9 The Story of Sugar

THE STORY OF SUGAR by Shalini Vallepur

《糖的故事》沙利尼·瓦勒普尔著

HOP IN THE COOKIE JAR Hello! I'm Eli, and this is my food truck. It's called the Cookie Jar because I make the sweetest cookies around. MENU Plain cookie Frosted cookie Chocolate chip cookie Oatmeal cookie Oh, no! I'm out of sugar! I use sugar to make my cookies. I need to get more sugar. Hop in the Cookie Jar and join me! THE COOKIE JAR

跳进饼干罐喂！我是伊莱，这是我的餐车。 它叫饼干罐是因为我做的饼干是最甜的。 菜单原味饼干磨砂饼干巧克力碎饼干燕麦饼干哦，不！我没有糖了！我用糖做饼干。 我需要多吃点糖。跳进饼干罐，加入我！饼干罐

THE STORY OF SUGAR sugar farm in Brazil Sugar is grown on farms in countries around the world. THE COOKIE JAR We get refined sugar from two plants called sugarcane and sugar beet. sugarcane sugar beets Sugarcane and sugar beets are very different plants, but the sugar inside is exactly the same.

糖的故事巴西的糖农场世界上许多国家的农场都种植糖。 我们从甘蔗和甜菜两种植物中提炼糖。 甘蔗和甜菜是非常不同的植物，但里面的糖是完全一样的。

PERFECT WEATHER Sugarcane is a type of grass. It grows best in areas that are warm and sunny all year round. It needs a lot of rain. THE COOKIE JAR Sugar beet grows best in cooler areas. My sugarcane map shows some of the countries around the world where sugarcane grows. NORTH AMERICA Brazil SOUTH AMERICA EUROPE India AFRICA South Africa ASIA China Indonesia Australia Let's head to Australia and get some sugar!

甘蔗是草的一种。 它在全年温暖和阳光充足的地区生长得最好。 它需要大量的雨水。曲奇罐甜菜在较凉爽的地区生长得最好。 我的甘蔗地图显示了世界上一些种植甘蔗的国家。 北美、巴西、南美、欧洲、印度、非洲、南非、亚洲、中国、印度尼西亚、澳大利亚，让我们去澳大利亚买些糖吧！

THE FARM THE COOKIE JAR We made it to the sugar farm. Each row of plants has space around it so the plants have lots of room to grow. Sugarcane grows to about 16 feet (5 m) tall. It takes about a year for sugarcane to grow to its full size. Can you see how tall the sugarcane is compared to this person?

农场饼干罐我们来到了制糖厂。 每行植物周围都有空间，所以植物有很大的生长空间。 甘蔗能长到16英尺（5米）高。 甘蔗大约需要一年的时间才能长到完全成熟。 你能看到甘蔗和这个人比起来有多高吗？

TIME TO HARVEST Sugarcane is usually harvested and cut into smaller pieces by machines called cane harvesters. THE COOKIE JAR The smaller pieces are put into a trailer and taken away to make sugar. In some countries, sugarcane is harvested by hand. While harvesting, farmers leave a little bit of the sugarcane in the ground. New sugarcane grows from these parts.

收割时间甘蔗通常由甘蔗收割机收割并切成小块。 小块的饼干被放进拖车里，然后拿去做糖。 在一些国家，甘蔗是手工收割的。 收割时，农民会在地里留下一点甘蔗。 这些地方长出了新的甘蔗。