美語情景對話 第1282期:Do you prefer coffee or tea? 你喜歡咖啡還是茶?

Diego: Hello, this is Diego from Mexico.

迭戈：大家好，我是迭戈，來自墨西哥。

Elena: And Elena from Bulgaria.

埃琳娜：我是埃琳娜，來自保加利亞。

Diego: Today, we're going to have a really interesting question. Do you prefer coffee or tea?

迭戈：我們今天要討論一個非常有意思的話題。你喜歡咖啡還是茶？

Elena: That's a difficult one. I used to not like coffee for a really long time and then I started drinking coffee and I couldn't stop, and I used to have like three or four cups of coffee a day and at the end, I wasn't able to sleep at night, so I stopped drinking coffee, and now I prefer tea. What do you prefer?

埃琳娜：這個問題很難回答。我以前有很長一段時間不喜歡咖啡，而我開始喝咖啡以後就停不下來了，我以前每天喝三杯或四杯咖啡，結果晚上睡不着，所以我就不再喝咖啡了，現在我更喜歡茶。你喜歡哪個？

Diego: I don't know. For me it used to be the other way around. I was a coffee addict. I have to have my Frappuccino in the afternoon, my Americano in the morning and all these different types of coffee in the day, but then eventually I got the same problem. I wasn't able to fall asleep, but you know I found out that tea actually has caffeine in it, so it has the same effect, so I guess it really depends on the day. If I'm really sleepy and I need to wake up in the morning, I prefer coffee but if it's just to relax at night, I would rather have a cup of tea.

迭戈：我不知道。我的情況和你相反。我是咖啡成癮者。我下午喝星冰樂，早上喝美式咖啡，一天要喝不同種類的咖啡，但是最後的問題是一樣的。我無法入睡，我發現茶也含有咖啡因，所以效果是一樣的，我想這要取決於那天的情況。如果我非常困，需要在早上清醒一下，那我會選擇咖啡，但是如果我只是需要在晚上放鬆一下，我會喝杯茶。

Elena: That's great.

埃琳娜：不錯。

Diego: Yeah. What do you guys prefer?

迭戈：對。你們大家喜歡什麼？

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重點講解：
1. used to do sth. 過去常常；過去曾；
例句："It's not always good policy to tell people exactly what's on you mind, " I used to caution her.
“有什麼就說什麼不一定總是個明智的行爲。”我過去曾警告她。
2. at the end 最後；
例句：You will have the chance to ask questions at the end.
最後你會有提問的機會。
3. fall asleep 入睡；睡着；進入夢鄉；
例句：It took me half an hour to fall asleep last night.
昨天夜裏我花了半個小時才入睡。
4. wake up 醒；醒來；喚醒；弄醒；
例句：I nearly always wake up fresh and rested.
我幾乎每天醒來都精神抖擻，得到了充分休息。