啤酒是如何拯救世界的（2011）（1）

...but they're wrong.
引领美国走向经济强国之路的不是汽车
lt wasn't the car that put America on the road to economic power.
而是啤酒
lt was beer.
昆丁·斯卡贝齐博士是研究
Dr. Quentin Skrabec is a professor of
美国工业历史的教授
American industrial history.
啤酒制♥造♥是美国工业革命的先驱
Beer production revolutionized American industry.
它将生产线自动化
lt really automated the production line at least
昆丁·斯卡贝齐博士 商学副教授
至少要比亨利·福特早十年
10 years before Henry Ford.
这就是改变世界的机器
This is the machine that changed the world,
1904年由麦克·欧文发明
invented by Michael Owens in 1904.
它并不是用来制♥造♥汽车的
And it didn't make cars.
而是用来做啤酒瓶的
lt made beer bottles.
当你看到麦克·欧文的自动化机器时
When you look at the Michael Owens automated machine,
你绝对不会怀疑
there's no question you have to say that
这一切就是起源于啤酒
it all started with beer.
他用这台机器做的第一个产品就是啤酒瓶
The first product he made on the machine was a beer bottle.
让我们来看看这件事所产生的巨大影响
A little-known fact with massive ramifications.
欧文的制瓶机器
Owens' bottle-making machine
毫无疑问 是19世纪
was the most significant machine invention in the 19th century.
最重大的机器发明
There's no question about it.
最初
ln the first place,
它宣告了童工时代的终结
it spelled the end of child labor...
因为它让当时
Because it automated the glass industry,
美国滥用童工的罪魁祸首
which was the main abuser of child labor
玻璃瓶制♥造♥行业自动化了
in the United States at the time.
他的发明使得童工
His machine virtually wiped out child labor
在大约六到十年内消失殆尽
in a matter of 6 to 10 years.
不仅如此 这项发明彻底改变了
Not only that, it completely transformed
未来的经济蓝图
the economic landscape forever.
啤酒让美国自动化了
Beer automated America.
早在第一辆汽车于1914年
10 years before the first car rolled off
由生产线上加工而成的十年前
a production line in 1914,
像米勒和康盛这类啤酒公♥司♥
companies like Miller and Coors
美国米勒酿酒公♥司♥
银子弹啤酒
早已开辟了自动化的道路
had blazed the trail of automation.
它改变了世界 不仅是美国
lt changed the world, not only our country,
一切都从啤酒开始
and it all started with beer.
啤酒前行的脚步仍未停止
Beer's forward march continues to this day.
美国每年酿造62亿加仑啤酒
Americans now brew 6.2 billion gallons of beer every year
平均每个美国人每年要喝20加仑啤酒
and drink, on average, over 20 gallons of it each.
如今啤酒是名副其实的世界第一成人饮料
Today beer truly is the number-one adult beverage on the planet.
将来也可能是宇宙第一
Tomorrow it could well be number one in space.
我曾自己幻想
l just think to myself,
要是能坐在一家太空酒吧里
''How cool would it be sitting up in a space bar,
在失重的环境下漂浮着
floating around in zero ''G,''
边望着身下的地球边喝啤酒 该有多棒
looking down at the Earth, and having a beer?''
没有比这更棒的事了
There'd be nothing better.
随着太空旅游的兴起
With space tourism coming,
澳大利亚酿造师杰伦米·切尔
Australian brewer Jaron Mitchell
希望他的啤酒成为太空第一杯
wants his beer to be first into orbit.
但太空啤酒必须是无气的 因为在失重条件下
But space beer must be flat because a burp in zero ''G''
打一个嗝将会非常糟糕
would be seriously bad news.
在地球上 由于重力和其他一些因素
Now, on Earth, the water molecules and the gas molecules
水分子会和气体分子分离
separate, which is due to gravity, et cetera.
而在太空中它们无法分离 所以一旦打嗝
ln space, they won't, so by burping in space, you'll have
气体和液体会同时喷出 带水的嗝
liquid and gas simultaneously coming up -- a wet burp.
倘若在太空中 有50个人
lf you're in space, and there was 50 people
在太空酒吧里喝酒漂浮
in a space bar in zero ''G'' floating around,
然后所有人都打着嗝 那就一团糟了
and everybody was wet-burping, it'd be a mess.
糟糕透顶的聚会
One hell of a party.
倒计时 十 九
''T'' minus 10, 9...
太空啤酒的原型是未充气的 不会让人打嗝的
The prototype space beer is uncarbonated, burp-proof,
并且即将升空
and ready for its first launch.
点火
...ignition.
鉴于啤酒的历史
And given beer's history,
在人类探索最终未知疆土时带上它是在适合不过了
it's fitting that it should be with us at the final frontier.
纵观历史 啤酒的伟大之处
Throughout history, many have proclaimed
早已为人津津乐道
the greatness of beer.
现在我们了解得更加明白
Now we know just how great it truly is,
我们甚至可以将它作为
so great that we could even use it as the official yardstick
记载历史的标杆
for human history.
通常来说 历史被分为公元前后两部分
Commonly, history is divided into two parts, B.C. And A.D.,
我们将历史置于时间线上考量
and we think of it on a timeline, but we could also
然而我们还能将其分为另外一种
think of it is as B.B. and A.B.
"前啤酒时代"和"后啤酒时代"
''Before Beer'' and ''After Beer.''
啤酒出现之前 原始人游荡 狩猎和采集
Before beer, wild nomads roaming around, hunting-gathering.
啤酒出现之后 人们开始定居
After beer, people are settling in one spot.
修筑城镇 开垦种植
We're building towns, we're farming,
开♥发♥城市 发展经济
we're developing towns, developing commerce.
啤酒驱动了城邦的兴起
Beer driving the building of cities
科技的诞生
and the establishment of science.
或许这是衡量历史更好的一条时间线
Perhaps that's a better timeline for us to use.
历经万年 啤酒一直扮演着
For 10,000 years, beer has been the fuel and
历史的推动者
the engine of history.
它带给世界最伟大的奇迹
lt's given us our greatest wonders...
赋予人类最伟大的发现
and our most brilliant discoveries,
更不用说它带来的激♥情♥与疯狂了
not to mention one heck of a ride.
啤酒
Beer!
面对现实吧
Let's face it.
啤酒不仅改变了世界
Beer hasn't just changed the world.
它拯救了世界
lt saved it.
干杯
Cheers.