【答案解析】[解析]

The Story of Tea

Tea remained unknown to the western world until the sixteenth century, / when European explorers who traveled to China and other Far Eastern countries / returned with a host of new foods, spices, and beverages. / Very soon a thriving commerce in China teas was established. / In 1826 the Dutch established plantations on Java, / followed some ten years later by British, / who set up tea estates in India. / The production of tea has since spread rapidly. / Tea is made from the leaves of an evergreen tropical and subtropical plant. / Black tea is produced by first allowing tea leaves to wither. / The leaves are fed through rolling machines to release the juices. / The roiled tea leaves are then placed in extremely humid rooms / and left to ferment. / Fermentation is stopped by drying the leaves over fires in pans, trays, or baskets, / a process that also seals in their final flavor. /

[听音关键] 根据关键词tea茶，plantation种植园，fermentation发酵，可知这是一篇介绍茶叶种植、经销以及加工生产的短文。
[听写难点] ①地名，如Java爪哇；②数字，如the sixteenth century；③难词，如：beverages饮料，subtropical亚热带的，wither凋谢，ferment发酵，fermentation发酵。
[画龙点睛] 由于近似音的干扰，听音时容易把句子“Fermentation is stopped by drying the leaves over fires in pans，trays，or baskets，a process that also seals in their final flavor．"误听成“Fermentation is stopped by trying the leaves over fires in pans，trays，or baskets，a process that also seals in their final favor．"根据句中关键词fire(火)可推断应是drying(烘干)；根据上下文语义，烘干的茶叶需密封以保存茶叶的flavor(味道)，而不是favor(好感，宠爱，关切，欢心)。