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The Disturbing Secret Behind the World’s Most Expensive Coffee世界上最贵的咖啡背后令人不安的秘密By?Rachael BaleKopi luwak is made from coffee beans plucked from civets’ feces. This is bad news for civets.【生词】pluck取 feces粪，屎【翻译】努瓦克咖啡是从麝猫排泄物中的咖啡豆制成。这对猫来说是个坏消息。 It’s the world’s most expensive coffee, and it’s made from poop. Or rather, it’s made from coffee beans that are partially digested and then pooped out by the civet, a catlike creature. A cup of kopi luwak, as it’s known, can sell for as much as $80 in the United States. 【生词】expensive昂贵的 poop大便【分析】句子的主干是it’s made from coffee beans。that are partially digested and then pooped out by the civet是定语从句修饰coffee beans。a catlike creature是 civet的同位语。【翻译】它是世界上最昂贵的咖啡，它是由排便制成，或者说，它是由麝香猫——一种类似猫的生物部分消化并排泄出的咖啡豆制成。一杯努瓦克咖啡，因为它是有名的咖啡，在美国可以卖到高达80美元。 Found in Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, the civet has a long tail like a monkey, face markings like a raccoon, and stripes or spots on its body. It plays an important role in the food chain, eating insects and small reptiles in addition to fruits like coffee cherries and mangoes, and being eaten in turn by leopards, large snakes, and crocodiles.【生词】stripe条纹 spot斑点【分析】Found in Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa是状语，句子的主干是the civet has a long tail，face markings and stripes or spots on its body。【翻译】麝香猫生活在南洋和撒哈拉以南非洲地区，有长长的尾巴，像一只猴子，脸上的斑纹像一只浣熊，身上有条纹或斑点。它在食物链中起着重要的作用，除了咖啡樱桃和芒果等水果外，还吃昆虫和小动物，，反过来它也和被豹子，大蛇和鳄鱼吃掉。 At first the civet coffee trade boded well for these creatures. In Indonesia, the Asian palm civet, which raids commercial fruit farms, is often seen as a pest, so the growth in the kopi luwak industry encouraged local people to protect civets for their valuable dung. Their digestive enzymes change the structure of proteins in the coffee beans, which removes some of the acidity to make a smoother cup of coffee.【生词】raid 突袭 commercial商业的 digestive enzyme消化酶【分析】句子的主干是Their digestive enzymes change the structure of proteins in the coffee beans。which removes some of the acidity to make a smoother cup