纪录片《美丽中国》 第79期 潮涌海岸（9）

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Every morning, goats are let loose among the tea terraces,

每天清晨 山羊被放养在这些茶树梯田间

a centuries-old tradition.

这是个历史悠久的传统

This might seem surprising given goats' reputation

看起来好象很奇怪让这些

for eating anything green,

山羊去吃这些绿色的植物

but tea isn't as defenceless as it looks.

不过茶树并不像看上去那样毫无设防

Tea leaves are loaded with bitter chemicals

茶叶中存在刺激性的化学成分

designed to repel¹ browsing² animals.

以驱走啃食的动物

It works on the goats,

这对山羊很有效

who leave the tea untouched and instead eat up the weeds,

它们只是吃光茶树外的杂草

fertilising the tea plants with their droppings.

它们的粪便恰好茶树供给了养分

The surprise is that we humans

惊讶的是我们人类

should find the same bitter chemical cocktail³

却还没发现同样刺激性的化学鸡尾酒

utterly⁴ irresistible⁵.

以便让人类根本不敢染指

Among the Kejia people,tea-growing is a family business.

对客家人而言 种植茶树是家族事业

Women do the picking,while the men process and pack it.

女人们采摘 男人门加工 打包

Mrs Zhang belongs to a Kejia family

张女士是一名客家家族的成员

that has lived and worked for generations

她们家族在这片同样的茶园

among these same tea terraces.

生活劳作了数个世代

1 repel   

v.击退，抵制，拒绝，排斥

参考例句：

• A country must have the will to repel any invader.一个国家得有决心击退任何入侵者。
• Particles with similar electric charges repel each other.电荷同性的分子互相排斥。

2 browsing   

v.吃草( browse的现在分词 )；随意翻阅；（在商店里）随便看看；（在计算机上）浏览信息

参考例句：

• He sits browsing over[through] a book. 他坐着翻阅书籍。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Cattle is browsing in the field. 牛正在田里吃草。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 cocktail   

n.鸡尾酒；餐前开胃小吃；混合物

参考例句：

• We invited some foreign friends for a cocktail party.我们邀请了一些外国朋友参加鸡尾酒会。
• At a cocktail party in Hollywood,I was introduced to Charlie Chaplin.在好莱坞的一次鸡尾酒会上，人家把我介绍给查理·卓别林。

4 utterly   

adv.完全地，绝对地

参考例句：

• Utterly devoted to the people,he gave his life in saving his patients.他忠于人民，把毕生精力用于挽救患者的生命。
• I was utterly ravished by the way she smiled.她的微笑使我完全陶醉了。

5 irresistible   

adj.非常诱人的，无法拒绝的，无法抗拒的

参考例句：

• The wheel of history rolls forward with an irresistible force.历史车轮滚滚向前，势不可挡。
• She saw an irresistible skirt in the store window.她看见商店的橱窗里有一条叫人着迷的裙子。