广播电视英语短句 第 101 课：完美的秩序-5

That was a mistake. This is how the mistake happened. 这就是误会是如何发生的。

In the sixteenth century, Spain imported the tomato from South America after Spanish explorers had landed there. 在 16 世纪，在西班牙探险者抵达南美洲后，西班牙从南美洲进口了西红柿。

Spain then exported the tomato to Morocco. 而后，西班牙出口西红柿到了摩洛哥。

Italian traders carried it on to Italy . 意大利贸易者将西红柿又带到了意大利。

The Italian name for the tomato was pomo di Moro - apple of the Moors. 意大利人给西红柿起名叫做摩尔人的 pomo di Moro – apple 。