第五十七課 茶和咖啡
Tea is the leaf of an evergreen shrub which grows in China and Japan, and also in some parts of India. The tea plant has glossy green leaves and white blossoms.
茶葉一種灌木的葉子，這種灌木是生長在中國和日本的常青樹，當然在印度的一些地方也是有的。茶樹有光滑的綠葉和白色的花瓣。
At certain seasons the young leaves are gathered. They are then dried, rolled between the hands, and packed in boxes or chests.
在固定的季節，年輕的葉子被摘下，接著被干燥然后再雙手中揉搓滾動，再打包金箱子或者柜子。
Two kinds of tea are imported into this country—black and green. The difference in colour isdue to different ways of drying the leaf. For black tea the leaves are exposed to the open air for some time before they are roasted, and they are then dried slowly over charcoal fires. For green tea the leaves are roasted quickly, almost as soon as they are gathered.
英國進口的茶葉有兩種——紅茶和綠茶。茶葉的顏色不同是由于干燥的時候使用的方法不同。紅茶，是在烘烤前將葉子暴露在露天下一段時間，然后用木炭火慢慢烘烤。而綠茶是快速烘烤，而且幾乎是將它們以摘下來就進行烘烤的。
When tea was first brought to England it was very costly, and some of the people did not know how it should be made; so they boiled the leaves and ate them, after having thrown the liquid away!
英國剛開始引進茶葉的時候，茶是很貴的，有些人并不知道它應該怎么制作。因此，他們把葉子煮沸然后吃葉子，最后竟把茶水倒掉！
The Coffee plant is a shrub which resembles the laurel. It has a slender stem, pointed glossy leaves, and clusters of pretty white blossoms. When the flowers fall off, green berries are left behind. When the berries are ripe, they are found to contain two seeds. From these seeds, when roasted and ground, we make the pleasant drink called Coffee.
咖啡樹是一種類似于月桂樹的植物。它的莖很細，葉子又尖又光滑，雪白的花瓣成簇地長著。當果實成熟的時候，咖啡樹長成了兩種種子。對這些種子進行烘烤我們就制成了可口的咖啡啦。
The Coffee plant grows in Arabia, in the Southern States of North America, in Brazil, in the East and West Indies, and in Ceylon.
咖啡樹生長的地區包括：阿拉伯地區，北美洲的南部，巴西，印度的東部和西部及錫蘭。
問題
What is tea? Where does the tea plant grow? Describe its leaves and its blossoms. What is done with the leaves? What two kinds of tea are there? To what is the difference in colour due? How is black tea prepared? How is green tea prepared? How did some people prepare tea for food?
茶是什么？茶樹生長在哪里？描述一下它的葉子和花瓣。茶葉需要經過哪些處理？茶分為哪兩種？茶葉顏色的差別是由于什么造成的？紅茶是怎么制成的？綠茶又是怎么制成的？有一些人是如何把茶當成食物的？
Describe the coffee plant. From which part of the plant is coffee obtained? Where does the coffee plant grow?
描述下咖啡樹。咖啡是從哪一部分上獲得的？咖啡樹在哪兒生長？
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