Name: BBC六分鐘英文 - 六分鐘瞭解關於咖啡廳的大小事 (Learn to talk about coffee shops in 6 minutes)
Uploaded: 2017-11-30T12:54:59.000Z
Duration: 6 min 18 s

English from BBC learning english hello I'm Catherine welcome to 6 minute

英國廣播公司的英語學習英語 你好，我是凱瑟琳，歡迎來到6分鐘。

English where we engage in some lively debate and discuss six stimulating items

在這裡，我們進行了一些熱烈的辯論，並討論了六個刺激性的項目。

of vocabulary and let's start here's your cup of coffee Rob ah thanks but

詞彙，讓我們從這裡開始，這是你的一杯咖啡，羅布啊，謝謝你，但。

what took you so long Catherine oh sorry Rob I bumped into someone I

你怎麼這麼久才來，凱瑟琳 哦，對不起，羅伯，我碰到一個人，我...

knew in the cafe and we stopped for a chat

我們在咖啡館裡認識的，我們停下來聊了聊

okay well that fits well with today's show where we're talking about cafes or

好了好了，適合很好地與今天的節目 我們在這裡談論咖啡館或

coffee houses did you know Catherine that coffee houses were originally a

咖啡館 你知道嗎 凱瑟琳 咖啡館原本是一種... ...

meeting place for lively debate and intellectual discussion really I didn't

know that Rob and a debate by the way means a discussion that a lot of people

知道羅布和辯論的方式意味著一個討論，很多人。

take part in so how long ago was this debate in society well the first coffee

那麼這個辯論是多久以前的社會 好吧，第一杯咖啡。

house was set up in Oxford in 1650 but they quickly became popular and soon

1650年在牛津成立，但他們很快就流行起來了，很快

they were all over London - you paid a penny to get in and this included access

他們在倫敦到處都是--你花一便士就能進去，包括進入倫敦

to newspapers and stimulating conversation if something is stimulating

報紙和刺激性的談話，如果事情是刺激性的

it encourages ideas and enthusiasm and I expect the coffee held without a bit did

