livelihood 生计来源

breeding （植物的）培植

diversity 多样性

resistant 耐…的，有能力抵抗…的

mitigate 减轻（危害）

status quo 现状

测验与练习  1. 阅读课文并回答问题。

1. According to experts, how will global warming affect how we experience coffee?

2. What has happened to the amount of coffee drunk over the last 35 years?

3. Which word did Dr Tim Schilling, director of the World Coffee Research Institute, use to mean insects or small animals that damage plants or supplies of food?

4.True or false: People who work in the coffee industry have to have a caffeine fix every day.

5. Some new areas for growing coffee have been developed but what has this caused in certain places?

2. 请你在不参考课文的情况下完成下列练习。选择一个意思合适的单词填入句子的空格处 。

1. The government hopes to ______ the economy by dropping interest rates.

kick-off       kick-up       kick-start       kick-back

2. Poor diet, high alcohol ______, smoking and inactivity are also linked with high cholesterol.

beverage       consumption       sobering       breeding

3. Many factory workers could lose their ______ because of falling orders for cars.

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