闲聊 商务英语,外贸英语
闲聊
Cindy: nice place here, right? Fresh air and better view of Huangpu River. Nicole: cool.
Cindy: I’ll get the coffee first. What are having? Espresso?
Nicole: oh no, I prefer Caramel Macchiato.
Cindy: yeah? Don ’t you like the darkest one? Roughly all my German customers love Espresso. And some guys select Espresso Double.
Nicole: you are right, while I’m the exception. Espresso is too strong for me. And I always get some weak ones, such as Latte, cappuccino, Americana, mocha and some other fancy coffees.
Cindy: ok, 1 cup of Caramel Macchiato, Grande or Venti?
Nicole: Tall enough.
Cindy: something to eat? Croissant, cheese cake or muffin?
Nicole: no, thanks. I’m not hungry now. Please help yourself. What’s your option?
Cindy: cranberry white chocolate mocha, with double whipped cream, venti. And plus one black forest muffin.
Nicole: ah, schwarzwald.
Cindy: pardon?
Nicole: it is a German word. Schwarz means black in German, and Wald means forest. So…
Cindy: Got it. Black forest!
Nicole: what a clever girl! Ah, could you figure them out?
Cindy: Don’t worry. It’s on me!
Nicole: No, cindy, I caused a lot of trouble for you. It’s my turn.
Cindy : Your turn is in Germany. So please invite me then when I come to Germany, Okay?
Nicole: Deal!
Words & Phrases
Espresso 意式浓缩咖啡（很浓，很苦，是意大利最具代表性的咖啡） Caramel Macchiato焦糖玛奇朵（Macchiato 是意大利语“烙印”的意思，这种咖啡的做法，就是在热牛奶中加入浓缩咖啡和香草，最后再上边淋上焦糖，非常有名）
While 然而
Too strong 这里指咖啡太浓太苦
Fancy coffee 花式咖啡（只要在咖啡中加入了其他的调味品，就属于花式咖啡，而不是在咖啡上加一些花花草草的点缀）
Grande 大杯（在星巴克的点单牌上有咖啡的不同杯型和对应价格，Grande 是意大利文，对应16 oz 的容量）
Venti 超大杯（对应20 oz 的容量）
Tall 中杯（对应12 oz 的容量） Short （对应8 oz 的容量） croissant 牛角面包 （法语词） muffin 麦芬（英式松饼的意思） figure something out 把什么结果算出来
Could you please figure them out？（一共多少钱？） It ’s on me！我来付账！
Your turn “你的地盘”
I will spring for it！我来埋单。