英语好文（2）（四级）

The method for making beer has changed over time。（制作啤酒的方法随着时间的推移改变了很多）Hops，for example，which give many a modern beer its bitter flavor，are a relatively recent addition to the beverage。（举个例子，啤酒花，给现代啤酒带了一些苦味，是相对的对于现在饮料一种最近的补充）这里要选择副词，文章中只有relatively和exclutively，我们这里选择前者。后文也提到了在第九世纪发现的投入使用。That  was first mentioned in reference to brewing in the ninth country.(九世纪酿酒时使用时被提到的)Now,researchers have found a surprising 这里要用形容词 直接的 生的不合适 staple是主要的 也并不合适 因为并没有体现主要。 ingredient in residue from 5000-years-old beer brewing equipment.(如今，研究者们发现了一个令人惊奇的成分在距今5000年的酿酒设备中)。While digging two pits at a site in the central plains of China,scientists discovered fragments from pots and vessels.(当发掘中国中原地区的矿井时科学家发现了来自锅和容器的一种成分)。The different shapes of the containers suggest they were used to brew,filter,and store beer.(容器的不同形状表明他们被使用酿酒，过滤，存啤酒）They may be ancient “beer-making tools，”and the earliest direct evidence of beer brewing in China,the researchers reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.(科学家们在“Proceedings of the National Academy of Science”中发表道，他们也许是古代的啤酒制作工具，并且是最早的啤酒在中国酿造的直接证据)To test that theory,the team examined the yellowish,dried remains inside the vessels.(为了去验证这个结论，这支队伍检查了黄色的 干燥的残留物在容器里)remains名词有残留物的意思 另一个名词时resource（资源）不符合。The majority of grains,about %80,were from cereal (谷类食品）crops like barley（大麦），and about %10 were bits of roots，including lily，which would have made the beer sweeter，the scientists say。（lily：百合）Barley was an expected find:the crop was domesticated in Western Eurasia and did not become a staple food in central China until about 2000 years ago,according to the researchers Based on that timing,they indicate barley may have arrived in the region not as food,but as raw material for beer brewing.