Spicy foods are popular in many parts of the world, but some cultures rarely eat them. For example, not many traditional Irish dishes are made with spicy ingredients. Some experts believe this is related to climate. They came to this conclusion after noticing that people in hot countries like Thailand, Mexico, and India tend to prefer spicy foods. They believe people in these countries once used chilies to kill bacteria in meat to make it safer to eat. These experts reasoned that people in colder climates didn’t use chilies because meat doesn’t rot as quickly in lower temperatures.
雖然辛辣食物在世界許多地方都很受歡迎，某些文化卻很少吃辣。例如，很少愛爾蘭食物是以辛辣食材所製。有些專家認為這跟氣候有關。在注意到熱帶國家如泰國、墨西哥及印度的人偏愛辛辣食物後，他們得出了這樣的結論。他們認為這些國家曾用辣椒殺死肉裡面的細菌好更安全地食用。這些專家們推論，在較冷的氣候中人們不使用辣椒是因為肉在較低的溫度下不會那麼快腐壞。
生活必備字詞：
conclusion n. 結論
bacteria n. 細菌（複數形）
reason vt. 推論
Mary reasoned that Tom would be late because of the traffic jam.
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