你不知道的水果冷知识中英文版

1、 It takes the energy from 50 leaves to produce one apple.从50片树叶中提取的能量可供一个苹果生长。

2、 Pear trees are able to withstand temperature as low as -40 degrees celsius.梨树能够承受的温度低至－40摄氏度。

3、 The ancient Greek poet, Homer, mentions pears several times in his poems.古希腊诗人荷马在他的诗歌中几次提到梨。

4、 A plum’s skin is well known for having a laxative effect.众所周知，李子的表皮具有通便作用。

5、 Pineapples were once very rare, thus the name ‘King of Fruits’.菠萝曾经十分稀有，被称为水果之王。

6、 Passion fruits is sweetest when slightly wrinkled.百香果在微微皱起时最甜。

7、 An apple tree is able to produce fruit for up 100 fruits.一颗苹果树最多能结出果实达100年。

8、 The average person eats 65 apples per year.平均每人每年吃65个苹果。

9、 Watermelons are 92% water!西瓜的92％是水分！

10、 Eating plums helps increase the absorption of iron into the body.吃李子有助于体内铁的吸收。

11、 In Kerala in South India, coconut flowers must be present during a marriageceremony.在印度南部的喀拉拉邦，婚礼上必须摆放椰子花卉。

12、 Limes were fed to British seamen to prevent scurvy.英国水兵曾靠吃酸橙预防坏血病。

13、 There are approximately 10,000 varieties of apples grown around the world.全世界上大约生长着10，000种苹果。

14、 25% of apples volume is air. That’s why they float!一个苹果25％的体积都是空气。这也是它们为什么能在水中漂浮！

15、 If you plant a single orange seed you will probably get more than one plant.如果你种下一颗柑橘种子，你有可能收获不止一颗柑橘树。

16、 If you warm a lemon juice before squeezing, it will yield much more juice!挤压柠檬前先加热，可以挤压出更多的汁液。

17、 Over 60 million tons of apples are grown worldwide annually.每年全世界生长了超过六千万吨的苹果。

18、 Pineapples are not a single fruit, but a cluster of up to 200 fruitlets.菠萝不是一个单果，它含有高达200个幼果集群。

19、 The inside of banana peel can be used to polish leather shoes.香蕉皮的内表面可用于打光皮鞋。

20、 Nothing rhymes with orange.没有什么词与柑橘(orange)押韵。

21、 Because all the lime juice they would drink, British seamen were called ‘Limeys’.正因为他们所喝的酸橙汁，英国水兵曾经被称为吃酸橙的人。

22、 The science of apples’ growing is called pomology.研究苹果树生长的学科叫果树学。

23、 The second most popular mango variety grown in australia is the ‘R2E2’!在澳大利亚第二受欢迎的芒果种类是“R2E2”！

24、 Oranges are technically a hesperidium, a kind of berry.严格说来，柑橘属于浆果类。

25、 Add half a cup of lemon juice to your laundry to brighten whites.洗衣服时加入半杯柠檬汁可起到亮白作用。

26、 Oranges are the most commonly grown tree fruit in the world.柑橘是世界上最常见的木本水果。

27、 Passion fruits were first grown in brazil.百香果最早在巴西生长。

28、 Mature lemon trees may produce between 1,000 and 2,000 fruits per year.成熟的柠檬树每年可产1，000到2，000个果实。

29、 There are more than 20 billion coconuts harvested each year!每年可收获二百多亿个椰子！

30、 The passion fruit flower is the national flower of Paraguay.百香果的花是巴拉圭国花。

31、 Japanese plums actually originated in China.日本李子，实际上起源于中国。

32、 Eating bananas between meals can help expectant mothers avoid morning sickness.两餐之间吃香蕉可帮助孕妇避免晨吐。

33、 In some parts of world, trained monkeys are used to harvest coconuts!在一些国家，猴子被训练用于采摘椰子！

34、 Pineapples contain Bromelain, which is used to stop cold beer from going cloudy.菠萝含有菠萝蛋白酶，用来防止冷冻啤酒变得混浊。

35、 Apples have almost 5 times the antioxidant capacity of bananas.苹果的抗氧化能力几乎是香蕉的5倍。

36、 Plums are grown on every continent on earth(except Antarctica).李子在世界上除南极洲以外的大陆上都有生长。

37、 Limes are free of Fat, Saturated Fat, Sodium and Cholesterol.酸橙中不含脂肪、饱和脂肪、钠和胆固醇。

38、 Strawberries are a member of the rose family.草莓是属于蔷薇花科。

39、 Apple seeds are mildly poisonous, but not enough to be dangerous to humans.苹果种子含有微量毒素，但不足以对人体造成危害。

40、 The purple fruited species of passion fruit self-fertilizes.具有紫色果实的百香果品种是自复混肥的品种。

41、 Lemons contain more sugar than strawberries.柠檬的含糖量高于草莓。

42、 Bananas are not trees, they are giant herbs.香蕉树是草本植物而不是木本植物。

43、 Kiwi fruit was originally known by its Chinese name, Yang Tao(Sunny Peach).奇异果的另一个中文名字是杨桃（阳桃）。

44、 Bananas contain B6, which regulates blood glucose levels, and your mood!香蕉含有维生素B6，能调节血糖水平和你的心情！

45、 Early explorers used watermelons as canteens to carry their water supplies.早期的探险家将西瓜作为供给水源。

46、 Only 1 in 5 Australians eat apples a day.每5个澳大利亚人中，只有一个每天吃苹果。

47、 One third of the world’s pineapples are produced in Hawaii.世界上三分之一的菠萝产自夏威夷。

48、 The Romans used strawberries for a long list of medical remedies.罗马人将草莓用于很多医疗方法。

49、 Kiwi fruits contains actinidin which can be used to tenderize meat!奇异果含有了用于软化肉的分子！

50、 Unripe pineapples are toxic.未成熟的菠萝是有毒的。