节目资讯
刊物:空中英语教室
日期:2013-12-19
难易度:Low
关键字:amateur, grind, foamy, roast, syrup, tongue-tied, decaffeinated, skim milk

Hello, and welcome to Studio Classroom.
My name is Gabe.
And I'm Carolyn.
And your English will improve today.
We're going to be talking all about coffee.
Our lesson is called Coffee Culture.
And there are some different things you need to learn, different words you need
to know if you're going to order coffee the correct way.
All about coffee culture.
Well, do you like coffee?
Many people love coffee; some people don't.
Carolyn, do you like coffee or not?
Well, I think it's OK occasionally.
I don't drink it every day, but my dad drinks an entire pot of coffee every
morning and my sister can't stand the smell.
OK. Well, everyone has different opinions about coffee.
You know, I think your dad and my dad would get along really well because my dad
also loves coffee.
There was a point in time where he was a little addicted to it.
It's not good to be addicted to anything, but I know lots of people are addicted
to coffee.
They love coffee.
What about you?
Do you like coffee?
Well, it's important to learn the language that you need to know to order
coffee.
Let's get started with our lesson for today.
(Music).
Coffee Culture.
Learn the language you need to order coffee.
Could you order coffee in English or would you become tongue-tied?
If you would, you might need a lesson in coffee language.
Size.
If you order a small, medium or large coffee, they'll know what you mean.
But you'll be considered an amateur.
Instead, ask for a "tall," "grande" or "venti.".
Coffee names.
Espresso: a strong coffee made by forcing hot water through ground coffee beans.
Espresso Creme: espresso served with an ounce of cream.
(Music).
Those kinds of coffee sound delicious.
We have more to learn, of course, later.
But let's go back to the top of the lesson for today.
We read: Learn the language you need to order coffee.
The language that you need...
We're speaking English, right, Carolyn?
Yes. Well, when you are speaking in any language,
there are certain terms and phrases that can be very specific to doing certain
things like ordering coffee.
Coffee has its own language.
And if you don't speak the language of coffee, people might find it a little bit
strange.
That's right.
Well, you could talk about the language of other areas of life, too, like music.
Musicians from around the world need to know musical terms.
Or science.
If you're going to be a good scientist, you need to learn lots of things in
Latin.
All right. So you need to learn the language that you need to order coffee, if
you want to know about coffee.
Well, we have more to learn with Steve and Ken right now in the Information
Cloud.
Just like when you order a cold drink at a tea stand, you need to answer a few
questions when you order a coffee at a coffee shop.
Right, because you'll likely be asked: How do you take your coffee?
And that just means what you'd like to put in your coffee, if anything.
Do you take sugar, milk or cream?
If you're like me, you can say you prefer your coffee with cream and sugar.
How about you, Ken?
I prefer nothing.
Just give it to me black so I can enjoy everything the bean has to offer.
Then you're a purist.
Drinking it black is an acquired taste, and I, for one, haven't acquired it.
No worries.
There are as many ways to take your coffee as there are kinds of people.
Some people even take it with a dash of salt.
OK, let's look at another frequently asked question when we order coffee.
Would you like regular or decaf?
In this case, regular means coffee that has caffeine in it, while decaf does
not.
And decaf is short for decaffeinated, meaning the caffeine has been removed from
the coffee beans.
(Chinese).
Thank you, guys.
Well, Gabe, I have a question for you.
How do you take your coffee?
Well, it's a good question, Carolyn.
Actually, I take my coffee black.
I usually don't like to add anything to my coffee.
Of course, as was mentioned in the Information Cloud, it's an acquired taste.
That means you have to get used to it.
But that's how I take my coffee, Carolyn.
Ah, well, very good, Gabe.
I also take my coffee black when I drink it.
Now continuing in the article:
Could you order coffee in English or would you become tongue-tied?
You aren't sure what to say and you stutter over your words.
That's a good question, and that's a good word to know if you're tongue-tied.
Well, this reminds me of an idiom that we use in English sometimes.
If you notice that someone is having a hard time speaking - they're not sure
what to say, you can say: Cat got your tongue?
I'm not sure where this idiom came from, but the idea is that a cat has your
tongue.
You're not sure what to say.
Cat got your tongue?
Or are you tongue-tied?
You're just very nervous, and you can't get the words out of your mouth.
So, if you would, you might need a lesson in coffee language.
So if you think you would be tongue-tied, then this lesson will be very helpful
for you.
Well, let's get started here.
The first section is called Size.
And we read here:
If you order a small, medium or large coffee, they'll know what you mean.
But you'll be considered an amateur.
Well, they'll know what you mean if you use the words small, medium or large.
But what do we read here, Carolyn?
Well, you'll be considered an amateur.
So they'll understand what you're talking about, small, medium, large, but you
are an amateur.
That means that you are not a professional.
Amateurs lack skill or knowledge.
It's true.
Now you are an amateur in maybe different areas of life.
Maybe you don't really know much about something.
Of course if you have a lot of skill, then you are a professional.
So what about you?
Are you an amateur in something or do you need to learn more about something?
Well, you could use this word amateur, you can add "i-s-h," and then it becomes
an adjective, amateurish.
You could talk about something being amateurish.
It was an amateurish performance, not a professional performance.
Ah, very good, well.
We don't want you to be amateurs when you are ordering coffee.
So instead, ask for a "tall," "grande" or "venti," so.
These are small, medium and large become tall, grande and venti.
Well, let's continue now learning about coffee names.
And the first one here is espresso.
Do you know what espresso is?
A strong coffee made by forcing hot water through ground coffee beans.
Now when you say this word espresso, make sure you don't make that sound like an
X. OK.
It's not expresso, it's espresso.
That is right.
And you may hear a lot of people, a lot of native speakers of English make that
mistake and they say expresso.
But it is not. There is no X, only an S. So it is espresso.
Now right there describing espresso: ground coffee beans.
And ground, we see the word "grind" in our Word Bank.
If you grind something, that means that you make it into a very fine powder.
You take something and you grind it up.
And I usually think of coffee when I think of grinding.
OK. You grind these coffee beans, and so it becomes what we call coffee grounds.
Now what else can you grind?
Well, you could grind wheat into flour.
Flour is basically just wheat that has been ground.
That's right.
You could also grind cinnamon so that you have cinnamon powder to put in your
coffee or put on top, and maybe nutmeg powder as well.
Well, what else can you see?
What other words can you use when you're ordering coffee?
Espresso Creme. All right.
This is espresso served with an ounce of cream.
Creme, cream. OK.
You can see it's easy to remember here.
It's served with an ounce of cream.
An ounce is one sixteenth of a pound, so it's really not very much.
That's right.
It is just a small amount of cream added to your espresso, your very strong
coffee.
Well, right now it is time for us to continue learning with Michelle in the
Language Lab.
Hi, everyone. I'm Michelle.
(Chinese).