它鼓勵的想法和熱情，我希望舉行的咖啡沒有一點沒有

it no it certainly helps me first thing in the morning which brings me on to

它不，它肯定幫助我在早晨的第一件事，這使我對

today's question Rob how many cups of coffee do we consume in coffee shops or

今天的問題 羅布 我們在咖啡店或咖啡館裡喝了多少杯咖啡？

stores in the UK every year consumed by the way is another word for eat or drink

每年在英國的商店消費的方式是另一個詞吃或喝的方式

so is the answer A 2.3 million B 23 million or C 23 billion mmm oh I don't

那麼答案是A230萬 B2300萬還是C230億？

mean oh but it's got to be a lot so I'm gonna go for C 23 billion that sounds

我的意思是，哦，但它必須是一個很大的 所以我要去C 23十億聽起來

like a lot of coffee but I buy several cups a week and I expect you do -

我喜歡喝很多咖啡，但我每週都會買好幾杯，我希望你也一樣

Catherine I do indeed but I have to say while I was getting our coffees earlier

凱瑟琳 我的確是這樣想的 但我不得不說，當我之前去買咖啡的時候

there was nobody as in the cafe talking except me my friend

咖啡館裡沒有人說話，只有我和我的朋友。

everybody else was sitting on their own tapping away on their laptops let's

其他人都是坐在自己的 敲打他們的筆記本電腦讓我們的

listen now to Douglas Fraser BBC Scotland's business and economy editor

現在就聽BBC蘇格蘭商業與經濟編輯道格拉斯-弗雷澤的演講。

describing the vibe or atmosphere in a typical 21st century cafe

ten or so in the morning the cafe has five people at tables with their backs

早晨十點多鐘，咖啡館裡有五個人背對著桌子在坐

to the wall each staring into a screen plugged in ears plugged the flow of

對著牆各自盯著螢幕堵著耳朵堵著流量

bytes through this coffee shops free Wi-Fi is transporting these customers to

通過這家咖啡店的免費Wi-Fi，將這些顧客運送到的字節。

diverse destinations far from the person beside them collaborative working

遠離身邊的人的不同目的地的合作工作。

research grant application a potential blockbuster novel and inevitably someone

研究基金申請一本潛在的大作，難免會有人......。

distracted by kitten pictures on social media so the spirit of those 17th

心不在焉的小貓圖片在社交媒體上，所以這些精神的第17個

century coffee houses had disappeared then no more lively debate and

世紀的咖啡館已經消失了，那麼就沒有更多的熱烈討論和

intellectual discussion seems so Rob as Douglas Frazer says many people sit

智力討論似乎如此羅布如道格拉斯弗雷澤說，許多人坐在

alone plugged into their laptops and they're all doing different things

獨自一人插入他們的筆記本電腦，他們都在做不同的事情。

working writing messing about on social media and I think the cafe owners should

工作寫作在社交媒體上的混亂，我認為咖啡館老闆應該

turn off the free Wi-Fi and force these cafe squatters to move on I don't think

關掉免費Wi-Fi 逼這些咖啡館的人搬走吧 我不這麼認為

people should be allowed to sit all day using the internet hogging tables and

允許人們整天坐著上網，佔著桌子和

not talking to anybody especially when some of them don't even buy coffee

不和任何人說話，尤其是當他們中的一些人甚至不買咖啡時

that's a bit extreme Rob cafe owners need customers and they encourage people

這有點極端了 搶咖啡館老闆需要顧客，他們鼓勵人們

to stay by having comfy sofas and newspapers to read and the free Wi-Fi a

舒適的沙發和報紙，以及免費的Wi-Fi無線網絡，讓您在這裡住得舒心。

squatter by the way is someone who lives in an empty building without paying rent

and if you hog something you use most or all of it in a selfish way I suppose

如果你霸佔了某樣東西，你就會以自私的方式使用它的大部分或全部，我想。

you're right Katherine now how about telling us the answer to today's

你是對的，凱瑟琳，現在告訴我們今天的答案怎麼樣？

question then okay so I asked how many cups of coffee do we consume in cafes or

問題然後好吧，所以我問有多少杯咖啡 我們消耗在咖啡館或。

stores in the UK every year is it A 2.3 million B 23 million or C 23

每年在英國的商店是A 230萬 B 23萬還是C 23萬？

billion like hooch in a cafe using their free Wi-Fi to search the answer but I

億像衚衕在咖啡館裡用他們的免費Wi-Fi搜索答案，但我。

had a guess and I say 23 billion well you didn't need that free Wi-Fi Rob

我猜了一下，我說230億 你不需要免費的Wi-Fi，羅伯。

because you were absolutely right ah 23 billion coffees per year works out on

因為你是絕對正確的啊 每年230億杯咖啡就可以了。

average at forty five cups per adult in the UK okay I think it's time we look

在英國，每個成年人平均喝四十五杯 好吧，我想是時候我們看看

back at the words we learned today our first word is debate a discussion that a

回到我們今天所學的單詞，我們的第一個單詞是辯論一個討論，一個

lot of people take part in For example, I took part in a number of stimulating

很多人都會參加例如，我參加了許多刺激性的

debates at school number two if something is stimulating it encourages

在學校的辯論 第二，如果有刺激性的東西，就會鼓勵人們去做。

new ideas and enthusiasm for example it's hard to have a stimulating

新的想法和熱情，例如，很難有一個刺激性的想法和熱情

conversation with someone who's looking at their phone all the time

的談話，與一個總是在看手機的人。

that's very true let me just slide my phone in my pocket our next word is

非常正確 讓我把手機放進我的口袋裡 我們的下一個詞是：

consume another word for eating or drinking but it can also mean to use for

消耗是另一個詞，指吃喝，但也可以指用於

example my car consumes a lot of petrol or how do I calculate my car's fuel

例如，我的汽車消耗了大量的汽油，或者我如何計算我的汽車的油量？

consumption so consumption there is the noun number four is vibe which means the

消費，所以消費有名詞四是vibe，意思是指的

mood or atmosphere in a place for example Oxford is a city but it has a

情調或氛圍例如牛津是一個城市，但它有一個

small-town vibe well I'm getting bad vibes from our next word which is

小鎮的氛圍 好吧，我得到了不好的預感 從我們的下一個詞，這是

squatter that's someone who lives in an empty building without paying rent the

building is called a squat so for example I lived in a squat for two years

really you squatted in a squat Rob no no no it's just an example I am NOT a

你真的在蹲下羅布不不不，這只是一個例子，我不是一個。

squatter oh so you've never squatted it's no I now look we're wasting time here we

寮屋哦，所以你從來沒有蹲過 是的，我現在看我們在這裡浪費時間，我們。

need to move on to our final word hog if you hog something you use all or most of

需要繼續我們的最後一個詞hog如果你hog一些東西，你使用的所有或大部分的。

it in a selfish way for example Rob you've hugged the only comfy chair

這是個自私的方式 比如說，羅伯，你已經抱住了唯一一張舒適的椅子

that's so selfish I admit it Katherine I'm a chair hog that's the noun okay

太自私了，我承認，凱瑟琳，我是個 "椅子豬"，這是名詞，好嗎？

well before we head off for another cup of coffee please remember to check out

在我們去喝另一杯咖啡之前，請記得檢查一下。

our Facebook Twitter and YouTube pages bye bye bye

我們的Facebook、Twitter和YouTube頁面再見了。

six minutes English from BBC learning english

英國廣播公司的六分鐘英語學習