關于蘋果的那些讓人目瞪口呆的真相

曹宇

1. Throwing apples at people was a way of declaring your love in ancient Greece. 在古希臘，向別人扔蘋果是一種示愛的方式。

Catching the fruit means acceptance of the feeling. In ancient Greece apples were considered to be “sacred to Aphrodite”. 接住蘋果表示接受了對方的愛意。古希臘人認為蘋果是“愛神阿弗洛狄忒的圣果”。

2. There are so many different types of apples， that if you ate a new one every day， it would take over 20 years to try them all. 蘋果有非常多的品種，如果你每天都吃一種，那你要二十多年才能全都試一遍。

3. Apples reduce tooth decay because they stimulate the production of saliva in your mouth. 蘋果能防止齲齒，因為蘋果會刺激口腔唾液的分泌。

They stimulate gums and prevent cavity buildup so an apple may easily replace your toothbrush if you dont have it at the moment. 蘋果會刺激牙齦，防止牙齒長洞。所以你一下子找不到牙膏的時候，蘋果是很好的替代品。

4. Apples may poison you in fact. 其實蘋果也會讓你中毒。

Do you know that apple seed contains cyanide？ Do not be afraid， though， you have to eat plenty of them to get sick. 你知道蘋果籽含有氰化物嗎？不過不用怕，你得吃一大堆才會中毒。

5. The average person eats 65 apples a year. 一般人每年會吃65個蘋果。

It is amazing that humans have been enjoying the taste of apples since 6500 BC！ 人類居然從公元前6500年起就喜歡吃蘋果了！

6. Apples are 25% air， which is why they float in water. However apples do not emerge when dropped in... naphtha. 蘋果里有25%是空氣，所以蘋果能浮在水上。不過要是掉在汽油里就浮不上來了。

7. Apple trees take four to five years to produce their first fruit. 蘋果樹要花四到五年才會結第一次果。

However trees may vary greatly， some bring the first fruit much sooner. 不過不同品種的樹之間也能會有很大差別，有些第一次結果會早很多。

8. One of George Washingtons hobbies was pruning his apple trees.? 喬治·華盛頓的愛好之一就是修剪他的蘋果樹。

Such hobby helped him to de-stress. 這個愛好能幫他減壓。