In your digestive system's mission to disassemble food into its tiniest, most basic molecular forms, the stretch that runs from your mouth to your stomach unleashes all of the mechanical and chemical powers at its disposal.

在你的消化系统将食物分解成最小、最基本的分子形式的任务中，从你的嘴到你的胃的伸展释放了它所能支配的所有机械和化学力量。

But before it has reached us the rain cloud parts asunder, the sea boils, and the electric fires are brought into violent action by a mighty chemical power that descends from the higher regions.

但在它到达我们之前， 雨云就分裂了，海水沸腾了， 电火被从较高地区降落的强大化学力量引发了猛烈的行动。