Vsauce! Kevin here.
Vsauce!這裡是Kevin。
Competitive eating or speed eating features contestants clashing to consume the largest quantity of food in a short period of time. The competitors are referred to as gurgitators. And a 2007 study found that their stomachs can grow 4 times that of the average person's and can hold 4 liters.
大胃王或快吃比賽主要以參賽者在一小段時間內比賽吃下最大量食物為特色。參賽者被稱作大胃王。一份2007年的研究發現，他們的胃可以撐大到一般人的四倍，且可以裝下四公升。
According to 13th-century Norse mythology, the God Loki engaged in an eating contest with his servant. The servant won after eating the plate. Pie eating competitions have been held at local fairs and festivals in the United States for generations.
根據十三世紀的北歐神話，洛基神和祂的僕人曾進行過一場大胃王比賽。那位僕人在吃掉盤子後獲勝了。吃派比賽已經在美國當地的活動和慶典中舉行了數個世代。
Today, the Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest is one of the most popular and dates back to 1916. The sport gained major popularity in the 90's when the Shea brothers took the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest to new levels by increasing the attendance and creating the International Federation of Competitive Eating, now called Major League Eating. They hold around 80 events annually.
今天，Nathan's Famous(美國知名連鎖餐廳)的吃熱狗大賽是最受歡迎的比賽之一，且要回溯到1916年。這項運動在九零年代得到廣大人氣，當時Shea兄弟將吃熱狗大賽提升到新的水平，藉由增加參賽者、並創立國際大胃王聯盟，現在則稱作大胃王大聯盟。他們每年舉辦大約八十場活動。
Kobayashi became the face of competitive eating after devouring a record 50 hot dogs during his rookie appearance at Nathan's Coney Island contest. The Kobayashi Shake is a body wiggle he uses to force food down his esophagus and settle in his stomach. And he holds Guinness World Records in hot dogs, meatballs, Twinkies, burgers, pizza and pasta.
小林尊在Nathan's康尼島比賽的首次露面中，狼吞虎嚥吃下破紀錄的五十根熱狗後變成了大胃王代表人物。小林搖是他用來迫使食物由食道往下掉並在他胃裡安頓的身體搖擺動作。他在吃熱狗、肉丸、Twinkies點心蛋糕、漢堡、比薩和義大利麵都持有金氏世界紀錄。
Joey Chestnut is currently the number-one-ranked eater. He's won the Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Contest 7 years in a row—recently breaking his own world record by eating 69 hot dogs. His favorite food is prime rib and the only thing he won't eat competitively is oysters.
Joey Chestnut是現任第一名的大胃王。他連續七年贏得Nathan's吃熱狗大賽－－最近因為吃下六十九根熱狗打破他自己的世界紀錄。他最喜歡的食物是肋排，而唯一一樣他不會為比賽而吃的食物是牡蠣。
Patrick "Deep Dish" Bertoletti is currently ranked number two and holds the most eating world records, including waffles, fried calamari, and blueberry pie (hands free.) He's a cook that also owns a food truck and his YouTube channel features videos of him eating 30 peeps in under 35 seconds and engulfing 100 Krispy Kreme donuts.
Patrick "Deep Dish" Bertoletti是現任排名第二，並擁有最多大胃王世界紀錄的人，包括格子鬆餅、炸花枝、還有藍莓派(不用手吃)。他是名同樣也擁有一台小吃卡車的廚師，而他在YouTube的頻道主打他在35秒內吃下30個棉花糖、還有吞下100個Krispy Kreme甜甜圈的影片。
Tim Janus, also known as Eater X, sports a mask painted on his face while he competes. He was the third person in history to eat more than 50 hot dogs and buns, and tried to be the first person to ever get legally drunk off non-alcoholic beer. He drank nearly 30 in an hour, got to a blood alcohol level of .02, and vomited. And in 2012, he was crowned the world burping champion.
