【中级类英语听力】09
时间：2018-12-28 作者：英语课 分类：中级类英语听力
London's coffee craze began in 1652 when Pasqua Rosee, the Greek servant of a coffee-loving British Levant merchant, opened London's first coffeehouse (or rather, coffee shack) against the stone wall of St Michael's churchyard in a labyrinth 1 of alleys 2 off Cornhill. Coffee was a smash hit; within a couple of years, Pasqua was selling over 600 dishes of coffee a day to the horror of the local tavern 3 keepers. For anyone who's ever tried seventeenth-century style coffee, this can come as something of a shock - unless, that is, you like your brew 4 "black as hell, strong as death, sweet as love", as an old Turkish proverb recommends, and shot through with grit 5. It's not just that our taste buds have grown more discerning accustomed as we are to silky-smooth Flat Whites; contemporaries found it disgusting too. One early sampler likened it to a "syrup 6 of soot 7 and the essence of old shoes" while others were reminded of oil, ink, soot, and mud.
1. Who was Pasqua Rosee?
A British Levant merchant
A Greek servant
A tavern keeper
A coffee sampler
2. What did he open?
London's first coffee house
A London tavern
London's first Greek restaurant
A place to sample all kinds of drinks
3. How was the beverage 8 described?
Light, mild, and frothy
Sweet, salty, and sour
Golden, rich, and bitter
Black, strong, and sweet
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1. A Greek servant
2. London's first coffee house
3. Black, strong, and sweet
- He wandered through the labyrinth of the alleyways.他在迷宫似的小巷中闲逛。
- The human mind is a labyrinth.人的心灵是一座迷宫。
- I followed him through a maze of narrow alleys. 我紧随他穿过一条条迂迴曲折的窄巷。
- The children lead me through the maze of alleys to the edge of the city. 孩子们领我穿过迷宫一般的街巷，来到城边。
- There is a tavern at the corner of the street.街道的拐角处有一家酒馆。
- Philip always went to the tavern,with a sense of pleasure.菲利浦总是心情愉快地来到这家酒菜馆。
- Let's brew up some more tea.咱们沏些茶吧。
- The policeman dispelled the crowd lest they should brew trouble.警察驱散人群，因恐他们酿祸。
- The soldiers showed that they had plenty of grit. 士兵们表现得很有勇气。
- I've got some grit in my shoe.我的鞋子里弄进了一些砂子。
- I skimmed the foam from the boiling syrup.我撇去了煮沸糖浆上的泡沫。
- Tinned fruit usually has a lot of syrup with it.罐头水果通常都有许多糖浆。