編者注
可樂是全球范圍內廣受大家喜愛的飲品,可口可樂也是大家所熟知的飲料品牌。今天的《探索與發現》欄目將帶你領略可口可樂的另一番風采。
1. Do you know that Coca-Cola was initially (最初地) green? Today the other name of Coco-Cola is the Red Empire.
你知不知道可口可樂最開始是綠色的?今天,可口可樂也被叫做“紅色王國”。
2. Coca-Cola can be used to clean toilet, removing grease stains (油漬) and to loosen rusty (生銹的) bolts (釘子).
可口可樂可以用來打掃廁所的衛生、祛除油漬殘留,還可以用來松化生銹的鐵釘。
3. Coca-Cola was initially made by John Pemberton, as a cure (治療) for headaches.
可口可樂最早是被約翰·潘伯頓研制出來治療頭痛的。
4. Coca-Cola can be used to cure jellyfish (水母) stings (螫傷).
被水母蟄傷也可以用可口可樂來治療。
5. Besides the word “OK”, Coca-Cola is the most recognized word in the world. Isn’t it amazing?
除了“OK”以外,世界上最被大家廣泛認識的英語單詞就是“Coca-Cola”了。很神奇吧?
6. Niagara Falls flows (流動) at its normal rate of 1.5 million gallons per second. The production of Coca-Cola is equal (相同的) to the flow (流量) of Niagara Falls for 38 hours and 46 minutes.
尼亞加拉瀑布每秒流水量是150萬加侖,而可口可樂的產量相當于尼亞加拉瀑布38小時46分鐘的流量。
7. Coca-Cola is a cold drink, but hot Coca-Cola is served as a cure for cold.
可口可樂是冷飲,但是在一些國家,人們會用熱的可口可樂來治感冒。
8. Coca-Cola used to contain cocaine (可卡因) before 1905, but was removed due to (由于) public concern.
1905年以前的可口可樂里是含有可卡因的,之后由于公眾壓力將可卡因從中去除。