每日背誦第五期15
Around A.D. 600, the Mayas were the main aboriginal group in Central America. They established the first cocoa plantations and used the cocoa bean as the main ingredient in a dark, bitter drink that we would call “chocolate.” The Mayas believed that chocolate had mystical properties---but cocoa also had commercial value. In fact, cocoa beans were used as a form of currency that was worth its weight in gold!
公元600年左右，瑪雅人是中美洲主要的土著居民。他們建立了第一座可可種植園，并用可可豆為主要原料，制成了一種又黑又苦的飲料，我們叫“巧克力”?，斞湃讼嘈徘煽肆哂猩衩氐奶匦?，也具有商業(yè)價(jià)值。實(shí)際上，可可豆曾經(jīng)被當(dāng)作一種與金子等值的貨幣形式！
(短文節(jié)選,本篇始于：濃情巧克力)