Tim Janus，也以「X食客」為人所知，在比賽時賣弄那畫在他臉上的面具。他是史上第三個吃下超過五十根熱狗和麵包的人，並試著成為第一個在法律允許範圍下因無酒精啤酒醉倒的人。他在一小時內喝下將近30瓶、測量血液酒精含量達0.02、並吐了。在2012年，他贏得世界打嗝冠軍的殊榮。
Miki Sudo is one of the most famous female competitive eaters and is ranked number four with Major League Eating. She recently set a new record eating 8 and a quarter pounds of food in 6 minutes on What's Trending and somehow consumed 50 Cadbury creme eggs in just over 6 minutes, living up to the tagline on her website "Because everybody's good at something."
Miki Sudo是最知名的女性大胃王之一，並在大胃王大聯盟排名第四。她最近在What's Trending節目上創下吃掉八又四分之一磅(約四公斤)食物的新紀錄，並不知怎麼地在僅僅六分多鐘內吃下五十顆吉百利巧克力蛋，無愧於她網站上的箴言：「因為每個人都擅長某件事。」
Forty-four-year old, ninety-eight-pound Sonya Thomas is known as The Black Widow. She owns 20 world eating records, and has beaten all of the men mentioned so far in at least one contest except for the one who inspired her to start competing—Kobayashi.
四十四歲、九十八磅(約四十四公斤)的Sonya Thomas以「黑寡婦」為人所知。她擁有二十項大胃王世界紀錄，並在至少一場比賽中打敗過至今所提過的所有男子，除了那個激勵她開始比賽的人－－小林尊。
Competitive eaters train by drinking large amounts of fluids and eating low calorie foods like lettuce to expand the capacity of their stomachs. Some even chew massive amounts of gum to build jaw strength. Bob Shoudt chews 25 pieces at a time to strengthen his masticators in order to chew faster.
大胃王藉由喝下大量液體，並吃下像是萵苣的低卡路里食物來撐大他們的胃容量來做訓練。有些人甚至咀嚼大量的口香糖來增強下巴的力量。Bob Shoudt 一次嚼二十五顆口香糖來強化他的咀嚼肌，以能更快地咀嚼。
There are hundreds of competitive eating records all around the world. Here are a few of the most interesting: 11 pounds of cheesecake in 9 minutes, 17 pounds of cow brains in 15 minutes, 275 pickled jalapenos in 8 minutes, and 141 pieces of nigiri sushi in 6 minutes.
在世界各地有數百項大胃王記錄。這裡是幾個最有趣的：九分鐘內吃下十一磅(約五公斤)起司蛋糕、十五分鐘內吃下十七磅(約七公斤)牛腦、八分鐘內吃下兩百七十五條墨西哥醃辣椒、還有六分鐘內吃下一百四十一塊握壽司。
Doctors say the competitions can be dangerous with stomach perforations potentially occurring for those with undiagnosed ulcers and water intoxication occurring from gulping massive quantities of water. But so far the only documented injury from a competition has been a fracture jaw.
醫師表示，大胃王比賽可以是很危險的，因為胃穿孔問題有可能會發生在那些潰瘍沒被診斷出來的人身上，還有因為吞下大量水所引起的水中毒。但到目前為止，唯一在比賽中記錄的傷害是下顎骨折。
And as always, thanks for watching.
一如往常，感謝收看。
- 「連續、一個接一個地」- In A Row
He's won the Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Contest 7 years in a row—recently breaking his own world record by eating 69 hot dogs.
他連續七年贏得Nathan's吃熱狗大賽－－最近因為吃下六十九根熱狗打破他自己的世界紀錄。 - 「無愧於、實踐」- Live Up To
...living up to the tagline on her website "Because everybody's good at something."
...無愧於她網站上的箴言：「因為每個人都擅長某件事。」 - 「一次、每次」- At A Time
Bob Shoudt chews 25 pieces at a time to strengthen his masticators in order to chew faster.
Bob Shoudt 一次嚼二十五顆口香糖來強化他的咀嚼肌，以能更快地咀嚼。 - 「到目前為止、至今」- So Far
But so far the only documented injury from a competition has been a fracture jaw.
但到目前為止，唯一在比賽中記錄的傷害是下顎骨折。
