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Wow, we're really high up
哇，這地方很高啊
and this is a gorgeous little village!
這是一個很棒的小山村
'Zhanglang is home to 45 families, 80% of whom make a living
張郎鎮(zhèn)居住著45個家族，其中80%依靠
'from selling pu-erh tea leaves to processing factories.
販賣普洱茶葉給加工企業(yè)維持生計
'Shau-Li and Shau-Lu are two young tea picker friends.'
小麗和小露是兩個從事采茶的朋友
They started tea picking when they were 11 and 12.
她們從11歲 12歲就開始采茶
So very young!
相當年輕
They went to primary school, there's a school in the village,
她們讀了小學，村里有一所學校
but they left school about ten.
但在大約十歲時便輟學
And they've been tea picking ever since.
從那時起就做起了采茶工
'We head outside to the plantation so the girls can show me the ropes.'
我們前往茶園，女孩子們就可以給我們引路
China's emerging free market economy and state promotion of tea
過去十年中國新興的自由市場經(jīng)濟以及
over the last ten years resulted in an export boom.
國家推動茶葉發(fā)展造就了出口激增
Many villages in Yunnan converted their subsistence land
很多云南的村莊把他們賴以生存的土地
into tea terraces.
轉(zhuǎn)換成茶葉梯田
This is just, the size of it! It's huge!
這就是，它的規(guī)模，太大了
I've never experienced a tea plantation this big.
我從未體驗過如此巨大的茶園
'But an investor buying frenzy
但投資者的搶購狂潮
'led to lots of fake pu-erh teas flooding the market.
導致大量假普洱茶充斥市場
'And in 2008, the bubble burst,
在2008年泡沫破滅
'and thousands of tea producers went out of business.'
成千上萬茶葉生產(chǎn)者破產(chǎn)了
They're super-fast!
他們超級快
It's like a blink and then they've gone through a whole bush.
眨眼的功夫他們就把一叢茶葉采完
'But with their organic production methods and indigenous skills,
但是運用他們的有機生產(chǎn)方法和本地技藝
'passed down through the generations,
并傳授給下一代
'the Bulang were able to brand the authenticity of their pu-erh tea
布朗族能夠辨別普洱茶的真?zhèn)?/div>
'and ride out the collapse.'
使得他們安全渡過了難關(guān)
So this is the best part,
所以這是最好的部分
this is the part that they pick off the leaves of the tea.
就是他們采摘茶樹葉子的部分
First the tender shoot, that's coming out,
首先嫩芽，長出來的部分
and the top two leaves - that's the most prized bit.
然后最上面的兩片葉子-這就是最值錢的部位
And it's because it has more tea fragrance,
因為它含有更多的茶香
as opposed to the older leaves.
相對于更老的葉子
I've never cooked with these pu-erh green tea leaves before,
我之前從未用這些普洱綠茶葉烹飪
so I'm really excited.
所以我真的很激動
It's very tender...
非常嫩…
..slightly bitter, but it's good for you!
…清淡的苦味，但對身體很好
Cos actually, with tea, in traditional Chinese medicine,
因為事實上在傳統(tǒng)中醫(yī)里面有這種說法
they say that you must have tea in your diet,
食必須有茶
because there's that bitterness that we lack.
因為我們?nèi)狈Φ木褪强辔?/div>
You can get salt, sweet, sour,
你可以在諸多不同種類的蔬菜水果中
fiery, pungent flavours from many different vegetables,
獲得咸，甜，酸，火熱，辛辣的味道
and fruit, but you can't get bitterness, that flavour profile.
但是你無法獲得苦味這種味感特征
But you can get it from tea.
但你可以從茶里獲取
| 重點單詞 | 查看全部解釋 | |||
| promotion | [prə'məuʃən] |
想一想再看 n. 晉升，促進，提升 |
聯(lián)想記憶 | |
| collapse | [kə'læps] |
想一想再看 n. 崩潰，倒塌，暴跌 |
聯(lián)想記憶 | |
| tender | ['tendə] |
想一想再看 adj. 溫柔的，嫩的，脆弱的 ，親切的，敏感的，未成熟 |
聯(lián)想記憶 | |
| emerging | [i'mə:dʒ] |
想一想再看 vi. 浮現(xiàn)，(由某種狀態(tài))脫出，(事實)顯現(xiàn)出來 |
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| pungent | ['pʌndʒənt] |
想一想再看 adj. 刺鼻的，辛辣的，尖銳的，刻薄的 |
聯(lián)想記憶 | |
| traditional | [trə'diʃənəl] |
想一想再看 adj. 傳統(tǒng)的 |
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| primary | ['praiməri] |
想一想再看 adj. 主要的，初期的，根本的，初等教育的 |
聯(lián)想記憶 | |
| brand | [brænd] |
想一想再看 n. 商標，牌子，烙印，標記 |
聯(lián)想記憶 | |
| burst | [bə:st] |
想一想再看 n. 破裂，陣，爆發(fā) |
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| fragrance | ['freigrəns] |
想一想再看 n. 香味 |
