F:您最喜歡的咖啡是哪種?
M:Irish coffee is my favorite. But I'm not particular on it.
M:愛(ài)爾蘭咖啡是我的最?lèi)?ài)。但我并不挑剔的。
F:All right. Would you make coffee yourself when you are at home?
F:嗯。那您在家的時(shí)候會(huì)自己煮咖啡喝嗎?
M: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.
M: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(mài)咖啡。而且,我也喜歡速溶咖啡。
F:I think instant coffee is becoming more and more popular. Though its taste is not perfect,it's really cheap and convenient.
F:我覺(jué)得速溶咖啡變得越來(lái)越受歡迎了。盡管它的味道可能不是很完美,但真是便宜方便。
M:Exactly. Nescafe is the world's favorite coffee. People love it all over the world.
M:沒(méi)錯(cuò)。雀巢(速溶)咖啡是全世界最受歡迎的咖啡。全世界的人都喜歡。
F:I agree. I heard that in the western countries,almost everyone likes coffee.Is that true?
F:我同意。我聽(tīng)說(shuō)在西方國(guó)家,幾乎每個(gè)人都喜歡喝咖啡。這是真的嗎?
M: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.
M:是的,那是毫無(wú)疑問(wèn)的。對(duì)我們來(lái)說(shuō),咖啡不僅僅是一種飲料,更是一種生活方式。我聽(tīng)說(shuō)中國(guó)人不怎么喝咖啡的。
F:No,we don't,especially the elder people. But more and more young people fall for coffee nowadays.
F:是的,尤其是老一輩的人。但是現(xiàn)在越來(lái)越多的人喜歡上咖啡了。
M:I suppose so. That's probably why there are so many wonderful coffee houses in China now.
M:我猜也是。這可能就是為什么中國(guó)現(xiàn)在有那么多很棒的咖啡廳的原因吧。
重點(diǎn)詞匯
particular挑剔的
Ted was very particular about the colours he used.特德對(duì)于他使用的顏色是非常挑剔的。
troublesome麻煩
The boss lumbered me with a troublesome job. 老板硬要我干一件麻煩的差事。
takeout外賣(mài)
...a takeout pizza.…一個(gè)外賣(mài)比薩。
instant coffee速溶咖啡
A cup of instant coffee, on the other hand, contains only around half the caffeine of a filter coffee. 另一方面,一杯速溶咖啡的咖啡因,大約只有一杯過(guò)濾咖啡的一半。
Nescafe雀巢咖啡
Nescafe is the world's favorite coffee. 雀巢咖啡是全世界最受歡迎的咖啡。
living style生活方式
As to the innovation of space material, author figure it will change the people's living style. 對(duì)于空間材料創(chuàng)新作者認(rèn)為將會(huì)在某種程度上改變?nèi)说纳罘绞健?/p>
coffee house咖啡廳
A place could be your neighborhood, a cafe, coffee house, work place(password protected), or anywhere! 一個(gè)會(huì)成為你的小區(qū)、咖啡廳、工作地點(diǎn)(有密碼保護(hù))或任何地方的網(wǎng)站。