第五十七课 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.
茶叶一种灌木的叶子，这种灌木是生长在中国和日本的常青树，当然在印度的一些地方也是有的。茶树有光滑的绿叶和白色的花瓣。
At certain seasons the young leaves are gathered. They are then dried, rolled between the hands, and packed in boxes or chests.
在固定的季节，年轻的叶子被摘下，接着被干燥然后再双手中揉搓滚动，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.
英国进口的茶叶有两种——红茶和绿茶。茶叶的颜色不同是由于干燥的时候使用的方法不同。红茶，是在烘烤前将叶子暴露在露天下一段时间，然后用木炭火慢慢烘烤。而绿茶是快速烘烤，而且几乎是将它们以摘下来就进行烘烤的。
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!
英国刚开始引进茶叶的时候，茶是很贵的，有些人并不知道它应该怎么制作。因此，他们把叶子煮沸然后吃叶子，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.
咖啡树是一种类似于月桂树的植物。它的茎很细，叶子又尖又光滑，雪白的花瓣成簇地长着。当果实成熟的时候，咖啡树长成了两种种子。对这些种子进行烘烤我们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.
咖啡树生长的地区包括：阿拉伯地区，北美洲的南部，巴西，印度的东部和西部及锡兰。
问题
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？茶树生长在哪里？描述一下它的叶子和花瓣。茶叶需要经过哪些处理？茶分为哪两种？茶叶颜色的差别是由于什么造成的？红茶是怎么制成的？绿茶又是怎么制成的？有一些人是如何把茶当成食物的？
Describe the coffee plant. From which part of the plant is coffee obtained? Where does the coffee plant grow?
描述下咖啡树。咖啡是从哪一部分上获得的？咖啡树在哪儿生长？
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