There they talked to real live scientists - young and old white and brown and none holding gadgets or beakers .

当他们与真实存在的科学家们交谈时年轻的和年老的、白种人和黄种人、还有手无器材和烧杯的。

One man explains , " this glycoside saxitoxin hybrid goes to work in the blood stream instantly , " as his hand moves across the beakers before him .

其中一个人向另一个解释，“蛤蚌毒素和配醣混合物能即刻在血液中发生反应，”他的手摆弄着身前的烧杯。

If you took high school chemistry , you probably did a simple experiment in which you dipped ph test paper into beakers bearing various liquids and watched the strip change colors .

如果你学过高中化学，那么你可能做过这么一个简单的实验：将ph试纸浸入各个装有不同液体的烧杯中观察试纸的颜色变化。

Data beamed back to earth on sunday night confirmed that phoenix 's robotic arm had successfully delivered the sample to the instrument , which tests the composition of the dirt by mixing it with water in one of four teacup-sized beakers .

星期天晚上发回到地球上的资料显示，“凤凰”号的机械手已经成功地将样土送到仪器里，该仪器将检验样土的构成成分，方法是把样土放到一个茶杯大小的烧杯里，跟水混合。