Day 2-国人爱吃榴莲，马来西亚借机大赚一笔

标题：Malaysia bets on durian as China goes bananas for world's smelliest fruit.

durian 榴莲

bet on sth 拿...下注 =gamble

You bet! = Yes 就这么定了！

go bananas for = go crazy for 为...疯狂

The stinky, spiky durian is set to become Malaysia's next major export as the Southeast Asian nation rushes to develop thousands of acres to cash in on unprecedented demand for the fruit from China.

stinky = smelly 有臭味的，十分难闻的

eg. a pair of sweaty, stinky socks 一双汗津津的袜子

spiky 有尖刺的

be set to do sth = be likely to do sth 有可能做某事

export   n. 出口产品

rush to do sth 急着做某事

acre 英亩 （4047 平方米）  hectare 公顷    square yard 平方码     square mile 平方英里

cash in on sth  从某事中牟利、捞好处（带贬义）

eg. Small businesses cash in on holiday shoppers.

Once planted in family orchards and small-scale farms, the durian, described by some as smelling like an open sewer or turpentine when ripe, is attracting investments like never before.

describe sth as ...    把...描述成...样子

orchard 果园  sewer 下水道  turpentine 松节油

like never before = unprecedented 空前的

Even property tycoons and companies in palm oil, Malaysia's biggest agricultural export, are making forays into the durian business,

property tycoon 地产大亨   palm oil 棕榈油

make forays into 初次尝试某件事情或涉足某个领域，进军

The Malaysian government is encouraging large-scale farming of durian, counting on a 50 percent jump in exports by 2030.

farming 耕种，种植

count on sth 预计某事会发生= expect sth to happen

jump   n.  a jump in sth  在某方面有突然的升高或增加

Chinese pay top dollar for Malaysia's 'Musang King' variety of durian because of its creamy texture and bitter-sweet taste.

top dollar 高价，一大笔钱   pay top dollar for ...

creamy texture 光滑细腻的质感

bitter-sweet taste 甜中带苦的口感      

注：bitter-sweet 该词运用矛盾修饰法（oxymoron），类似的构词： awful good 非常好，living dead 活死人

Prices of the variety, now planted all over the country, have nearly quadrupled in the last five years.

quadruple 四倍，翻两番

Malaysia accounted for less than 1 percent, but expects sales to China to jump to 22,061 tonnes by 2030 from this year's likely 14.600 tonnes, as trade is widened to include whole fruit from the current restriction to durian pulp and paste.

widen 扩大

pulp 果肉  paste 面团，浆糊，酱

M7 Plantation Bhd, a private company established last year, is developing a 10,000-acre durian estate in Gua Musang, home to the Musang King in the eastern state of Kelantan, and is selling durian trees for 5,000 ringgit ($1,200) each.

plantation 种植园，大农场

Bhd 全称 Berhad，马来西亚上市有限公司的专属后缀

estate 大片私有土地，庄园

ringgit 令吉，林吉特（马来西亚货币单位）

potential = possibility