全球六成咖啡恐消失
Keith and Cathy are addicted to coffee.
基斯和凱西很愛喝咖啡。
addicted(adj.)入迷的、上癮的
Keith: Hey, Cathy, do you have any idea that how many cups of coffee are consumed every day?
基斯：嘿，凱西，妳知道每天有多少杯咖啡被喝下肚嗎？
idea(n.)想法、主意consume(v.)吃、喝
Cathy: Hmm…… I have no idea. Just tell me.
凱西：嗯…我不知道。你說吧！
Keith: More than two billion cups! However, new research warns that three in five species of wild coffee are at risk of extinction.
基斯：20多億杯！但是，新的調查發現，有五成三的咖啡物種有絕種風險。
however(adv.)但是、然而research(n.)調查、研究warn(v.)警告、提醒species(n.)種、物種
Cathy: Do you mean that 60 percent of coffee varieties are in danger of going extinct?
凱西：你是說百分之60不同品種的處於絕跡風險嗎？
mean(v.)意思是、意味著percent(adv.)百分之…variety(n.)不同種類、不同品種danger(n.)危險、風險go(v.)變得、成為extinct(adj.)滅絕的、絕種的、消失的
Keith: Exactly. 13 coffee species were classified as critically endangered, 40 as endangered (including coffee Arabica), and 22 as vulnerable.
基斯：正是。有13種咖啡物種被歸類為極危、包含阿拉比卡咖啡等40種瀕危、以及22種易危。
exactly(adv.)精確地classify(v.)把…歸類、把…分級critically(adv.)嚴重地、危急地endangered(adj.)處於險境的including(prep.)包含、包括vulnerable(adj.)易受影響的、脆弱的
Cathy: What’s the reason behind the extinction risk? Is it because of the climate change?
凱西：絕種背後的原因是什麼？是因為氣候變遷嗎？
reason(n.)原因、理由behind(prep.)是…背後的原因climate(n.)氣候change(n.)改變、變化、變動
Keith: That’s one of the reasons. Disease and deforestation have put the future of the world’s favorite beverage in danger.
基斯：那是原因之一。疾病與森林濫伐也使這個全世界最愛的飲料的未來陷入危機。
disease(n.)疾病deforestation(n.)砍伐森林put(v.)使處於某種狀態future(n.)未來beverage(n.)飲料
Cathy: What can we do to solve this problem?
凱西：那我們怎麼處理這個問題？
solve(v.)解決
Keith: The research team advises that wholesalers need to ensure that coffee producers are paid a fair price, as an incentive for them to keep their production techniques up-to-date. Also, governments must preserve and regenerate forests to help both wild and farmed coffee grow more easily.
基斯：研究小組建議，批發商必須確保生產者拿到合理的價格，以保持生產技術不過時；另外，政府必須保護並重新栽種森林，以幫助野生與種植的咖啡更容易生長。
team(n.)團隊advise(v.)勸告、提出意見wholesaler(n.)批發商ensure(v.)確保、保證producer(n.)生產者、製造者fair(adj.)公平的incentive (n.)鼓勵、激勵production(v.)生產、製造technique(n.)技術、技能up-to-date(adj.)最近的、最新的government(n.)政府preserve(v.)維護、保護regenerate(v.)重建、復興farm(v.)種植、養殖grow(v.)生長、栽培easily(adv.)容易地、輕易地