Eating Thai fruit demands serious effort
泰國(guó)水果吃起來(lái)太難了
Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha has called Thailand "the Great Power nation of fruit." Last year, the country ranked as the world's sixth biggest fruit exporter.
泰國(guó)總理巴育·占奧差稱泰國(guó)是“水果大國(guó)”，去年圈驼，整個(gè)泰國(guó)的水果出口量位列世界第六患朱。
But most of the fruit is exported to Thailand's regional neighbors, with China its biggest customer. Less than 3% of Thailand's fruit was exported to the United States. Distance is one problem, as are worries about fruit flies accompanying the imports. But the main reason for the low figure may be that Southeast Asia's indigenous fruits have what Fuchsia Dunlop, a British author of Chinese cookbooks, calls a high "grapple factor."
但絕大部分的水果都出口到泰國(guó)鄰近的國(guó)家贯底，中國(guó)則是最大的客戶。而出口到美國(guó)的泰國(guó)水果占比不足 3%。兩地之間的距離是一大問(wèn)題岗屏，而進(jìn)口水果可能會(huì)附帶果蠅，這也是一種擔(dān)憂漱办。不過(guò)这刷，這個(gè)數(shù)字之所以如此之低，更主要的原因可能是娩井，如出版過(guò)中餐烹飪書(shū)籍的英國(guó)作家扶霞·鄧洛普所說(shuō)暇屋，東南亞當(dāng)?shù)氐乃兄芨叩摹疤魬?zhàn)系數(shù)”。
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Many of the region's fruits require serious commitment to eat: laborious peeling, careful chewing and the frequent spitting out of seeds to which meat stubbornly adheres.*** Dissecting a jackfruit is to hack through a jagged sheath, then painstakingly pluck out rubbery polyps that taste like overripe Juicy Fruit gum. The process can consume an afternoon.
大部分東南亞水果需要花很大力氣才能吃到：費(fèi)心剝皮洞辣，小心咀嚼咐刨，常常要吐出果核，果核上還緊緊附著果肉扬霜。剝開(kāi)菠蘿蜜要在布滿尖刺的外殼上切開(kāi)一個(gè)口子定鸟，然后費(fèi)力地拔出難嚼的果肉，它嘗起來(lái)就像是熟過(guò)頭的黃箭口香糖著瓶。整個(gè)過(guò)程可能要花費(fèi)一下午的時(shí)間联予。
The most infamous fruit, which stinks of death, is the durian. The durian's flavor elicits passionate, and polarizing, responses, with few indifferent about the fruit's appeal or repulsiveness.*** On the outside, the durian resembles a medieval torture device. Nestled inside the spiky shell are kidney-shaped lobes of custard. Even if the smell could be put aside, the durian would still probably have the highest grapple factor among Southeast Asia's endemic fruits. Thai exports of the fruit are mostly destined for China, where consumers tend to be more willing to work for their meals.
最臭名昭著的水果當(dāng)屬榴蓮，它聞起來(lái)有死亡的氣息。榴蓮的口味能勾起人們強(qiáng)烈而又兩極分化的反應(yīng)躯泰，人們要么愛(ài)得癡迷谭羔，要么深惡痛絕，很少有人能保持中立麦向。從外表上看瘟裸，榴蓮長(zhǎng)得像是中世紀(jì)的行刑工具，在多刺的外殼內(nèi)部诵竭，躺著腎臟形狀话告、口感綿密的瓣?duì)罟麑?shí)。就算忽略它強(qiáng)烈的氣味卵慰，榴蓮在東南亞特有的水果中沙郭，也許還是排在“高挑戰(zhàn)系數(shù)”的首位。大多數(shù)泰國(guó)出口的榴蓮都去往了中國(guó)裳朋，因?yàn)橹袊?guó)消費(fèi)者更愿意在吃上下功夫病线。
主編：桃子
品控：宇軒
審核：Cherry
重點(diǎn)詞匯
Great Power
大國(guó)，強(qiáng)國(guó)
accompany
/??k?m.p?.ni/
v. 伴隨鲤嫡，和...…一起發(fā)生送挑；陪同，陪伴
相關(guān)詞匯：company（n. 公司暖眼；伙伴惕耕，陪伴）
詞根詞綴：ac-（表示強(qiáng)調(diào)）
例句：The strong winds were accompanied by heavy rain.
