导读：肯尼亚位于非洲东部，当地日照充足，雨水充沛，昼夜温差小，全年十分适宜植物的生长。在其境内海拔高达2000米，东非大裂谷两侧略酸性的火山灰土壤中生长着一种特别的茶——紫茶。

 

Purple tea is starting to become popular in Kenya and in other countries although it is twice the price of traditional black tea.

虽然紫茶的价格是传统红茶的两倍，但它在肯尼亚和其他国家开始流行起来。

Kenya is the largest producer of black tea in the world. But black tea prices are low right now. Kenyan researchers developed the purple tea and offered it to farmers in 2011. Tea farming is one of the largest industries in the Kenyan economy. The farmers hope purple tea and other new kinds can help them make more money from their land. Other new kinds of tea, like the purple tea, are getting popular. Some people believe the new kinds are healthier than black tea.

肯尼亚是世界上最大的红茶生产国。但是现在红茶的价格很低。肯尼亚研究人员开发了这种紫茶，并于2011年提供给农民。茶叶种植业是肯尼亚经济中最大的产业之一。农民们希望紫茶和其他新品种能帮助他们从土地上赚更多的钱。其他新品种的茶，如紫茶，也越来越受欢迎。有些人认为新品种比红茶更健康。

Karanja Kinyanjui farms eight hectares of purple tea, along with 40 hectares of black tea. Kinyanjui makes twice as much from the new kind of tea. Bella Gwada likes purple tea. She traveled 42 kilometers from Nairobi to pick the tea. She said it tastes good. “You don’t even need to add sugar. It’s easy to digest and milder than black tea,” she said.

卡兰贾·金颜君（Karanja Kinyanjui）种植了8公顷的紫茶，还有40公顷的红茶。金颜君用这种新茶做的茶是原来的两倍。贝拉·瓜达（Bella Gwada）喜欢喝紫茶。她从内罗毕走了42公里去采茶。她说味道不错。她说：“你甚至不需要加糖。它容易消化，比红茶温和。”

难句解析

• economy / ɪˈkɒnəmi /n.经济
  例句：The economy of China is in a good way. 中国的经济状况很好。
• hectare / ˈhekteə(r) /n. 公顷
  例句：A hectare is equal to 15 mu. 1公顷合15亩。
• digest / daɪˈdʒest /v. 消化
  例句：Humans cannot digest plants such as grass. 人不能消化草类植物。
• mild / maɪld / adj. 清淡的
  例句：This cheese has a soft and mild taste. 这种奶酪味道柔和。
• Purple tea contains something known as anthocyanin(花青素), which gives the leaves the purple color, and other things.
  紫茶含有一种叫做花青素的物质，它能使茶叶呈现紫色，还给予其他东西。known as anthocyanin过去分词短语作后置定语，修饰something；which引导非限制性定语从句，修饰anthocyanin。
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