时间:2019-01-17 作者:英语课 分类:2017年NPR美国国家公共电台6月


英语课

 


RACHEL MARTIN, HOST:


The cafe industry can be cutthroat at times. You got to have the thing - right? - a gimmick 1 to distinguish yourself, maybe an avocado latte or a cafe where you can nap. NPR's Elise Hu checked out a cafe in South Korea where you can sip 2 a cup of coffee and cuddle a creature.


ELISE HU, BYLINE 3: So the way an animal cafe works in general is that you pay for entrance. And with entrance, you get a drink.


We started out in a South Korea cat cafe. Some folks brought laptops. But it's clear that for most customers, it's all about time with the animals.


MOLLY CARMER: You get to pet cats.


HU: That's Molly Carmer, who was visiting from Colorado.


CARMER: If we can relax at home with each other or if we can relax here with a bunch of cats, then (laughter) it's an easy choice.


HU: Cat cafes have become a thing now across the globe. But it's here in East Asia where you can go to a sheep cafe, an owl 4 cafe or a raccoon cafe, which my friend Patrick Terpstra I found on one of Seoul's side streets.


So I'm most concerned about, please say no when raccoon's biting on you. Do raccoons know no means no?


Interpreter Haeryun Kang reads a warning sign in Korean.


HAERYUN KANG: When it's dangerous is when they get into, like, attack mode and start growling 5.


PATRICK TERPSTRA: OK. That sounds terrifying.


HU: We tried to get up close and personal anyway. Immediately, a raccoon went for my iced tea and then me.


TERPSTRA: OK.


HU: Oh, my God. Oh, my God.


TERPSTRA: (Laughter).


HU: OK. Do I get it off me?


(SOUNDBITE OF RACCOON GROWL)


TERPSTRA: Oh, no. Oh, no.


HU: (Unintelligible).


TERPSTRA: Watch it. Don't get scratched. Don't get scratched.


HU: (Unintelligible).


UNIDENTIFIED PERSON: (Laughter).


HU: Oh, God. What the hell?


That's what the raccoon snatched our audio recorder, which pretty much sums up how things went down.


If you want a more tame animal cafe experience, stick with a cat cafe or a dog cafe.


TERPSTRA: (Laughter) I don't think a raccoon cafe is a good idea at all.


HU: It was worth a shot. Elise Hu, NPR News...


TERPSTRA: (Laughter).


HU: Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.


...Seoul.


TERPSTRA: All right, let's get out of here.


(SOUNDBITE OF OK IKUMI'S "SLEEP 2")


MARTIN: Oh, man. There's video of that encounter on our Facebook page and at npr.org/elisetries.



n.(为引人注意而搞的)小革新,小发明
  • He dismissed the event as just a publicity gimmick.他不理会这件事,只当它是一种宣传手法。
  • It is just a public relations gimmick.这只不过是一种公关伎俩。
v.小口地喝,抿,呷;n.一小口的量
  • She took a sip of the cocktail.她啜饮一口鸡尾酒。
  • Elizabeth took a sip of the hot coffee.伊丽莎白呷了一口热咖啡。
n.署名;v.署名
  • His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
  • We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。
n.猫头鹰,枭
  • Her new glasses make her look like an owl.她的新眼镜让她看上去像只猫头鹰。
  • I'm a night owl and seldom go to bed until after midnight.我睡得很晚,经常半夜后才睡觉。
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Musa coccinea
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RemoteFX
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Vepesid
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wound type induction motor