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