聊一聊關(guān)于雪茄煙的知識，哈瓦那雪茄為什么那么貴

今天的這段對話，在討論雪茄，

聊一聊關(guān)于雪茄煙的知識，哈瓦那雪茄為什么那么貴

來聽今天的講解:

A: Hey, Tom. You're a smoker, do you know anything about cigars?

你好，湯姆。你喜歡吸煙，那你對雪茄了解多少？

B: Well, I do enjoy a nice Havana cigar on special occasions

嗯，在某些特殊場合我確實(shí)抽過不錯的哈瓦那雪茄。

A: I need some info about cigars, particularly Havana's.

我想了解雪茄煙的一些知識，尤其是哈瓦那雪茄。

B: Did you know Cuba has a special climate? It's perfect for growing tobacco of very high quality.

你知道古巴的氣候很特別嗎？這種氣候非常適合種植高品質(zhì)的煙草。

A: Apart from these special climatic features, the chemical composition and agricultural properties of the soil in Cuba's tobacco-growing areas couldn't be bettered.

除了這些特殊的氣候特征外，古巴煙草種檀區(qū)土壤的化學(xué)特性對于種植煙草來說是再合適不過了。

B: Also, the experience and care that Cuba's tobacco workers put into each of the many steps of cigar marking．

而且，煙草生產(chǎn)的每個(gè)環(huán)節(jié)都離不開占巴煙草工人的種植經(jīng)驗(yàn)和細(xì)心照料。

A: The human factor is very important, not just the soil and climate

不只是土壤和氣候，人為因素的確也很重要。

B: Yes. for example, they hand pick the leaves between 45 and 80 days after planting and then sort them into different grades. This is done delicately and must be done by someone who is highly skilled.

是的，例如，工人要在煙草種植后的45到80天之間手工采摘葉子，然后分成不同等級。這個(gè)工作要做得非常細(xì)致，一定要由技術(shù)高超的人來完成。

A: I read that the vast majority of the workers in the sorting house arc women. It must be true because I think women can do this job much better than men.  We are better at doing delicately.

我知道在分類車間的工人大多數(shù)是女性?？隙ㄊ沁@樣安排，因?yàn)槲艺J(rèn)為女性做這項(xiàng)工作要比男人做得好。我們比較擅長做細(xì)活。

B: Ha-ha! That's true. Anyway, in the factory they sprinkle the leaves that will be used as wrappers with water, to reduce their fragility.

哈哈！你說得對。不管怎樣，在工廠她們負(fù)責(zé)向卷雪茄的煙葉上灑水，以減少脆裂。

A: There are many different kinds of leaves used as wrappers, though. I think it's between 18 and 20 different types.

不過，可以卷雪茄的煙葉種類很多。我想有18到20種吧。

B: But the most demanding job is that of the cigar maker.  He places half a leaf of binder on his table, then picks up an assortment of different kinds of leaves and shape, them into a bundle. To cover the cigar, he smoothes the wrapper, trims the edges with his knife and wraps it around the bundle.

但是難度最大的是雪茄煙制作者的工作。他先把半張卷葉攤在桌面上，然后放上幾種精選出來的煙葉，卷成整支。為了能包住雪茄，他要把包裝葉弄平，用刀子把邊緣修剪整齊，最后把煙卷包好。

A: Then I suppose they trim them and store them somewhere. The quality control your takes samples of each cigar maker's work, to check the cigars' size, shape, appearance, texture and thickness.

那我猜他們應(yīng)該在其他別的地方修剪和儲存雪茄。質(zhì)量檢查小組負(fù)責(zé)抽取每個(gè)雪茄制作者的樣品，檢查煙的大小、形狀、外觀、質(zhì)地和煙草密度。

B: Once their shape and size have been checked and approved, the Havana's are gently tied with a ribbon in groups of 50. They are very strict, every cigar must be perfect.

一旦雪茄的外形和大小被檢查通過的話，哈瓦那雪茄煙就按每50根一組，用一根絲帶輕輕地捆好。質(zhì)量檢查非常嚴(yán)格，每根雪茄一定都要完好無損。

A: So, the whole process is done by hand. That is probably why Havana's are so expensive.

那么說，整個(gè)過程都是手工完成昀。這也許是哈瓦那雪茄為什么那么貴的原因。