Where Does Our Food Go?

Where Does Our Food Go? When you are hungry, you eat. You put food in your mouth. Then you swallow. But where does the food go after that? The food travels down your throat and into your stomach, where all the interesting stuff happens! In the stomach, food is broken down into all the good things you need to grow big and strong. The stomach is shaped like a small  bag. It can hold about one and a half litres of food. That's a lot of food! There are special juices in the stomach that break the food down into really small pieces.

我们吃的食物去哪里了? 当你饿的时候，你就吃东西。你把食物放进嘴里。然后你吞下。但之后食物去了哪里? 食物通过你的喉咙进入你的胃，在那里发生了所有有趣的事情!在胃里，食物被分解成所有你长得又大又壮所需要的好东西。胃的形状像一个小袋子。它可以容纳大约1.5升的食物。这可是很多食物啊! 胃里有一种特殊的液体，可以把食物分解成很小的块。

A person eats about 450 kilograms of food each year. Imagine how busy a stomach is each day! That's why we have stomach aches sometimes. Too much food or the wrong kinds of food can make our stomachs hurt. Now you know what happens to the food you eat.

一个人每年吃大约450公斤的食物。想象一下，胃每天有多忙!这就是为什么我们有时会胃痛。吃太多的食物或不合适的食物会让我们的胃疼。 现在你知道你吃的食物会发生什么了吧。