英國學(xué)生科學(xué)讀本 Lesson 52 蘋果和蘋果樹(2)

Let us cut an apple across so as to divide it into halves. Now we can see the five parts of the seed-vessel in the middle of the fruit, and we notice that each of these parts contains at least one black seed. These seeds are held in a tough skin, which forms the "core" of the apple.

咱們把一只蘋果攔腰切成兩半?，F(xiàn)在就能看見水果中間子房的五個部分，我們注意到，每個部分都包含著至少一顆黑色的種子。這些種子讓一層硬皮覆蓋著，硬皮就形成了蘋果的“核”。

If the apple seeds are planted, they will grow into apple-trees. But this will take several years. A much quicker way of growing apple-trees is to take slips or cuttings from old trees and plant them in the ground.

把蘋果種子種到地里，就能長成蘋果樹，但這個過程需要好幾年的時間。種蘋果樹還有一種快得多的方法，就是把老樹的插條或者插枝栽到地里。

To what other plants is the apple-tree related? It belongs to the rose family. The wild rose, the hawthorn of our hedges, the pear-tree, the plum, the cherry, the strawberry, and the blackberry, are all cousins of the apple-tree. If you examine well the flowers of each of these plants, you will find that they are all very much alike in form, although some of them are much smaller than others.

蘋果樹跟哪些樹有親戚關(guān)系呢?蘋果樹屬于“薔薇科”。野玫瑰，還有我們圍著樹籬的果園里的山楂樹、梨樹、李子樹、櫻桃樹、草莓、黑莓，這些都是蘋果樹的近親。仔細觀察這些植物的花，會發(fā)現(xiàn)它們長得都很像，只是有些植物的花，比另外一些植物的花小得多。

There are a great many different sorts of apples. Some of these are best for cooking, while others are best for eating raw. Then there are the cider-apples of Hereford and Devon, from the juice of which the drink called cider is made.

蘋果有很多不同的種類，有些適合加工以后再吃，有些適合生吃。在英國的赫里福德和德文郡還有一類“釀造蘋果”，“蘋果酒”的飲料，就是用這種蘋果的汁做的。

Apples that have been cooked are much better for you than those that you eat raw, so I hope that you will have most of your apples made into apple-pies.

加工過的蘋果，比生吃的蘋果，對你的身體好處更大，所以我希望你把自己吃的大多數(shù)蘋果，都做成蘋果餡餅。

When you eat raw apples, you should not eat the skin, or the core, or the seeds, for these parts of the apple are not good for you.

生吃蘋果的時候，可不要吃掉蘋果的皮、核、種子，蘋果的這些部分對身體是不好的。

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