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(guó),說(shuō)起咖啡,人們往往會(huì)想到異國(guó)情調(diào),小資的優(yōu)越生活方式.喝咖啡通常被認(rèn)為是有修養(yǎng)的中產(chǎn)階級(jí)的習(xí)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(dòng)不動(dòng)就花一整個(gè)下午泡在咖啡吧,擺開(kāi)筆記本電腦,上上網(wǎng),或者只是打打文件的原因吧.他們悠閑地品著咖啡,其實(shí)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(jiān)信,在那些高消費(fèi)場(chǎng)所花錢(qián)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(shuō)喝茶怎么樣?要知道,中國(guó)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(gè)側(cè)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?nèi)ゲ桊^是想跟人說(shuō)說(shuō)話(huà),下下棋,或者只是聽(tīng)聽(tīng)?wèi)?

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(gè)大都市,老舍筆下那種傳統(tǒng)茶館正在迅速地銷(xiāo)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(huán)境,還有高檔的服務(wù),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(shí)話(huà),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.