indigenous
/?n?d?d?.?.n?s/
adj. 當(dāng)?shù)氐模就恋?/p>
搭配短語(yǔ)：the indigenous people
例句：Coriander is indigenous to Europe.
grapple
/?ɡr?p.?l/
n. 扭打诫肠，搏斗
詞性拓展：grapple（v. 扭打）
搭配短語(yǔ)：to grapple with a problem
commitment
/k??m?t.m?nt/
n.（在金錢(qián)司澎、時(shí)間、人力等方面的）投入栋豫；承諾挤安，保證
相關(guān)詞匯：commit（v. 承諾）
搭配短語(yǔ)：make a long-term commitment
搭配短語(yǔ)：a sense of commitment to sth.
laborious
/l??b??r.i.?s/
adj. 耗時(shí)費(fèi)力的，艱巨的
相關(guān)詞匯：labor（n. 體力勞動(dòng)）
近義詞：painstaking
stubbornly
/?st?b.?n.li/
adv. 難對(duì)付地丧鸯；頑固地漱受，倔強(qiáng)地
相關(guān)詞匯：stubborn（adj. 倔強(qiáng)的；難去除的）
搭配短語(yǔ)：stubborn stains
dissect
/da??sekt/
v. 解剖（動(dòng)物或植物）骡送；剖析
拓展發(fā)音：/d??sekt/
近義詞：cut
例句：We dissected a frog in biology class.
jagged
/?d??ɡ.?d/
adj. 有尖突的，鋸齒狀的絮记，參差不齊的
相關(guān)詞匯：jag（n. 尖突）
sheath
/?i?θ/
n. 刀鞘摔踱，護(hù)皮
近義詞：cover
pluck out
拔出
相關(guān)詞匯：pluck（v. 拔）
搭配短語(yǔ)：pluck out a grey hair
polyp
/?pɑ?.l?p/
n. 息肉；珊瑚蟲(chóng)
infamous
/??n.f?.m?s/
adj. 臭名昭著的怨愤，聲名狼藉的
相關(guān)詞匯：famous（adj. 著名的）
搭配短語(yǔ)：an infamous war criminal
elicit
/i?l?s.?t/
v. 引出派敷，探出，誘出（尤指信息或反應(yīng)）
搭配短語(yǔ)：elicit...responses
polarize
/?po?.l?.ra?z/
v.（使）兩極化
相關(guān)詞匯：polar（adj. 兩極的）
搭配短語(yǔ)：polar bear
例句：Public opinion has polarized on these issues.
repulsiveness
/r??p?l.s?v.n?s/
n. 可惡，可憎
相關(guān)詞匯：repulse（v. 令人厭惡篮愉，使人反感）
torture
/?t??r.t??/
n. 拷打腐芍，拷問(wèn)，折磨
例句：Waiting for the exam result must be torture.
nestle
/?nes.?l/
v.（使）安臥试躏；（使）位于
相關(guān)詞匯：nest（n. 巢）
lobe
/lo?b/
n. 葉猪勇，瓣
相關(guān)詞匯：earlobe（n. 耳垂）
custard
/?k?s.t?d/
n. 卡仕達(dá)醬，蛋奶沙司
文化補(bǔ)充：有一種熱帶水果颠蕴，因其外形酷似佛祖頭部而得名釋迦果泣刹。外國(guó)人因?yàn)樗目诟芯d密甜美，又稱它為 custard apple 或者 sugar apple犀被。
put aside
把…...放在一邊椅您；暫時(shí)丟開(kāi)
endemic
/en?dem.?k/
adj. 地方性的
例句：The ring-tailed lemur is endemic to Madagascar.
(be) destined for
朝著......
相關(guān)詞匯：destination（n. 目的地，終點(diǎn)）
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