英語大贏家:278 咖啡 Coffee

阿美和咖啡廳的一個(gè)老顧客聊起了咖啡，從世界最著名的咖啡到時(shí)下流行的速溶咖啡，聊得還真歡呢。

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May: Good afternoon, sir. You are really a regular customer here. May I ask you why you come here so often?

Customer: I'm a newspaper columnist. I write comments for a living. I enjoy working in a coffeehouse.

May: I see. But isn't it a bit too noisy?

Customer: I don't mind. By contrast, I quite like the circumstances, as I can see a variety of people here, who can always give me tremendous inspiration. And the most important thing is coffee as it is my life.

May: I can see that. Then what is your favorite coffee?

Customer: Irish coffee is my favorite. But I can drink any other. I'm not particular on it.

May: All right. Would you make coffee yourself when you are at home?

Customer: Not very often. Making coffee is a bit troublesome. Most of the time, I just buy takeout at Starbucks. And also, I quite like instant coffee.

May: I think instant coffee is becoming more and more popular. Though its taste is not perfect, it's really cheap and convenient.

Customer: Exactly. Nescafe is the world's favorite coffee. People love it all over the world?

May: Which country makes the best coffee in the world?

Customer: Many people think Brazil makes the best coffee. Brazil exports a lot of coffee. But I love Irish coffee. So it's hard to say. Just depends on your taste.

May: I agree. I heard in the western countries, almost everyone likes coffee. Is that true?

Customer: Yes. No doubt about that. For us, coffee is more a living style rather than a simple drink. I heard Chinese people don't drink that much coffee.

May: No, we don't, especially the old people. But more and more young people fall for coffee.

Customer: I suppose so. That's probably why there are so many wonderful coffeehouses in China now.

聽看學(xué)

阿美: 早上好，先生。您可真是我們這里的?？桶?。我能問一下您為什么常常來這里啊?

顧客: 我是報(bào)紙的專欄作家。我靠寫評論為生。我喜歡在咖啡廳里工作啊。

阿美: 知道了。但是這里不會有點(diǎn)吵嗎?

顧客: 我不介意。相反，我喜歡這樣的環(huán)境，因?yàn)樵谶@里我可以看到不同的人，他們會給我?guī)砗芏嗟撵`感。而且最重要的是咖啡可是我的生命啊。

阿美: 可以看得出來。那您最喜歡的咖啡是哪種?

顧客: 愛爾蘭咖啡是我的最愛。但是我也可以喝別的。我并不挑剔的。

阿美: 嗯。那您在家的時(shí)候會自己煮咖啡喝嗎?

顧客: 不經(jīng)常煮。煮咖啡其實(shí)有點(diǎn)麻煩。大多數(shù)時(shí)候，我就喝星巴克的外賣咖啡。而且，我也喜歡速溶咖啡。

阿美: 我覺得速溶咖啡變得越來越流行了。盡管它的味道可能不是很完美，但真是便宜方便。

顧客: 沒錯。雀巢咖啡是全世界最受歡迎的咖啡。全世界的人都喜歡呢?

阿美: 世界上哪個(gè)國家出產(chǎn)最好的咖啡呢?

顧客: 很多人覺得巴西出產(chǎn)最好的咖啡，巴西也出口很多的咖啡。但是我喜歡愛爾蘭咖啡。所以很難說。要看個(gè)人的口味吧。

阿美: 我同意。我聽說在西方國家，幾乎每個(gè)人都喜歡咖啡。這是真的嗎?

顧客: 是的。那是毫無疑問的。對我們來說，咖啡不僅僅是一種飲料，更加是一種生活方式。我聽說中國人不喝那么多咖啡。

阿美: 是的，尤其是老一輩的人。但是現(xiàn)在越來越多的人喜歡上咖啡了。

顧客: 我猜也是。這可能就是為什么中國現(xiàn)在有那么多很棒的咖啡廳的原因吧。

經(jīng)典背誦 Recitation

Customer: I am a newspaper columnist and I love coffee. So I spend most of my daytime in a coffeehouse where I can enjoy good coffee and also do my writing. Well, my favorite coffee is Irish coffee but I do drink other coffee, too. When I'm alone at home, I just drink the instant coffee which is really convenient. For me, coffee means more than a simple drink.

生詞小結(jié)

columnist n. 報(bào)紙專欄作家

comment n. 評論

living n. 生計(jì)

tremendous adj. 極大的

Irish adj. 愛爾蘭的

particular adj. 挑剔的

instant adj. 速溶的

Brazil n. 巴西

fall for 愛上

注釋

Starbucks 星巴克，著名的咖啡連鎖店

Nescafe 雀巢，著名的咖啡品牌

Material 語素

Starbucks

Starbucks Corporation was founded in 1985. The origins of Starbucks reach back to 1971, when the Starbucks Coffee Company was founded by three students in Seattle. The Company is committed to offering the highest quality coffee, meanwhile, Starbucks is not only a coffeehouse, but offers a unique experience. Maybe that's why Starbucks Corporation had great success in the USA and the number of stores increased rapidly. Nowadays they have even more stores in the United States than McDonald's.

星巴克

星巴克公司成立于1985年，而它的起源要追溯到1971年，當(dāng)時(shí)有三個(gè)學(xué)生在西雅圖成立了一個(gè)星巴克咖啡公司。公司主要致力于提供最高品質(zhì)的咖啡，與此同時(shí)，星巴克不只是一個(gè)普通的咖啡廳，而是承諾要奉獻(xiàn)一種特有的體驗(yàn)。可能這就是為什么星巴克可以在美國取得巨大的成功，而且分店數(shù)目迅速擴(kuò)增的原因?，F(xiàn)在它在美國的分店數(shù)目已經(jīng)超過了麥當(dāng)勞。

Instant Coffee

Instant coffee is drunk all over the world, largely because its simplicity of use compared to other forms of coffee making. No time is required for infusing the instant coffee- it is ready as soon as the hot water is added. Moreover, instant coffee is also convenient for preparing iced coffee, which is popular in hot seasons. Ironically, instant coffee is the only form of coffee available in certain coffee exporting countries.

速溶咖啡

全世界的人都在喝速溶咖啡，主要因?yàn)楦渌Х戎谱飨啾?，沖速溶咖啡非常簡單。沖一杯速溶咖啡根本就不需要花時(shí)間——只要加熱水就可以喝了。而且用速溶咖啡制作冰咖啡也很方便，這在天熱的季節(jié)里非常流行。具有諷刺意味的是，速溶咖啡竟然是一些咖啡出口國家里唯一能夠找到的咖啡產(chǎn)品。