Foundations Reading 2B

Chap 4 Reading 2B

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THE HOTTEST CHILIES You may have experienced the feeling. Your mouth feels like it's on fire. Your eyes start to water. You just ate one of nature's hottest foods—the chili pepper! Chili peppers, also called chilies, are found in dishes around the world. They are in dishes like Indian curries, Thai tom yum soup, and Mexican enchiladas. Chilies come from the capsicum plant. They are "hot" because they contain something called capsaicin. Capsaicin is very good for your health. It helps you breathe better, and it may even help keep you fit. Capsaicin makes you feel less hungry. It also makes your body burn more calories. We can measure the heat of chilies in units called Scoville heat units (SHU). The world's hottest chili is the Carolina Reaper. It sometimes measures up to million SHU! Eating a hot chili can be painful, but some people love to eat them. Anandita Dutta Tamuly, a woman from Assam, India, became famous for eating chilies. She ate 51 hot peppers in just two minutes! The peppers were Naga Jolokia ("ghost peppers"). They grow in Assam and are the third-hottest chilies in the world. "I found eating chilies was a great way to stay healthy," says Tamuly. She began eating chilies when she was a child. She eats chilies when she is sick, too. "Every time I have a cold or flu, I just eat some chilies and I feel better. To be honest, I barely notice them now."

最辣的辣椒 你可能经历过这种感觉。 你的嘴感觉像着火了。 你的眼睛开始流泪。 你刚刚吃了大自然最辣的食物之一——辣椒！ 辣椒，也称为辣椒，在世界各地的菜肴中都有发现。 它们出现在印度咖喱、泰国汤和墨西哥辣酱卷饼等菜肴中。 辣椒来自辣椒。 它们之所以“热”，是因为它们含有一种叫做辣椒素的物质。 辣椒素对你的健康非常有益。 它可以帮助你更好地呼吸，甚至可以帮助你保持健康。 辣椒素让你感觉不那么饿。 它还能让你的身体燃烧更多的卡路里。 我们可以用斯科维尔热量单位（SHU）来测量辣椒的热量。 世界上最辣的辣椒是卡罗莱纳收割者辣椒。 有时高达百万SHU！ 吃辣椒可能会很痛苦，但有些人喜欢吃。 来自印度阿萨姆邦的Anandita Dutta Tamuly因食用辣椒而闻名。 她在两分钟内吃了51个辣椒！ 这些辣椒是Naga Jolokia（“鬼辣椒”）。 它们生长在阿萨姆邦，是世界上第三辣的辣椒。 Tamuly说：“我发现吃辣椒是保持健康的好方法。”。 她从小就开始吃辣椒。 她生病的时候也吃辣椒。 “每次我感冒或流感，我都会吃一些辣椒，感觉好多了。 说实话，我现在几乎没有注意到他们。"

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