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　　It is no surprise that many people love to eat the delicious and healthy kiwifruit. But what may come as a surprise is the fact that the fruit that most of us associate with New Zealand actually comes from China.

　　The Chinese have a long history of eating kiwifruit. It is even mentioned in the "Book of Odes", a collection of poems more than 2,000 years old. It was not until 1847 that the kiwifruit―or "Chinese gooseberry", as it was first known―was seen by Westerners.

　　Yet it is Westerners who made the fruit famous. New Zealanders were the first people to plant the kiwifruit commercially, in 1934. They were also the ones to name it "kiwi", after New Zealand's national bird. From China, to New Zealand, to the rest of the world, the kiwifruit has become a truly international fruit.

　　--by Alex Adair/Sonya Roy

　　词汇小补帖：

　　kiwifruit奇异果

　　New Zealand新西兰

　　Book of Odes诗经

　　Chinese gooseberry猕猴桃

　　Westerner西方人