By Sims Parr/姜仲華（譯）

◆語篇導讀

有人說，咖啡改變了世界。時下，喝咖啡已成為一種時尚，也成為一種文化。可是你知道最著名的咖啡店叫什么，最早的咖啡店誕生地在哪？你是否了解咖啡店是如何興起的，并且為什么會得以在全球蓬勃發(fā)展？

Hundreds of years before Starbucks Coffee becamea hot spot formaking social and business connectionsover lattesand computers,new coffee houses of a different type were widely popular in the Arab world.

The first coffee house was in theholycity of Mecca in present day Saudi Arabia.There had been nothing like that before.Thesewerepublic places,known askaveh kanes,where people gathered for the same reasons they go to Starbucks Coffee today,for coffee and conversation,to discover and share the news of the day,and to do business.They also enjoyed music,but not through earphonespluggedinto mobiledeviceslike now,of course.Those early Arabian coffee houses were lively places that pulsated （脈動）with singing and dancing performers gyrating（旋轉）to the rhythm ofMiddle Eastern music.

Then,as now,thousands ofpilgrimsfrom all over the world visited Mecca each year.When they returned homein those long-ago times,they took with them stories about the“wine of Araby”as coffee was once called.Arab leaders didn't want tolose their control ofthe coffee trade.To prevent coffee from being grown elsewhere and to make sure that stories were all the pilgrims took home,they didn't allow theexportof coffee beans.Dutch traders avoided these export rules that must be followed in 1616,and the world hasn't been the same since.

◆詞語積淀

spot/sp?t/n.地點；場所

latte/?lɑ?te?/n.拿鐵咖啡

holy/?h??li/adj.神圣的；圣潔的

plug/pl?ɡ/vt.堵塞；封堵

device/d??va?s/n.裝置；設備

rhythm/?r?e?m/n.節(jié)律；節(jié)奏

pilgrim/?p?lɡr?m/n.朝覲者

export/?eksp??t/n.輸出；出口

◆語塊收藏

a hot spot for做……的熱點場所

over lattes通過拿鐵（一種咖啡）

be known as被稱作；被認為是

to the rhythm of隨著……節(jié)奏

in those long-ago times在久遠年代

lose one's control of對……失控

◆典句賞析

1.Where people gathered for the same reasons they go to Starbucks Coffee today.人們之所以去那兒一聚，其原因正如今天人們去星巴克咖啡店一樣。

the same reason(that/as)sb.do/does...結構，意為“與某人做……的原因一樣”，這里that或as引導的是原因狀語從句，表示“同一”時，兩者都可用，但是多數(shù)情況用that，兩者也可以省略。類似的結構也可以用來表示方式、時間和地點狀語等。

【即時嘗試】我是順著進來的路出去的。

2.They also enjoyed music,but not through earphones plugged into mobile devices like now,of course.他們也欣賞音樂，不過當然不是像現(xiàn)在這樣把耳機插在移動裝置上。

plugged into mobile devices是過去分詞短語，作名詞earphones的后置定語，相當于限制性定語從句which were plugged into mobile devices。一般情況下，過去分詞（短語）作定語時，過去分詞和被修飾的詞之間是動賓關系。

【即時嘗試】那個叫王靜的女士是一位著名的歌唱家。

3.To prevent coffee from being grown elsewhere and to make sure that stories were all the pilgrims took home,they didn't allow the export of coffee beans.為了阻止咖啡在其他地方種植，確保朝覲者們帶回來的只是一些有關咖啡的故事，他們禁止了咖啡豆的出口。

prevent sb.(from)doing sth.是固定搭配，意為“阻止某人做某事”，與keep sb.(from)doing sth./stop sb.(from)doing sth.同義；make sure是“務必；確保”的意思，其后一般接由that引導的賓語從句。

【即時嘗試】我們應該防止這條河流被污水污染。

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譯文助讀

在星巴克咖啡店通過拿鐵和電腦成為社交活動和商務聯(lián)絡的熱鬧場所之前的數(shù)百年時間里，一種不同以往的新型咖啡店在阿拉伯世界廣受歡迎。

最早的咖啡店誕生在現(xiàn)在的沙特阿拉伯的麥加圣城，此前，再沒有哪兒有過類似的咖啡店了?？Х鹊晔枪矆鏊敃r被叫作“凱威凱尼斯”。人們之所以去那兒一聚，其原因正如今天人們去星巴克咖啡店一樣，喝喝咖啡，隨意聊聊，打聽和分享當天的新聞，此外還有去談生意的。他們在咖啡店也欣賞音樂，當然不是像現(xiàn)在這樣把耳機插在移動裝置上。那些早期的阿拉伯咖啡店是充滿了活力的動感地帶，它們和著中東音樂的節(jié)拍與旋律，隨著歌舞者們一起脈動。

當時和現(xiàn)在一樣，每年都有成千上萬的朝覲者們紛紛從世界各地趕來麥加朝覲。在那久遠的年代，人們朝覲歸去還要帶回一些關于“阿拉伯之酒”（當時對咖啡的稱呼）的故事。阿拉伯的頭領們是不愿意失去對咖啡貿易的控制的，為了阻止咖啡在其他地方種植，確保朝覲者們帶回來的只是一些有關咖啡的故事，他們禁止了咖啡豆的出口。1616年，荷蘭商人們避開了這些必須遵守的出口規(guī)則，從此世界就不再是以前的樣子了。