美語咖啡屋Kramer's Books & Afterwards Cafe.

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Y: 各位聽眾好, 我是楊晨，歡迎您到美語咖啡屋。

J: Hello everyone, my name is Jody ! And welcome to American Cafe! American Cafe is a place where you can improve your spoken English by meeting people who actually live and work in the United States. You're going to learn a lot more than English. I promise.

Y: 沒錯(cuò), 我們這個(gè)節(jié)目非常豐富多采。您在這里不但可以學(xué)到地道的美國英語，還可以認(rèn)識(shí)很多的美國人。

J: For today, Yang Chen and I spent our Sunday visiting a famous Washington D.C. hangout that's been a success here since 1976. It's called Kramer's Books & Afterwards Cafe.

Y: 對(duì)，在今天的節(jié)目中，我們要帶您到一個(gè)非常有意思的地方。這里是華盛頓當(dāng)?shù)氐木用穹浅Ｏ矚g的一個(gè)hangout, 等一下我們要解釋這個(gè)詞。

J: It's a combination of a cafe, a bookstore, a restaurant and a bar.

Y: 這個(gè)地方是1976年開業(yè)的。它不僅是一個(gè)書店，還是一個(gè)咖啡館和餐廳。

J: Great! Let's introduce Mark who has been working at Kramer's for 20 years.

實(shí)錄1: Mark: It was ... in 1976 when they opened it, it was a unique idea combining a restaurant, bar with a bookstore.

Y: 我想在這里我們用hangout來形容Kramer's是再合適不過了。我們倆在這里真的是渡過了一個(gè)很愉快的下午，又買書，又吃，非常非常的放松。這也就是人們到咖啡館的目的吧。

J: Exactly. And that's exactly what a customer named Peter explained why people come to Kramer's and why it's such a popular destination.

實(shí)錄2: Peter: It's a great meeting place. It's a very diverse bookstore. And it's just a good place to come. Um, this bookstore has been here a long time, I don't know what long is, maybe 20 years or so. It's always been successful. It's always been lively. It's in a very lively part of town, probably the most cosmopolitan part of Washington.

Y: 這個(gè)Peter有點(diǎn)兒英國口音。不過他已經(jīng)在Washington住了三十多年, 我們可以說他是地道的Washington 人。

J: I think 30 years makes you a resident of the District.

Y: 對(duì)， 如果Jody你要是到北京住三十年，我也可以說你是地地道道的北京人。

J: 好，謝謝您。

Y: 我們沒有問Peter是做什么的，不過我覺得聽他說話好象是一位教授。你看他用的這些詞都很好。他用了一個(gè)“Cosmopolitan."

J: I really like that word. "Cosmopolitan." You're hip. You're with it. Modern. Urban.

Y: "Cosmopolitan" 這個(gè)詞有世界性的，見過世面的這些意思。 我們可以說在中國，北京了，上海了，這些城市都非常cosmopolitan.

J: I think D.C., Washington D.C. the nation's capitol, is a very cosmopolitan city. You know, Mark mentioned a good word that I would like to go back to for a minute.

實(shí)錄3: Mark: Location, Location, location. Dupont Circle is a pedestrian neighborhood. There are people walking on the streets from early in morning 'til the middle of the night. And we're the kind of place where you stop in and browse for books, stop in and have a cocktail. It's just an easy, fun place to go.

Y: 我覺得Mark很有生意頭腦。他說Kramer's為什么這么成功，首先是它的地區(qū)。這一帶叫Dupont Circle，是華盛頓非常繁華的一個(gè)地區(qū)，有很多年輕人住在這里。

J: It's not only the young people who make it successful. It's that diversity of the clientele. Where all different types of people come in ... professors or diplomats, famous authors. Everybody stops in Kramer's. It's kind of a joke. When someone says what are three things important for the success of a business. The answer is "Location, location, location."

Y: 一定要說三次。

J: So I thought we would include that. It's kind of a funny expression in English.

Y: 對(duì)，如果你選對(duì)了地方的話，即使你不會(huì)經(jīng)營，它可能也會(huì)財(cái)源滾滾。

J: Right, right. So both Mark, who is the employee and Peter, who is the frequent customer of the bookstore, - both of them talked about the importance of having a diverse and cosmopolitan clientele for success.

Y: Peter是位顧客，那我們就從一個(gè)顧客的角度來聽聽為什么Kramer's這么受歡迎。

實(shí)錄4: Peter: Where you locate a bookstore is really absolutely critical. There is a cosmopolitan crowd around this area. If you stuck this in the middle of the country it would be a total failure.

Y: Jody, 時(shí)間過得好快，五分鐘馬上就要到了。

J: I know. It went so fast.

Y: 我知道。用五分鐘來談?wù)摽Х任幕降讓?duì)美國人意味著什么顯然是不夠的。

J: Really five minutes is not enough time. So, I think everyone should join us again for another program of American Cafe.

Y: 那么希望下次節(jié)目和您再見。

J: Come on Yang Chen, let's go hang out over a cup of coffee!