A：In China at least, coffee is often associated with an exotic, well-to-do bourgeois lifestyle. Coffee is often considered a hobby of the well-educated, middle-class people. 在中國,說起咖啡,人們往往會想到異國情調,小資的優越生活方式.喝咖啡通常被認為是有修養的中產階級的習慣.
B：Maybe that's why some young chaps often spend a whole afternoon in a coffee bar, surfing the net or just typewriting something with laptop. While they are savoring a coffee at a leisured pace, they are actually showing off! 也許,這便是有些年輕人動不動就花一整個下午泡在咖啡吧,擺開筆記本電腦,上上網,或者只是打打文件的原因吧.他們悠閑地品著咖啡,其實也是在炫耀自己.
A：Yes. Behind a lifestyle, there is a culture. Young people easily become blind worshippers of a Westernized life. While they may not really like coffee, they think it desirable and enviable to be lavish with money in those high-consumption places. 嗯.生活方式背后就是文化.年輕人很容易就迷信西式生活.他們也一定喜歡咖啡,但堅信,在那些高消費場所花錢至少令人羨慕.
B：Then what about tea? We need to bear in mind in the first place that tea, rather than coffee, has been the most popular drink for the Chinese people. 那你說喝茶怎么樣?要知道,中國人最喜歡的飲料不是咖啡,而是茶.
A：Well. Tea represents another facet of popular culture. While a coffee bar is usually quiet and resonates with soft, elegant music, a teahouse is often a noisy, crowded, public space. People visit teahouses to associate with others, playing chess, chatting, or simply listening to operas. 嗯,茶大概是代表了大眾文化的另一個側面.咖啡吧是那種安靜,高雅,余音繚繞的地方,茶館則往往是嘈雜,擁擠的公共空間.人們去茶館是想跟人說說話,下下棋,或者只是聽聽戲.
B：What a pity that the traditional teahouses, as depicted by Lao She, keep fading away so quickly in this metroplis. It is not easy to find an old-fashioned teahouse that suits the ordinary people's spending power either. Teahouses of today all feature a cozy, comfortable environment, and high-quality services, but can easily cost you a good deal—just like a coffee bar. 可惜啊,在北京這個大都市,老舍筆下那種傳統茶館正在迅速地銷聲匿跡.普通人去的起的那種老茶館再也難找到了.如今的茶館都是那種舒適,愜意的環境,還有高檔的服務,但是太貴了,跟咖啡廳幾乎不相上下.
A：Well, that's true. In a sense, it is not so much what you drink that really counts, as where and how you drink. 這是實話,在某種意義上,重要的仿佛不再是喝什么了,而是在哪兒喝,怎么喝.
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