临潼火晶柿子

The Lintong Huojing Persimmon

到晚饭时间了，大家是不是有点饿啊？我们的晚餐就是到西安有名的小吃一条街去品尝一些有特色的西安小吃。提前跟大家说一下，我们要吃的品种很多，所以大家最好是每种尝一点，特别好吃的大家买点回去吧。好吧，我们现在就出发。

好啦，这里就是小吃一条街。我们先去尝尝著名的临潼火晶柿子吧。

临潼火晶柿子，亦称火水晶，因“果实微红似火样，果面光泽如水晶”而得名，是极受当地人所喜爱的柿子品种。陕西柿子树的栽种范围十分广泛，但火晶柿子品质最佳，是临潼特有的柿子品种。它的特点是：个小，色红，晶莹光亮，皮薄无核，果肉蜜甜。

临潼火晶柿子，摘下时不能立即食用，需经脱涩后方可食之。脱涩的方法有三：一是散放储存，自然脱涩；二是用火煨烘脱涩；再就是与梨、苹果等一起堆放脱涩。脱涩后软化了的柿子即可直接食用，也可加工制成甜食品种，即使是伤残次果，也可经过加工，用于酿醋。

临潼火晶柿子含糖量高，除鲜食外，可酿酒或做醋，药用能治肠胃病、止血润便、降血压，同时还是良好的滋补品。用临潼火晶柿子和面粉做成的火晶柿子饼，绵软香甜，是西安的名小吃。

临潼火晶柿子每年都大量出口，深受国内外旅游者的赞誉。

It is time to have diner.Are you hungry？Now we will visit one of the famous food streets in Xi'an to enjoy some special snacks.First I must emphasize that we will enjoy a variety of food，and you'd bet ter taste every one of the snacks.You can buy the ones you like.OK，let's go.

Here is the food street.First of all，we will enjoy the famous Lintong Huojing Persimmon.

The shiny－red persimmons，which are produced in Lintong，look“as red as fire and as clear as crystal”，hence the name.The persimmons are very good and popular with the local people.Though persimmons are popular in Shaanxi，the Huojing Persimmon，a local product of Lintong，ranks No.1 in quality.With a thin peel and sweet pulp，they are also small，fire red，crystal clear，and seedless.

The shiny－red persimmons cannot be eaten right away.They have first to be depuckerised before eating.There are three ways to depuckerise them：Firstly，lay the persimmons in the open air for natural depuckerization；secondly，dry and warm them by fire to take the puckery taste away；thirdly，put the persimmons together with pears and apples to take away the puckery taste.They can be eaten after being depuckerised and softened.They can also be processed into sweet and dry things，and even the rejects or damaged ones can be used to make vinegar through fermentation.

The persimmons can be used to make wine and vinegar despite their popularity as a fresh fruit.They can also help with stomach problems and constipation，stop bleeding，and lower blood pressure. The pancakes made from the persimmons，soft and tasty，are very popular in Xi'an.

Exported in large quantities，the Lintong Huojing Persimmon enjoys a high reputation both at home and abroad.

快乐旅途

我是警察

I'm a Police Officer

在我丈夫杰克还是警察的时候，有一次他走进一家有两只恶狗看守的庭院。那两只狗奋力地扑抓纱门，把门弄开了并冲到院子里。

杰克反应迅速，三步并作两步跨入房子里，牢牢地关上门。“没事了，女士，”他安慰那家主人道，“我是警察。”

“可算不上是个很勇敢的警察，”她淡淡地说。

When my husband，Jack，was a police officer，he once approached a home guarded by two ferocious dogs.They lunged at the screen door with such force that it opened，and they tore out into the yard.

Thinking quickly，Jack stepped into the house，closing the door tightly behind him.“It's all right，ma'am，”he reassured the homeowner.“I'm a police officer.”

“Not a very brave one，”she observed.