Chocolate is made from the seeds of cocoa trees. The seeds come in football-shaped pods. A pod is about 15 to 30 centimeters long, 8 to 10 centimeters wide. When you break a pod, you’ll find 20 to 60 seeds.
巧克力是用可可树的种子制成的。种子呈在足球形状的豆荚内，一个豆荚大约有15到30厘米长，8到10厘米宽。当你打破一个豆荚，你会发现20到60颗种子。
You take out these seeds, cover them up in banana leaves and leave them for about a week. This process is called fermentation. It is similar to the process of making yogurt. After the fermentation, you dry them, clean them, heat them and break them. Then you get something with a smell of chocolate. It is heated and separated into cocoa butter. When you mix it with milk or sometimes vegetable oil, and sugar, you get different kinds of chocolate.
你把这些种子拿出来，用香蕉叶盖住，放一周左右。这个过程叫做发酵。这与制作酸奶的过程相似。发酵后，你将它们烘干、清洗、加热并打碎。然后你会闻到巧克力味。将其加热并分离成可可脂。当你把它与牛奶或有时植物油和糖混合时，你会得到不同种类的巧克力。
Chocolate is not a good choice if you want to lose weight, but it is a good source of vitamins and minerals. You should be careful not to eat too much because it may cause some people to have a headache. It can also cause skin problems in some people.
如果你想减肥，巧克力不是一个好的选择，但它是维生素和矿物质的很好来源. 你应该小心不要吃得太多，因为这可能会导致一些人头痛，也会导致一些人的皮肤问题。
But recent surveys have found that chocolate helps people improve the ability to understand or remember things. It is also said that chocolate helps many people sleep better. We might have to wait for more research but we all know that we love chocolate!
但最近的调查发现，巧克力有助于人们提高理解力或记忆力。据说巧克力能帮助很多人睡得更好。我们可能需要等待更多的研究，但我们都知道我们喜欢巧克力！
