernails and skin are also made of keratin. As it turns out, animals' claws, hooves, and antlers are made of keratin, too. Isn't it amazing the different forms one material can take on? Humans grow the thinnest hair compared to other primates, but we actually have a similar follicle density compared to chimpanzees and gorillas. Their hair simply grows longer and coarser than ours. It also sheds much faster. We have around five million hair follicles covering our bodies, which allows for plenty of sprouting keratin! Don't worry; it's not so much you'll start growing antlers—though it is possible for this protein to manifest as a cutaneous horn.
角蛋白是以死亡蛋白質的形式從體內長出的物質，聽不懂嗎？其實角蛋白就是我們平時所說的毛髮。指甲和皮膚中同樣有角蛋白的成分。事實證明，角蛋白同樣存在於動物的爪子、蹄子以及動物的角中。相同的一種物質能夠以如此多的形式存在，是不是特別神奇?與其他靈長類動物相比，人的毛髮是最細的，但我們的毛囊其實與黑猩猩很相似。只是黑猩猩的毛髮更長更粗糙一些而已。人類的毛髮也會脫落，我們的身體有大約500個毛囊存在，這些毛囊會長出毛髮。放心吧，這些毛囊還沒多到會讓你的身體長出"角"的地步，不過也許這些毛髮就是"皮角"也不一定哦。s will ooze.
6.粘液緩緩地流出
Mucus creates a protective layer to capture dust particles inside your body. It's your knight in shining, green, drippy armor. Your body makes about one quart per day. It's not fun to swallow, at least not when you're sick enough to notice, but life would be much worse without it. "Snot and phlegm are actually replete with all sorts of potent antiviral, antibacterial, and other protective chemicals that work to keep you healthy". However, the nose isn't the only place mucus exits the body, especially if you're a woman. Cervical mucus, often compared to egg whites, is one way your body communicates that you're ovulating. In pregnancy, women lose the "mucus plug" before going into labor. It's even normal to have a small amount of stool mucus. Just accept that your body is a gigantic mucus faucet and buy some Kleenex.
粘液會產生一個保護層，它就像是一位穿着華麗，環保，溼潤盔甲的專屬騎士，可以捕捉你身體裏的微粒粉塵。你的身體每天會產生約一夸脫的粘液，忍受粘液並不是一件有趣的事情，直到得重病的時候你纔會注意到它的重要性。如果沒有了它，生命將會變得更糟糕。你瞭解嗎，鼻涕和痰包含着各種有效地抗病毒、抗菌以及其他具有保護性的化學物質，這些物質存在的意義是讓你保持健康。然而，鼻子並不是我們身體唯一產生粘液的地方，對於女性而言更是如此。宮頸粘液常被比作蛋清，是身體用於通知排卵的信號。而在女性懷孕期間，粘液還沒有開始工作就已經流失掉了。我們身體裏甚至還存在少量的大便粘液，這也是正常的現象。去買上一些紙巾，然後接受你的身體就是一個巨大的粘液水龍頭的事實吧。翻譯:哈利小王子 來源:前十網
