老外最想聊的100個英語口語話題（39)：咖啡情調(diào)

　　Coffee Life 咖啡情調(diào)

　　dialogue 1

　　Jerry: Hello, Lucy. I haven't seen you for a long time. How are you doing now?

　　露西，好久不見，最近還好吧?

　　Lucy: Just so-so. I'm busy with my term papers.

　　就那樣吧，忙著寫論文呢.

　　J: Yeah, the deadline is drawing ncar. How are things going?

　　是啊，馬上就要交了.你寫得怎樣了

　　L: Let me first get some coffee to gct my brain working.

　　我先喝杯咖啡，讓腦子清醒一下

　　J: I could use one too.

　　那我也來.杯吧。

　　L What kind of coffee do you drink?

　　你想喝什么咖啡?

　　J: What have you got?

　　你有什么呀?

　　L Well I have cspresso, cappuccino, latte, skinny lattc, Americano and rcstrctto.

　　有意式濃縮咖啡，花式咖啡，拿鐵咖啡，脫脂拿鐵咖啡，熒式咖啡，還有restrctto。

　　J: Are you kidding mc? You haVc so many choices! What's restretto anyway?

　　你不是開玩笑吧?這么多種啊l另外，什么時候你變成咖啡專家了?什么是restretto?

　　L It's basically a Very strong espresso. Half the water pulled through the same amount of beans. Pure coffee esscnce.

　　Ristrctto咖啡是濃縮咖啡的再濃縮，相同份量的咖啡豆，只加入_半的水，是純正的咖啡精華.

　　J: Sounds like it must be full of caffeinc. I want one of those.

　　肯定有很多咖啡因。那就給我來這種吧.

　　L: You fiend. It's about the flavor, not the fix. Try an Amcricano. Espresso with water.

　　你這個咖啡狂!這種咖啡講求的是咖啡的香味，而不是刺激和快感.要不來點美式咖啡吧l就是濃縮咖啡加水。

　　J: Sounds a little weak.

　　好像不夠刺激.

　　L: How about esprcsso mixed with drip coffee?

　　那就來點一般的伽啡加滴濾式咖啡.

　　J: Ok. Thanks.

　　好的，謝謝

　　dialogue 2

　　L What would you like to drink?Tea or coffee?

　　喝點什么?茶還是咖啡?

　　J: Coffee,plcase.

　　咖啡吧.

　　L: So, you also likc COffee?

　　你也喜歡喝咖啡嗎?

　　J: Yes, of course. I can't go through a day without coffce in the morning.

　　是啊。一天不喝都不行.

　　L Me too, but I think we shouldn't drink too mucb of it, as it's not very bealthy.

　　我也是.不過我想以后我們應(yīng)該少喝點咖啡，對身體不好.

　　J: I totally disagrce. The otber day I read in a book that a number of recent studics suggest that can be a highly bcncficial drink.Researchers have found strong evidence that coffee rcdruces the risk of sevcral seriousailmem3' including diabct, disease and cirrhosis of the livcr.

　　我不覺得啊。前不久我讀了一本書，說最新研究表明咖啡是…種極健康的飲料.有充分的證據(jù)表明咖啡可以減少很多疾病的發(fā)病宰，像糖尿病、心臟病和肝硬化等。

　　L: But I also heard that coffcc and itS caffcinc contcnt, as a drug on the human body that negatively affects the central nervous system, as wen as other organs, and leads to addictiom

　　但我也聽說咖啡和咖啡因是一種毒荮，對神經(jīng)系統(tǒng)和身體器官不好，還會上癮呢.

　　J: I don't think so Coffee helps mc wake up,keep alCrt, and impvc my shon term mcmory.

　　我不覺得啊.咖啡可以讓我更清醒，提高我的短暫記憶，我覺得很有益處啊。

　　L: Wdl, I amjust going to have to dis4gree with you. A bealthy body wakes up without caffeine!

　　并不是這樣的。健康的體魄是不需要咖啡來幫助你清醒的。

　　J: Maybe you are rigbt to some extent.

　　有點道理.

　　L You may try to ha,re some alternatives and see how you feel.

　　你可以試著喝一些別的飲料，然后看看效果如何.

　　J: Maybe I could have a try.

　　好吧，我可以試一下