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Tham khảo tài liệu 'learning english language testing system by meaning_6', ngoại ngữ, toefl - ielts - toeic phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | Tapescripts M Well . after some consideration I decided to look at the history of banana growing in Australia. F surprised Banana growing M Yes banana growing. F sarcastically Fascinating I m sure Q21 M Well . it s not as boring as you d think. And I wanted to tie it in to the work I ve been doing on primary industries and the economy. Anyway I bet there are a few things you didn t know about bananas F Such as M Such as the fact that bananas were among the first plants ever to be domesticated. F Oh really M Yes they re an extremely nourishing food. Q22 F I suppose you re going to tell me the whole history of banana growing now aren t you M Well it d be a good practice run for my tutorial next week. I ll do the same Q23 for you some time. F OK. Fire away. So where were these bananas first domesticated M According to my research the Cavendish banana which is a type of banana and the first type to be cultivated here actually originated in China but they had a fairly roundabout route before they got to Australia. F You mean they didn t go straight from China to Australia M No they didn t. It seems that in 1826 bananas were taken from South China to England. F I suppose they would have made a welcome addition to the English diet. M Yes I m sure. Well apparently there was an English Duke who was particularly fond of bananas and he used to cultivate them in his hothouse which is where you have to grow them in England of course because of the cool climate and they became quite popular in the UK. So he was the one Q24 responsible for cultivating the Cavendish banana which was then introduced into Australia. F I see. And we ve been growing them ever since M Yes. F Are they hard to grow M Well yes and no. To grow them in your garden no not really. But to grow them commercially you need to know what you re doing. You see you only get one bunch of bananas per tree and it can take up to three years for a tree Q25 to bear fruit if you don t do anything special to it. But this .