潮涌海岸 38

原歌词

	[ti:潮涌海岸 38]
	[ar:英语听力]
	[al:]
[00:00.00]	（This might seem）surprising given goats' reputation for eating anything green,
[00:03.95]	but tea isn't as defenceless as it looks.
[00:08.78]	Tea leaves are loaded with bitter chemicals designed to repel browsing animals.
[00:15.81]	It works on the goats,
[00:18.72]	who leave the tea untouched and instead eat up the weeds,
[00:22.90]	fertilising the tea plants with their droppings.
[00:27.04]	The surprise is that we humans should find the same bitter chemical cocktail utterly irresistible.

歌词翻译

	[ti:潮涌海岸 38]
	[ar:英语听力]
	[al:]
[00:00.00]	介于山羊会吃一切绿色的东西，这一点似乎有些奇怪。
[00:03.95]	不过茶树并不像看上去那样毫无设防。
[00:08.78]	茶叶中存在刺激性的化学成分以驱走啃食的动物。
[00:15.81]	这对山羊很有效，
[00:18.72]	它们只是吃光茶树外的杂草，
[00:22.90]	它们的粪便恰好茶树供给了养分。
[00:27.04]	令人惊讶的是，我们人类却为这种苦涩的化学混合物心醉神迷。