美语情景对话 第1282期:Do you prefer coffee or tea? 你喜欢咖啡还是茶?

Diego: Hello, this is Diego from Mexico.

迭戈：大家好，我是迭戈，来自墨西哥。

Elena: And Elena from Bulgaria.

埃琳娜：我是埃琳娜，来自保加利亚。

Diego: Today, we're going to have a really interesting question. Do you prefer coffee or tea?

迭戈：我们今天要讨论一个非常有意思的话题。你喜欢咖啡还是茶？

Elena: That's a difficult one. I used to not like coffee for a really long time and then I started drinking coffee and I couldn't stop, and I used to have like three or four cups of coffee a day and at the end, I wasn't able to sleep at night, so I stopped drinking coffee, and now I prefer tea. What do you prefer?

埃琳娜：这个问题很难回答。我以前有很长一段时间不喜欢咖啡，而我开始喝咖啡以后就停不下来了，我以前每天喝三杯或四杯咖啡，结果晚上睡不着，所以我就不再喝咖啡了，现在我更喜欢茶。你喜欢哪个？

Diego: I don't know. For me it used to be the other way around. I was a coffee addict. I have to have my Frappuccino in the afternoon, my Americano in the morning and all these different types of coffee in the day, but then eventually I got the same problem. I wasn't able to fall asleep, but you know I found out that tea actually has caffeine in it, so it has the same effect, so I guess it really depends on the day. If I'm really sleepy and I need to wake up in the morning, I prefer coffee but if it's just to relax at night, I would rather have a cup of tea.

迭戈：我不知道。我的情况和你相反。我是咖啡成瘾者。我下午喝星冰乐，早上喝美式咖啡，一天要喝不同种类的咖啡，但是最后的问题是一样的。我无法入睡，我发现茶也含有咖啡因，所以效果是一样的，我想这要取决于那天的情况。如果我非常困，需要在早上清醒一下，那我会选择咖啡，但是如果我只是需要在晚上放松一下，我会喝杯茶。

Elena: That's great.

埃琳娜：不错。

Diego: Yeah. What do you guys prefer?

迭戈：对。你们大家喜欢什么？

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重点讲解：
1. used to do sth. 过去常常；过去曾；
例句："It's not always good policy to tell people exactly what's on you mind, " I used to caution her.
“有什么就说什么不一定总是个明智的行为。”我过去曾警告她。
2. at the end 最后；
例句：You will have the chance to ask questions at the end.
最后你会有提问的机会。
3. fall asleep 入睡；睡着；进入梦乡；
例句：It took me half an hour to fall asleep last night.
昨天夜里我花了半个小时才入睡。
4. wake up 醒；醒来；唤醒；弄醒；
例句：I nearly always wake up fresh and rested.
我几乎每天醒来都精神抖擞，得到了充分休息。