新概念早讀英語(yǔ)初中版 第27期:奶酪的古老傳說(shuō)
一個(gè)關(guān)于奶酪的古老傳說(shuō)
No one knows who made the first cheese,
沒(méi)有人知道誰(shuí)制成了第一塊奶酪，
but an old legend says that it was an Arabianmerchant.
但是一則古老的傳奇故事說(shuō)，一位阿拉伯商人制成了第一塊奶酪。
He put his milk in a pouch made from a sheep'sstomach
他把牛奶放在用羊胃做成的袋里，
and set off across the desert.
動(dòng)身穿過(guò)沙漠。
The jouncing of his camel, the desert heat,
駱駝的搖動(dòng)，沙漠的灼熱，
and the chemicals in the pouch made the milk separate into curds and whey.
以及袋中的化學(xué)物質(zhì)使牛奶離析成凝乳和乳清。
The thick part,or curd,was the first cheese.
這稠的部分，或者說(shuō)凝乳，便是第一塊奶酪。
Ancient records show that cheese has been eaten for more than four thousand years.
古老的記載表明，人們食用奶酪已有4000多年的歷史了。
From earliest times it has been considered a very nourishing food.
從最遠(yuǎn)古的時(shí)代起，它就被看成是營(yíng)養(yǎng)豐富的食品。
Americans eat less cheese than people in some countries do,
美國(guó)人比其他國(guó)家的人吃奶酪要少些，
yet they still consume eight to ten pounds a year per person.
然而，每人一年仍要消耗八到十鎊奶酪。
Today cheese is made all over the world. Most cheese is made from cow's milk,
今天，世界各地都制造奶酪了，大部分奶酪是用牛奶做的。
but supply of this milk is greater throughout the world.
但是在全世界，這種奶酪的供應(yīng)量較大。
Smaller quantities come from the milk of other animals--goats,sheep,camels and even reindeer.
少量的奶酪來(lái)自于動(dòng)物的奶，如山羊，綿羊，駱駝，甚至馴鹿。
