實用口語天天學 第71期:咖啡名字的由來 實用口語

（Rita makes the espresso）

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Rita: OK, Dead Man. If this doesn't start you. engine, nothing will.

Robert: Thank you. Hey, do you know how espresso got its name?

Rita: No, I don't.

Robert: It's because of the way the steam and boiling water are pressed through the coffee. Es-PRESS-o, get it?

Rita: Uh, are you sure about that? I thought espresso was an Italian word.

★ start your engine 動力全開，意指‘讓你精力充沛’

★ because of 因爲

★ press v.擠壓

★ espresso 意大利文Italian，這裏羅伯用美語中的press (v.) 擠壓，玩了一個文字遊戲

【參考譯文】

（莉塔開始做濃咖啡）

莉塔：好了，死人。要是這不能讓你精力充沛，也就別無他法了。

羅伯：謝謝。你知道意大利濃縮這名字是怎麼來的？

莉塔：不，我不知道。

羅伯：那是因爲蒸汽和滾水是被‘壓’進咖啡粉。 Es-PRESS-o，懂了吧？

莉塔：呃，你確定嗎？我以爲espresso是意大利文。