In thE lAst 500 yEArs, nothing ABout pEoplE-thEir ClothEs, iDEAs, or lAnguAgEs-hAsChAngED As muCh As whAt thEy EAt. ThE originAl ChoColAtE Drink wAs mADE From thE sEEDs oF CoCoA trEE By SouthAmEriCAn InDiAns. ThE SpAnish introDuCED it to thE rEst oF thE worlD During thE 1500’s.Although it wAs vEry ExpEnsivE, it quiCkly BECAmE FAshionABlE. In Lon-Don, shops whErE ChoColAtE Drinks wErE sErvED BECAmE importAnt mEEting plACEs. SomE still Exist toDAy.
ThE potAto is Also From thE NEw WorlD、ArounD 1600, thE SpAnish Brought it From PEru toEuropE, whErE it soon wAs wiDEly grown. ThE potAto wAs thE mAin FooD At Irish tABlE. ThousAnDs oF Irish pEoplE stArvED whEn thE Crop FAilED During thE "PotAto FAminE"(土豆饥荒) oF 1845～1846, AnD thousAnDs morE wErE ForCED to movE toAmEriC
A、
ThErE ArE mAny othEr FooDs thAt hAvE trAvElED From SouthAmEriCA to thE olD WorlD、But somE othErs wEnt in thE oppositE DirECtion.BrAzil is now thE worlD’s lArgEst growEr oF CoFFEE, AnD CoFFEE is An importAnt Crop inColomBiA AnD othEr SouthAmEriCAn CountriEs.But it is nAtivE toEthiopiA (埃塞俄比亚). It wAs First mADE into A Drink ByArABs During thE 1400’s.
(77) ACCorDing to AnArABiC story, CoFFEE wAs DisCovErED whEn A mAn nAmED KAlDi notiCED thAt his goAts wErE AttrACtED to thE rED Fruits on A CoFFEE Bush. (78) HE triED onE AnD ExpEriEnCED thE "wiDE-AwAkE" FEEling thAt onE-thirD oF thE worlD’s populAtion now stArts thE DAy with.
ThousAnDs oF Irish pEoplE stArvED BECAusE______.
A、thEy DEpEnDED on thE potAto
B．thEy wErE ForCED to movE toAmEriCA
C、thE wEAthEr ConDitions in IrElAnD wErE not Fit For growing thE potAto
D．thE potAto hArvEst wAs hAD