We call these elemental particles protons, neutrons, and electrons.

我们称之为质子、中子与电子。

In our own time, however, scientists have discovered that atoms can be broken into smaller " elemental particles." We call these elemental particles protons, neutrons, and electrons.

然而，在我们这个时代， 科学家们发现原子可以分解成更小的“基本粒子”。 我们称这些基本粒子为质子、中子和电子。

We couldn't even give them lunch because all our foods contain traces of manganese, selenium, zinc, and other elemental particles at least some of which would be poisonous to them.

我们甚至无法招待他们吃午饭，因为我们的食物里都含有微量锰、硒、锌，和别的元素粒子，起码其中有一些对他们来说是有毒性的。