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咖啡是人類社會流行範圍最為廣泛的飲料之一，在我們中國，也有越來越多的年輕人喜歡上了喝咖啡。今天我們來聽聽這位身在巴西的愛爾蘭人聊一聊咖啡文化。

Gwen

I’m Chinese。 We don’t really have coffee in our culture。 We have tea。 I never understood the “coffee thing”， even though more and more Chinese people are now drinking coffee， or

getting the habit of

drinking coffee every morning。 I never get this。 Do you really drink coffee to

keep alert

？

get the habit of 養成…習慣keep alert 保持警醒

Iused to hate coffee probably because I didn’t ever drink it。 When I was a child， my mother drunk coffee all the time。 She could drink a coffee and just go to bed。 Rather for me that’s impossible， because I’m so sensitive。 Why does this woman drink so much coffee？ This was crazy。 It smelled nice but I didn’t think it would taste very nice。

Then when I got to 24， I was in university， and I started with a latte or something with milk。 Then I was like “Wow！ I feel so great。 This is really good。 ” So I started to drink it more and more， and then I kind of…I don’t know if I

got addicted，

but it really makes you feel good。 So it definitely is a drug。 It’s a legal drug， and it makes you feel really good and also helps me do my exams。 So I think because I drunk so much and because it went in stomachs， you can bring your book and you can study。 So while you’re study， you just drink coffee。 It’s kind of just becoming a part of my life。 So， that’s my quick story of

my relationship with

coffee。 And now I drink it every day。

get addicted 上癮have a relationship with 和…戀愛

Gwen

So you practically drink coffee every morning？

I’m in Brazil at the moment， and here the coffee is incredibly

strong

。So I actually should drink less， but still drink the same amount like would in the UK。 Then I just have too much energy for the whole entire day。 So sometimes at night， like last night， I can’t sleep。 So it’s probably not the healthiest thing to be doing。

拓展:

點選超連結：怎麼用英語表達“濃”？

Gwen

If you are drinking too much coffee， how many cups would you have for a day？

It depends on the strength of coffee。 A lot of people just take a little tiny coffee。 This makes them feel energized。 But actually I like to drink a big cup。 I really should drink a weak coffee， because the coffee I drink is extra strong。 So my body just goes crazy。 It feels really good until it starts to leave your body。 It’s kind of like when you drink too much alcohol， it feels really good until it starts to leave your body， and then you feel really horrible。 Then you’re like “Why do I do this to myself？”

Gwen

So what type of coffee would you usually drink？

Just black coffee， no sugar， no milk。

Gwen

Iseldom drink coffee， but I’m

developing this habit

。Because I see people drinking coffee and I feel it’s joyful kind of a way。 Before， I tried some types， but my heart would beat so fast and I would feel so

intensive

and nervous and sometimes I couldn’t really get a

nap

during the noon， which I

have the habit of

having every day。 But lately I’ve been doing exercise in the afternoon。 So I’m

losing the habit of

taking a nap。 This morning I tried to drink

Americano

。Is this a kind of black coffee to？ There is no sugar， no milk in it either。

intensive 緊張的nap 打盹develop/have/loose the habit of 養成/有/失去…習慣Americano 美式咖啡

As the name suggests， it’s an American version。 So it’s kind of like the

attending

coffee with hot water。 So what they do is to pour in

espresso

which is like

concentrated

coffee， and then they give you hot water as well。 So it’s kind of like a

water down

version。 So you kind of get more coffee， but it’s not as strong。

attending 伴隨espresso 濃咖啡concentrated 濃縮的water down 用水沖淡

Americano is really good actually。 I used to get them a lot when I went to Starbucks。 But it’s much cheaper to make it yourself at home。 When you’re buying coffee all the time， it’s super expensive。

But an Americano was the one that I normally went for。 We call it

filter coffee

。A filter coffee is the one where they have a paper filter， and they put the coffee through， so that the water

drip

through the coffee， and then you get the flavor of the coffee come at the bottom of the cup。 It takes all the actual coffee beans as well or the coffee powder。

filter coffee 過濾式咖啡drip 滴下

Tell me this tradition in China。 Everybody knows about tea in China but nobody really knows about it。 So tell me why it’s so important to drink tea。

Gwen

Ithink tea is just something equivalent to coffee in American culture。 I think tea is quite an important cultural part in English culture too， right？ English people are drinking tea all the time。 I know that。

It’s probably influenced by China since we like to

colonize

the world。 We probably take a lot of traditions。 So I imagine that we take it from China。 Is it something that people do as a social thing or is it just because they like it。

colonize 開拓殖民地

Speaking of English people and tea， 給大家拓展幾個影片作課外消化

。

英國人為什麼如此喪心病狂地痴迷茶

英國茶及禮儀

本尼教你如何泡出一杯完美的英國茶！

Gwen

Nowadays I have to say， young people don’t prefer to drink tea anymore。 Chinese elder people would like to drink tea。 But my mom and dad， they wouldn’t really like drinking tea either。 Some of the elder people have this traditional habit。 But I think young people nowadays are more

inclined to

drink coffee instead， influenced by the western culture。 Me too， I am drinking coffee。 Even though it’s sometimes making me too nervous， too energetic， I’m still trying it。

be inclined to 傾向於

This is something which is called coffee sensitivity。 All you need to do is just drink less。 I think you’re probably drinking too much。 Coffee is incredibly strong。 You’ve no idea how strong it is。 People kind of become

tolerant

to coffee and they drink it so much that it doesn’t really affect them。 As I drink one cup of coffee here in Brazil， it’s so strong that that’s all I need the entire day。 But some people have been drinking coffee all their lives， that what they do is they drink 5 cups of coffee a day。 I did not know how they do it。 That’s too strong for me。

tolerant 能耐…的

Gwen

Just like smoking a cigarette， right？ Sometimes one or two is not enough for a day。

Yeah。 If I smoke one cigarette right now， that will probably make me

vomit

，because my body is not used to smoking cigarettes。 But other people can smoke fifty in a day。 It’s the same kind of idea。

vomit 嘔吐

Gwen

Do you drink other types of coffee like latte or cappuccino？

Ilove latte。 If you go to a good coffee shop， like a really good coffee shop， they know what they’re doing。 They give you good milk and they do a latte properly。 That is so good。You get the lovely background of coffee， but it‘s kind of balanced out by the hot milk。 It’s just so

frothy

and so beautiful。 A latte is so good。

frothy 多泡的

Gwen

Cappuccino， I think it has too much foam in it。

Cappuccino was actually created by this guy who wanted to keep his coffee hotter for longer。 So he had a coffee and then he put a head on it with the froth of cream。

Americans call it cream， but British people call it milk

。That’s why you do have froth on there。

Gwen

But it tastes better。 I think latte and cappuccino tastes much better than black and Americano。

Ithink it’s because I’ve been drinking coffee for so many years now。 I’m 32。 I’ve probably been drinking this for like ten years。 I like a lot of coffee， but for me I really love the taste of the coffee。 Do you know the way that some people take wine， and they know the difference。 I can tell the difference between coffees now， cause I drunk that much。

你喜歡喝茶或是咖啡嗎？什麼茶什麼咖啡？

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