Led by Stanford’s Jiajing Wang, a team of archaeologists working at a site in the Shaanxi province in northwestern China have discovered vessels that were used to make beer.
由斯坦福王佳静带领的一队考古学家在中国西北地区陕西省发现用来制造啤酒的容器。
It has been determined they date back to between 3,500 and 3,000BC.
已经确定它们可以追溯到公元前3500至3000年间。
Like modern beers, this ancient brew was produced from barley.
与现代啤酒一样，这一古老的啤酒由大麦酿造。
Traces of other ingredients including millet, lily, Job’s tears, yam, and snake gourd root were also found.
其他成分包括小米、百合、薏仁和山药，丝瓜根也被发现。
Because of the age of this find, Wang believes that the Chinese may have first grown barley as a crop not as a source of food, but to make beer.
基于这一发现，王认为中国人可能首次种植大麦，不是作为食物来源而是酿造啤酒。
He’s also in agrees with other historians that beer production may have played an important role in the development of Chinese society.
他也同意其他历史学家，认为啤酒的制造在中国社会发展中扮演了重要的角色。
1、discover
发现(以前不知道的事实)
She discovered that they'd escaped.
她发现他们已经逃跑了。
I discovered I was pregnant.
我发现自己怀孕了。
(第一个)发现
the first European to discover America.
第一个发现美洲大陆的欧洲人
In the 19th century, gold was discovered in California.
19 世纪时，在加利福尼亚发现了金子。
初次接触(某活动并乐在其中)
I wish I'd discovered photography when I was younger.
我要是早点接触到摄影技术就好了。
Discover the delights and luxury of a private yacht.
体验私人游艇的乐趣和奢华。
2、produce
产生；引起；造成
The drug is known to produce side-effects in women.
据悉，这种药会对女性产生副作用。
Talks aimed at producing a new world trade treaty have been under way for six years.
旨在制定出一个新的世界贸易条约的谈判已经进行了6年。
提出；提供
They challenged him to produce evidence to support his allegations.
他们要他拿出证据证明自己的主张。
Scientists have produced powerful arguments against his ideas.
科学家们提出了有力论据反驳他的观点。
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