英語口語大贏家Topic278:咖啡 Coffee
阿美和咖啡廳的一個老顧客聊起了咖啡，從世界最著名的咖啡到時下流行的速溶咖啡，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.
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阿美: 早上好，先生。您可真是我們這裏的常客啊。我能問一下您爲什麼常常來這裏啊？
顧客: 我是報紙的專欄作家。我靠寫評論爲生。我喜歡在咖啡廳裏工作啊。
阿美: 知道了。但是這裏不會有點吵嗎？
顧客: 我不介意。相反，我喜歡這樣的環境，因爲在這裏我可以看到不同的人，他們會給我帶來很多的靈感。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。我並不挑剔的。
阿美: 嗯。那您在家的時候會自己煮咖啡喝嗎？
顧客: 不經常煮。煮咖啡其實有點麻煩。大多數時候，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。儘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: 世界上哪個國家出產最好的咖啡呢？
顧客: 很多人覺得巴西出產最好的咖啡，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。要看個人的口味吧。
阿美: 我同意。我聽說在西方國家，幾乎每個人都喜歡咖啡。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麼多咖啡。
阿美: 是的，尤其是老一輩的人。但是現在越來越多的人喜歡上咖啡了。
顧客: 我猜也是。這可能就是爲什麼中國現在有那麼多很棒的咖啡廳的原因吧。
經典背誦 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
columnist n. 報紙專欄作家
comment n. 評論
living n. 生計
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
註釋
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
星巴克公司成立於1985年，而它的起源要追溯到1971年，當時有三個學生在西雅圖成立了一個星巴克咖啡公司。公司主要致力於提供最高品質的咖啡，與此同時，星巴克不只是一個普通的咖啡廳，而是承諾要奉獻一種特有的體驗。可能這就是爲什麼星巴克可以在美國取得巨大的成功，而且分店數目迅速擴增的原因。現在它在美國的分店數目已經超過了麥當勞。
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，主要因爲跟其他咖啡製作相比，衝速溶咖啡非常簡單。衝一杯速溶咖啡根本就不需要花時間——只要加熱水就可以喝了。而且用速溶咖啡製作冰咖啡也很方便，這在天熱的季節裏非常流行。具有諷刺意味的是，速溶咖啡竟然是一些咖啡出口國家裏唯一能夠找到的咖啡產品。
