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英语翻译The History of Coffee The history and development of the

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The History of Coffee
The history and development of the beverage that we know as coffee is varied and interesting,involving chance occurrences,political intrigue,and the pursuit of wealth and power.
According to one story,a sheepherder named Kaldi as he tended his sheep noticed the effect of coffee beans on behavior.He noticed that the sheep became hyperactive after eating the red "cherries" from a certain plant when they changed pastures.He tried a few themselves,and was soon as overactive as his herd.The story relates that a monk happened by and scolded him for "partaking of the devil's fruit." However the monks soon discovered that this fruit from the shiny green plant could help them stay awake for their prayers.
Another legend gives us the name for coffee or "mocha." An Arabian was banished to the desert with his followers to die of starvation.In desperation,Omar had his friends boil and eat the fruit from an unknown plant.Not only did the broth save the exiles,but the residents of the nearest town,Mocha,took their survival as a religious sign.The plant and its beverage were named Mocha to honor this event.
One early use for coffee would have little appeal today.The Galla tribe from Ethiopia used coffee,but not as a drink.They would wrap the beans in animal fat as their only source of nutrition while on raiding parties.The Turks were the first countries to adopt it as a drink,often adding spices such as clove,cinnamon,cardamom and anise to the brew.
Coffee was introduced much later to countries beyond Arabia whose inhabitants believed it to be a delicacy and guarded its secret as if they were top secret military plans.The government forbade transportation of the plant out of the Moslem nations.The actual spread of coffee was started illegally.One Arab named Baba Budan smuggled beans to some mountains near Mysore,India,and started a farm there.Early in this century,the descendants of those original plants were found still growing fruitfully in the region.
Coffee was believed by some Christians to be the devil's drink.Pope Vincent III heard this and decided to taste it before he banished it.He enjoyed it so much and baptized it,saying,"coffee is so delicious it would be a pity to let the infidels have exclusive use of it."
Coffee today is grown and enjoyed worldwide,and is one of the few crops that small farmers in third-world countries
can profitably export.
The History of Coffee
咖啡的历史
The history and development of the beverage that we know as coffee is varied and interesting,involving chance occurrences,political intrigue,and the pursuit of wealth and power.
咖啡作为一种饮料,它的历史和发展各式各样,且耐人寻味,其中经历了机缘巧合,政治阴谋以及对权利与财富的追逐之中.
According to one story,a sheepherder named Kaldi as he tended his sheep noticed the effect of coffee beans on behavior.He noticed that the sheep became hyperactive after eating the red "cherries" from a certain plant when they changed pastures.He tried a few themselves,and was soon as overactive as his herd.The story relates that a monk happened by and scolded him for "partaking of the devil's fruit." However the monks soon discovered that this fruit from the shiny green plant could help them stay awake for their prayers.
根据一个故事,一个叫卡迪的牧羊人在悉心照料他的羊群时发现了咖啡豆的作用.他注意到,当他们换了牧场后,羊群吃了某种植物上长得象樱桃的红色果实就变得异常活跃.他自己也尝试了几个,很快他就发现自己也和他的羊一样过于活跃了.故事发生到这,有个修道士恰巧经过,然后责备他吃了恶魔的果子.然而,修道士很快就发现这种细小的绿色植物可以帮助祈祷者保持清醒.
Another legend gives us the name for coffee or "mocha." An Arabian was banished to the desert with his followers to die of starvation.In desperation,Omar had his friends boil and eat the fruit from an unknown plant.Not only did the broth save the exiles,but the residents of the nearest town,Mocha,took their survival as a religious sign.The plant and its beverage were named Mocha to honor this event.
另外一个传说告诉我们什么是咖啡或者说摩卡.一个阿拉伯人和他的同伴被放逐到沙漠去饿死.在绝望中,奥玛使他的朋友们煮食一种不知名植物的果实.这个汤不仅救了被放逐着的人而且还救了最近一个叫摩卡镇上的居民.于是,摩卡的居民就把他们的存活当作是个宗教预示.为了纪念这件事,这种植物和它做成的饮料就被叫作摩卡.
One early use for coffee would have little appeal today.The Galla tribe from Ethiopia used coffee,but not as a drink.They would wrap the beans in animal fat as their only source of nutrition while on raiding parties.The Turks were the first countries to adopt it as a drink,often adding spices such as clove,cinnamon,cardamom and anise to the brew.
早期咖啡的使用对现在来说已经引不起人们的兴趣.从埃塞俄比亚来的盖拉部落使用咖啡,但不是作为饮料.他们将咖啡豆作为脂肪包在动物的身上,成为他们在袭击对手时的唯一营养来源.土耳其人第一个将它当作饮料,并且加入丁香、桂皮、小豆蔻和八角茴香等到饮料中.
Coffee was introduced much later to countries beyond Arabia whose inhabitants believed it to be a delicacy and guarded its secret as if they were top secret military plans.The government forbade transportation of the plant out of the Moslem nations.The actual spread of coffee was started illegally.One Arab named Baba Budan smuggled beans to some mountains near Mysore,India,and started a farm there.Early in this century,the descendants of those original plants were found still growing fruitfully in the region.
咖啡在以后很长一段时间才传到阿拉国半岛上的国家.那里的居民认为咖啡是一种美味佳肴,将它当作是最高级的军事计划一样保密.政府禁止咖啡运输到穆斯林以外的国家.实际上,咖啡的传播始于非法.一个名叫巴八伯丹的阿拉伯人走私咖啡豆到麦松,印度的一些山区,然后在那开始种植.这个世纪早期,在这个地区仍然能找到最初那些植物的后代繁茂的生长着.
Coffee was believed by some Christians to be the devil's drink.Pope Vincent III heard this and decided to taste it before he banished it.He enjoyed it so much and baptized it,saying,"coffee is so delicious it would be a pity to let the infidels have exclusive use of it."
一些基督徒认为咖啡是魔鬼的饮料.教皇文森特三世听说了这件事,决定在禁封咖啡之前尝试一下.他很非常喜欢这种饮料,并且给它命了名.“咖啡是多么美味的东西啊,让异教徒独占它真是很可惜.“
Coffee today is grown and enjoyed worldwide,and is one of the few crops that small farmers in third-world countries can profitably export.
今天,棕色的咖啡被世界许多地方所喜爱,而且是极少第三世界国家的小农场主们出口获利的作物之一.