节目资讯
刊物:空中英语教室
日期:2013-05-31
难易度:Medium
关键字:reward, patron, yarn, novice, furry
Hello, and welcome to Studio Classroom.
My name is Gabe.
And I'm Carolyn.
And thank you for joining us for our third day about this lesson about coffee
houses.
What have we learned so far about coffee houses?
Well, of course, they date back a long time, many centuries ago actually.
Carolyn, what can we know about coffee houses?
Well, we've talked about how great coffee smells, this wonderful aromatic
beverage.
And we've also talked about a little bit of the history of coffee and just how
important it was to certain cultures,
like in Turkey where coffee houses date back to - in 1475.
We've also talked about a few other special coffee houses around the world.
We learned that some people don't settle for the really famous coffee houses
like Starbucks.
But they are coffee aficionados, and they love something a little extra special
about their coffee.
Of course there's the coffee house in Brazil - Isabela Raposeiras, and there's
the one in the Philippines - the Figaro Coffee shop.
These are very different examples of coffee shops and people who love coffee.
We're going to learn a little bit more in our lesson today.
So open your magazine and let's get started.
(Music).
Coffee Houses.
Some of the world's coolest coffee houses offer more than just good coffee.
At Brother Baba Budan in Melbourne, Australia, customers are rewarded with a
unique environment as well as great coffee.
Wooden chairs hang from the ceiling.
The door handle is a silver coffee shovel.
Those who prefer to share their coffee with something furry can visit
Usagi-to-Cafe in Japan.
People there can sip their coffee and pet one of the 21 bunnies for about US$1
per minute.
(Music).
Twenty-one bunnies, how cute.
Well, let's get started at the beginning here:
Some of the world's coolest coffee houses offer more than just good coffee.
So if we're talking about offering more than just good coffee, of course what
you think about when you go to a coffee house is coffee,
but there is more than coffee at the coolest coffee houses.
Like what do we learn about here, Carolyn?
Well, we do have some very interesting and unique coffee houses.
Here we see: At Brother Baba Budan in Melbourne, Australia, customers are
rewarded with a unique environment as well as great coffee.
So if you go to this coffee shop in Australia, you will be rewarded with a very
unique environment.
I like that our author chose to use the word "reward." It's from our Word Bank
here.
And if you reward it with something, it's almost like you earned it.
You did something to earn something.
So maybe travelers traveled a long way out to Melbourne, and they're enjoying
this coffee.
And they're rewarded with a unique environment because a reward is something
that you earn for doing something.
Right. And it's... usually I kind of think of a prize that you get for some
accomplishment or something that you've done.
Well, let's see what kind of reward you get in this environment at this coffee
house.
We see wooden chairs hang from the ceiling.
So the chairs are not on the ground, they are hanging from the ceiling.
What else is special about this coffee house?
Well, the door handle is a silver coffee shovel.
Well, you might think of a shovel as something you use to pick up some dirt or
snow on the ground.
But here a shovel is a little smaller, and it's used to scoop out coffee beans.
So the door handle is a... is a silver coffee shovel.
This is kind of a creative little coffee shop.
It sounds very unique and a really great reward to be able to go and enjoy some
nice coffee in this shop.
Well, we can see another unique coffee shop in the next paragraph.
Those who prefer to share their coffee with something furry can visit
Usagi-to-Cafe in Japan.
Now this is a very interesting sentence.
Would you like to enjoy your coffee with something furry?
Yeah, it sounds kind of weird.
Um, but something furry is basically, I guess you think of an animal like we're
learning about bunnies here.
People can sip their coffee and pet one of the 21 bunnies for about US$1 per
minute.
So bunnies are furry, of course.
Carolyn, what's another furry animal?
Well, I think cats are furry, dogs are furry.
Really, something that's furry means that it has fur or long hair.
And so these rabbits have long fur, and you can pet them while you drink your
coffee.
This is also a very interesting name for the cafe since the Japanese word
"usagi" means "rabbit" in English.
Right. And rabbit... or bunny is another name for a rabbit.
You might call it a bunny rabbit.
So this means rabbit to cafe, Carolyn?
I guess so.
So you can have your coffee and pet a cute little bunny while you drink it.
Well, now it is time for us to see what Michelle is doing in the Language Lab.
Hi, everyone. I'm Michelle.