常用英语口语听力Topic278:咖啡

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经典背诵 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.

生词小结
columnist n. 报纸专栏作家

comment n. 评论

living n. 生计

tremendous adj. 极大的

Irish adj. 爱尔兰的

particular adj. 挑剔的

instant adj. 速溶的

Brazil n. 巴西

fall for 爱上

注释
Starbucks 星巴克，著名的咖啡连锁店

Nescafe 雀巢，著名的咖啡品牌

Material 语素
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，当时有三个学生在西雅图成立了一个星巴克咖啡公司。公司主要致力于提供最高品质的咖啡，与此同时，星巴克不只是一个普通的咖啡厅，而是承诺要奉献一种特有的体验。可能这就是为什么星巴克可以在美国取得巨大的成功，而且分店数目迅速扩增的原因。现在它在美国的分店数目已经超过了麦当劳。

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，主要因为跟其他咖啡制作相比，冲速溶咖啡非常简单。冲一杯速溶咖啡根本就不需要花时间——只要加热水就可以喝了。而且用速溶咖啡制作冰咖啡也很方便，这在天热的季节里非常流行。具有讽刺意味的是，速溶咖啡竟然是一些咖啡出口国家里唯一能够找到的咖啡产品。