The pancreas is a gland inside your body, set deep near your stomach. It does two big jobs.

The pancreas胰臟 is a gland是一種腺體， inside your body在你體內、 set deep near your stomach深藏在胃附近， It does要做 two big jobs兩件大事。

One, it makes a liquid that goes into your gut and helps break down the food you eat. Two, it makes insulin (and some other hormones) that help your body use sugar from food.

One,第一， it makes a liquid它會製造一種液體 that goes into your gut進入你的腸道 and helps break down並幫忙分解 the food you eat你吃下去的食物。 Two,第二， it makes insulin它會製造胰島素 (and some other hormones)（和其他一些荷爾蒙） that help your body use sugar from food幫助你的身體利用食物中的糖分。

When the pancreas cannot make enough insulin, or the body cannot use insulin well, that is tied to diabetes — so you will meet this word in health class and at the doctor’s, not in daily chat.

When當 the pancreas cannot make enough insulin胰臟無法製造足夠的胰島素， or the body cannot use insulin well或身體無法好好利用胰島素時， that is tied to diabetes就會跟糖尿病扯上關係—— so所以 in health class and at the doctor's在健康課和看醫生時 you will meet this word你會遇到這個字， not in daily chat而不是在日常聊天中。

It is a body-part word, a bit technical, but not rare. People say “the pancreas” as a thing you have, not something you do. You cannot see it from the outside; it sits tucked behind other organs.

It is這是 a body-part word一個身體部位的字， a bit technical有點專業， but not rare但不算罕見。 People say大家說「the pancreas」時 as a thing you have是把它當成你擁有的東西， not something you do而不是你做的動作。 You cannot see it from the outside你沒辦法從外面看到它； it sits tucked behind other organs它藏在其他器官後面。