The coffee tree is a native of eastern Africa, but it was in Arabia that it first became known to the people of Europe, and until about the year 1700 A.D. that country afforded the entire supply.

首段阇述咖啡的原产地、传播史扣 种植史。段中country指地域，即 Arabia (阿拉伯半岛〉。

The plant is an evergreen and is from 6 to 12 feet high, the stem being from 10 to 15 inches in diameter. The lower branches bend down when the tree begins to grow old, and extend themselves into a round form somewhat like an umbrella, and the wood is so pliable that the ends of the largest branches may be bent down to within two or three feet of the earth.

第二段勾勒咖啡树的特征与外貌：屜 常绿怕物.不高，树干也不斡租，技 叶分布呈半圆状，技干下垂。这些纯客观描述讲究层次满晰，偶尔使用明 喻，如like an umbrella。

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The bark is whitish and somewhat rough. A tree is never without leaves, whjch arc at small distances from one another and on almost opposite sides of a bough. Blossoms and green and ripe fruit may be seen on the same tree at the same time. When the blossom falls off, there grows in its place a small green fruit, which becomes dark red as it ripens.

This fruit is not unlike a cherry, and is very good to eat. Under the pulp of this cherry is found the bean or berry we call coffee, wrapped in a fine, thin skin. The berry is at first very soft and has a bad taste; but the cherry ripens, the berry grows harder, and the dried-up fruit becomes a shell or pod of a deep brown color.

第三段从树皮写起，并依序描给了咖 啡树的技叶扣花果。写技叶从空间分布箱笔，写花果则注重时间上的同步 和先后。段中两个which引导的关系 从句用谓恰到好处。

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第四段转入对果实的洋写，有味、有形、 有过程。首句中使用双盟否定调起读者的兴致，第二句采用倒装结构引出 重点描写对象一咖啡豆，这些写作手法都值得效仿。

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The berry is now solid, and its color is a translucent green. Each shell contains two seeds, rounded on one side and flat on the other. The seeds lie with the flat sides together, and, in one highly prized variety, the two seeds grow together, forming one: This is known as the pea berry. When the fruit is so ripe that it can be shaken from the tree, the husks are separated from the berries, and are used, in Arabia, by the natives, while the berries are sold.

第五段深入介绍咖啡豆。建议同学们互 相交流一下段中文字带给大^的具体印 象，探讨语言表述上的持色。例如：段 中多个and的使用，形容词短语和后霣 分i聰语的使用,while从句的使馬等

The young plants are inserted in holes from 12 to 18 inches deep, and six or eight feet apart. If left to themselves, they would grow to the height of 18 or 20 feet; but they are usually dwarfed by pruning, so that the fruit may be easily got at by the gatherers.

第六段谈咖啡树的种植，以及人工种 植过程与野生过程的差别。dwarf用作动词，十分形象；get at意为“够 得君”。