【英语时差8,16】蜂蜜：天然保鲜剂（下）

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So because of its high sugar concentration, pure honey will never ferment¹ or go bad. It may crystallize but by soaking the jar in hot water you can turn it back into a liquid. Adding water, however, lowers the concentration of sugar in the honey and turns a natural preservative² into an excellent food for yeast³ and bacteria. You may not want a fermented⁴ jar of honey on your shelf, but ancient people turned that characteristic of honey to their advantage in creating what may well have been the very first alcoholic⁵ beverage⁶. Honey mixed in water and allowed to ferment, produces the drink called “mead⁷.” So you may or may not want to add water to your honey. If what you want is mead, go ahead, but if you want your honey to last, . . . keep it pure.

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1 ferment
vt.使发酵；n./vt.（使）激动，（使）动乱
参考例句：
Fruit juices ferment if they are kept a long time.果汁若是放置很久，就会发酵。 The sixties were a time of theological ferment.六十年代是神学上骚动的时代。

2 preservative
n.防腐剂；防腐料；保护料；预防药
参考例句：
New timber should be treated with a preservative.新采的圆木应进行防腐处理。 Salt is a common food preservative.盐是一种常用的食物防腐剂。

3 yeast
n.酵母；酵母片；泡沫；v.发酵；起泡沫
参考例句：
Yeast can be used in making beer and bread.酵母可用于酿啤酒和发面包。 The yeast began to work.酵母开始发酵。

4 fermented
v.（使）发酵( ferment的过去式和过去分词 )；（使）激动；骚动；骚扰
参考例句：
When wine is fermented, it gives off gas. 酒发酵时发出气泡。来自《简明英汉词典》 His speeches fermented trouble among the workers. 他的演讲在工人中引起骚动。来自辞典例句

5 alcoholic
adj.（含）酒精的，由酒精引起的；n.酗酒者
参考例句：
The alcoholic strength of brandy far exceeds that of wine.白兰地的酒精浓度远远超过葡萄酒。 Alcoholic drinks act as a poison to a child.酒精饮料对小孩犹如毒药。

6 beverage
n.(水，酒等之外的)饮料
参考例句：
The beverage is often colored with caramel.这种饮料常用焦糖染色。 Beer is a beverage of the remotest time.啤酒是一种最古老的饮料。

7 mead
n.蜂蜜酒
参考例句：
He gave me a cup of mead.他给我倒了杯蜂蜜酒。 He drank some mead at supper.晚饭时他喝了一些蜂蜜酒。

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