南京東路神祕店
Taipei’s Nanjing East Road is busy with people and traffic. Eric and Lisa walk past a construction site next to a Starbucks.
台北的南京東路人潮與車流不斷。艾瑞克和麗莎路過星巴克旁的一處施工工地。
be busy with…因～而擁擠、熱鬧under construction施工中construct(v.)建造
Eric: Hey Lisa, check that out. That place looks almost ready. Do you think it’s the new Luckin Coffee?
艾瑞克：嘿，麗莎，你看那邊。那家店好像快好了。你覺得會是瑞幸咖啡嗎？
check out看一下
Lisa: Oh, that rumor again? I keep seeing people say it’ll open on December 20.
麗莎：喔，又是那個傳聞嗎？我一直看到有人說會在12月20日開幕。
rumor(n.)傳聞、謠言／spread a rumor散播謠言rumor has it that…據說～
Eric: Same here. Someone even posted a picture of a menu with the Luckin logo on it.
艾瑞克：我也是。還有人貼了照片，菜單上有瑞幸的商標。
brand logo品牌商標
Lisa: No way. If that’s true, that’s pretty big. Luckin is huge in China.
麗莎：真的假的？如果是真的，那可不得了。瑞幸在中國超級大。
no way不會吧、真的假的
Eric: Yeah, like crazy huge. Nearly thirty thousand stores now.
艾瑞克：對啊，大到很誇張。現在都快三萬家店了。
nearly+數字／時間:接近～nearly+adj.／adv.:幾乎、差點
Lisa: I tried their coconut latte in Beijing once. It was way better than I expected.
麗莎：我以前在北京喝過他們的生椰拿鐵，比我想像的好喝很多。
way(adv.)非常、⋯⋯得多
Eric: Their app is the best part. Order on your phone, grab the drink, done. And the discounts are wild.
艾瑞克：我最喜歡他們的 App。手機點一點、飲料拿了就走。折扣又很優惠。
order(v.)下單、訂購(n.)訂單order sth. online網購／place an order下單discount(n.)折扣discount on sth.～的折扣
Lisa: True. But people online are so divided. Some say it’s great; some say it tastes terrible.
麗莎：沒錯。但網路上意見很分歧。有些人覺得很好喝，有些人說很難喝。
divided(adj.)意見分歧的
Eric: Oh yeah, I saw someone comment, “Taiwan already has better coffee — why drink Luckin?”
艾瑞克：喔對，我還看到有人留言：「台灣咖啡比較好喝，喝瑞幸幹嘛？」
make a comment about／on sth.對～發表評論leave a comment留言
Lisa: Haha, I even saw someone say it tastes like braised pork. I couldn’t stop laughing.
麗莎：哈哈，我甚至看到有人說喝起來像滷肉味，我笑到不行。
can’t stop V-ing忍不住～can’t stop but VR忍不住，只好～
Eric: That’s brutal. But honestly, cheap coffee usually wins anyway.
艾瑞克：太狠了。但老實說，便宜的咖啡通常還是會贏。
brutal(adj.)狠的、很不客氣的
Lisa: Yeah, price always wins. I’d still try it if they really open here.
麗莎：嗯，價格就是王道。如果真的開了，我還是會去喝喝看。
Price is king.價格是王道
Eric: Same. Let’s come back on December 20 and see what’s actually inside.
艾瑞克：我也是。12月20日我們再來看看裡面到底是什麼。
Lisa: Deal. And if it’s not Luckin, we’ll just grab Starbucks next door.
麗莎：好啊。萬一不是瑞幸，我們就去旁邊的星巴克。
Eric: Perfect.
艾瑞克：太好了。