As a popular fruit around the world，the coconut is healthy and tasty. It grows inthe tropics1. World Coconut Day celebrateseverything that has to do with this deliciousand nutritious2 fruit！

作為一種在全世界受歡迎的水果，椰子既健康又美味。它生長在熱帶。世界椰子日是為了慶祝與這種美味營養(yǎng)的水果相關(guān)的一切！

Coconuts are a food that humans have found for at least 2，000 years. The namecoconut could mean “walnut3 from India”. While coconuts would have traveled toAfrica in the early years， they didn’t make it to Europe until sometime around the16th century.

椰子是人類發(fā)現(xiàn)了至少有2000 年的一種食物?！耙印边@個(gè)名字的意思可能是“來自印度的核桃”。雖然椰子可能在早期就已經(jīng)傳到了非洲，但直到大約16世紀(jì)左右才傳到歐洲。

It is said that coconuts went to Europeans through the Maritime Silk Road. Itconnected4 the East with the West. Marco Polo may have been one of those whowould have brought coconuts back with them.

據(jù)說椰子是通過連接?xùn)|西方的海上絲綢之路到達(dá)歐洲的。馬可·波羅可能是那些把椰子帶回歐洲的人之一。

In 2009， World Coconut Day was started by the Asia and Pacific CoconutCommunity. It was to develop the activities of coconut growers while to make" morepeople know about the fruit.

2009 年，世界椰子日由亞太椰子協(xié)會(huì)發(fā)起。這是為了助推椰子種植戶的相關(guān)活動(dòng)，同時(shí)讓更多的人了解這種水果。

Celebrating World Coconut Day is easy—all it takes is tasting and enjoying thisdelicious fruit.

慶祝世界椰子日很容易——只需要品嘗和享受這種美味的水果就行了。

Enjoy Eating a Coconut盡情享受吃椰子

First， start by making a hole in the coconut at the end near the “eye”， wherethe shell is the thinnest. You can use a tool to drain⁵ the water of the coconut.Then strain⁶ the coconut water through a cheesecloth⁷ and into a cup， and thendrink it up！

首先，在椰子靠近“眼”的一端鉆一個(gè)洞，這里的殼最薄。你可以用工具把椰子里的水排掉，然后用粗棉布把椰子汁過濾到杯子里，再喝光它！

Once the juice has been drained out of the coconut， one of the easiest ways tobreak open the fruit is by using a handsaw⁸ to cut it in half. Other people mightwant to simply put it into a strong bag and hit it with a stone until it breaks. Oncethe coconut is open， take the meat from the shell and enjoy eating it fresh！

一旦椰子的汁液流出，掰開這種水果最簡單的方法就是用手鋸把它切成兩半。沒有鋸子的人可能只想簡單地把它放進(jìn)一個(gè)結(jié)實(shí)的袋子里，然后用石頭砸它，直到把它砸開。椰子一被打開，你就可以從殼中取出椰子肉，享受新鮮的椰子肉！