媒體英語
Future-proofing coffee in a warming world 經得住氣候變暖考驗的咖啡品種
科學家們表示，一種之前 “被遺忘” 的、能生長在更溫暖環(huán)境中的咖啡植物或許能幫助未來的咖啡飲品抵御氣候變化。據(jù)預測，我們也許很快就能品嘗到狹葉咖啡（Stenophylla）的味道，這是一種來自西非的稀有野生咖啡品種，味道很像小?？Х龋ˋrabica），但生長在更溫暖的環(huán)境中。
A fresh brew prepared from the roasted beans of Arabica, the high-quality coffee that dominates the multibillion-pound coffee industry.
這是用烘焙過的小?？Х榷怪谱鞯囊槐迈r咖啡，在價值數(shù)十億英鎊的咖啡產業(yè)中，小粒咖啡是最主要的優(yōu)質咖啡品種。
But as temperatures rise and droughts intensify, good coffee will become increasingly difficult to grow and expensive to buy.
但隨著氣溫上升和干旱加劇，優(yōu)質咖啡將越來越難以種植，購買成本也越來越高。
That's why experts are searching among more than a hundred wild coffee species for a plant that can tolerate warmer and drier conditions.
這就是為什么專家們正在從上百個野生咖啡品種中尋找一種能耐受更溫暖、更干燥環(huán)境的植物。
And they say we could soon be sipping on Stenophylla, a coffee from Sierra Leone that was recently rediscovered after not being seen in the wild for more than fifty years.
專家們說，我們可能很快會品嘗到來自塞拉利昂的 “狹葉咖啡” 了，它在野生環(huán)境中消失了五十多年后，最近被重新發(fā)現(xiàn)了。
詞匯表
brew 煮好的飲料，此處指沖泡咖啡
roasted beans 經過烘焙的咖啡豆
high-quality 優(yōu)質的
droughts 干旱，旱災
intensify 加劇
tolerate 經受，耐受
sipping on 啜飲，小口喝
rediscovered 被重新發(fā)現(xiàn)
in the wild 在野生、自然環(huán)境下
閱讀理解：請在讀完上文后，回答下列問題。
1. True or false? Good coffee will become cheaper to buy.
2. What is Arabica?
3. Experts are searching among more than a hundred wild coffee species for something. What are they looking for?
4. Where does the coffee Stenophylla come from?
答案
1. True or false? Good coffee will become cheaper to buy.
False. As temperatures rise and droughts intensify, good coffee will become increasingly difficult to grow and expensive to buy.
2. What is Arabica?
It is the high-quality coffee that dominates the multibillion-pound coffee industry.
3. Experts are searching among more than a hundred wild coffee species for something. What are they looking for?
They are searching for a plant that can tolerate warmer and drier conditions.
4. Where does the coffee Stenophylla come from?
It comes from Sierra Leone.
