The Coffee Plants

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The old way to grow coffee plants is under large trees. The trees protect the coffee plant from the sun. The trees are also home to many kinds of birds. On many modern farms, however, farmers cut down the trees. They grow the coffee plants under the sun. Large farms can produce more coffee this way. Unfortunately, the coffee plants on these farms need more water and more fertilizer. And without the trees, the birds don’t have a place to live.


咖啡树是一个真正有光泽叶 子的小树。一棵咖啡植物生 长大约三年后才产生果实。 在那之后,它就会在大约40多 年的时间里结果实, 咖啡豆是 它的种子。 时间段前用for
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It’s difficult to pick coffee beans. Machines can’t do it well ,so people pick most of the coffee beans by hand. Workers typically pick between 20 and 40 pounds of coffee beans a day.
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chance [tʃɑ:ns] n. 可能性 produce [prə‘dju:s] vi. （不及物动词 ） crop [krɔp] n.农作物 typically['tipikli] adv. 通常 protect[prə‘tekt] vt. （及物动词）保护 unfortunately [ʌn'fɔ:tʃənitli] adv. 不幸地, 遗憾地 Brazil [brə'zil] n.巴西 Colombia [kə‘lɔmbiə] n. 哥伦比亚 Indonesia [.indəu'ni:ʒə] n. 印度尼西亚 Ivory Coast['aivəri'kəust]n.科特迪瓦 Ethiopia [.i:θi'əupiə] n. 埃塞俄比亚
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chance [tʃɑ:ns] n. 可能性 produce [prə‘dju:s] vi. （不及物动词 ） crop [krɔp] n.农作物 typically['tipikli] adv. 通常 protect[prə‘tekt] vt. （及物动词）保护 unfortunately [ʌn'fɔ:tʃənitli] adv. 不幸地, 遗憾地 Brazil [brə'zil] n.巴西 Colombia [kə‘lɔmbiə] n. 哥伦比亚 Indonesia [.indəu'ni:ʒə] n. 印度尼西亚 Ivory Coast['aivəri'kəust]n.科特迪瓦 Ethiopia [.i:θi'əupiə] n. 埃塞俄比亚
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昨天你喝了多少杯咖啡？咖啡来自 哪里？有一个很好的可能性,你的 咖啡来自这些国家之一:巴西、哥 伦比亚、印尼、科特迪瓦或埃塞俄 比亚。这五个国家生产现在世界上 大部分的咖啡。巴西生产世界上约 二分之一的咖啡豆农作物。 did do 的过去式 most of大部分… half既可用作形容词修饰名词,如 half the year, half the work, half the fruit，亦可用作不定代词,受of短语 修饰,如：half of the work, half of the year, half of the fruit。
THE COFFEE PLANT



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How many cups of coffee did you drank yesterday ? Where did the coffee come from? There is a good chance that your coffee came from one of these countries: Brazil, Colombia, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, or Ethiopia. These five countries produce most of the coffee in the word today, Brazil produces about half of the world’s crop of coffee beans. The coffee plant is really a small tree with shiny leaves. A coffee plant grows for about three years before it produces any fruit. After that, it produces fruit for about 40 years. the coffee bean is the seed of the fruit It’s difficult to pick coffee beans. Machines can’t do it well ,so people pick most of the coffee beans by hand. Workers typically pick between 20 and 40 pounds of coffee beans a day. The old way to grow coffee plants is under large trees. The trees protect the coffee plant from the sun. The trees are also home to many kinds of birds. On many modern farms, however, farmers cut down the trees. They grow the coffee plants under the sun. Large farms can produce more coffee this way. Unfortunately, the coffee plants on these farms need more water and more fertilizer. And without the trees, the birds don’t have a place to live.
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How many cups of coffee did you drank yesterday ? Where did the coffee come from? There is a good chance that your coffee came from one of these countries: Brazil, Colombia, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, or Ethiopia. These five countries produce most of the coffee in the word today, Brazil produces about half of the world’s crop of coffee beans.





旧的种植咖啡树的方式是在大树下种。 树木保护咖啡树不被晒伤。树木也是 许多鸟的家。在许多现代的农场,农民 却砍伐树木。他们在太阳下种植咖啡 树。大农场能用这种方法制造出更多 咖啡。不幸的是, 这些农场的咖啡树需 要更多的水,还要更多的肥料。而且， 没有树木,鸟儿没有住的地方。 在这里，way 指方法 the way to：…的方法 home to many kinds of birds 许多鸟类的家 on the farm 在农场 cut down 剪下 without the trees,没有了树 don’t have a place to live 没有地方生 活




摘咖啡豆是很难的。机器不能做得 很好,所以人们用手摘大部分的咖 啡豆。工作人员往往一天摘20至 40磅的咖啡豆。 It’s + adj.+ to do sth.做……是……的 machine 机器 do it well 把它做好 by hand 用手，手工 between 20 and 40 20到40之间 pound [paund]n. 磅
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The coffee plant is really a small tree with shiny leaves. A coffee plant grows for about three years before it produces any fruit. After that, it produces fruit for about 40 years. the coffee bean is the seed of the fruit.