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How Your Coffee Habit Shapes the Global Economy
一杯咖啡如何牵动全球经济
精读先不看文字,完整听一遍。
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Every morning, millions of people around the world buy a cup of coffee without thinking about its long journey.每天清晨,全球数百万人买一杯咖啡,却很少想到它漫长的旅程。
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That simple drink starts with farmers in Colombia, Ethiopia, or Vietnam who grow and harvest coffee beans by hand.这杯简单的饮品始于哥伦比亚、埃塞俄比亚或越南的农民,他们手工种植并采摘咖啡豆。
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Then middlemen, exporters, shipping companies, roasters, and café owners each add value—and cost—at different stages.随后,中间商、出口商、航运公司、烘焙商和咖啡馆老板在不同环节各自增值,也推高成本。
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When drought hits Brazil, coffee prices rise globally because it supplies nearly one-third of the world’s beans.当巴西遭遇干旱,全球咖啡价格上涨——它供应着近三分之一的世界咖啡豆。
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Small changes in consumer taste—like switching to oat milk or choosing fair-trade labels—also shift demand across continents.消费者口味的细微变化——比如改用燕麦奶或选择公平贸易标签——也会牵动各大洲的需求。
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Governments sometimes tax coffee imports or subsidize local growers to protect jobs or control inflation.政府有时对咖啡进口征税,或补贴本地种植者,以保护就业或抑制通胀。
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Even your decision to brew at home instead of buying out adds up: if ten million people do it for a month, fuel use drops and grocery sales rise.就连你选择在家冲泡而非外购,累积起来也有影响:若一千万人坚持一个月,燃料消耗下降,超市销量上升。
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This chain shows how personal choices connect to big economic forces like supply, demand, and trade policy.这条链条揭示了个人选择如何与供给、需求、贸易政策等宏观经济力量紧密相连。
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No single person controls the system—but everyone plays a part in how it works and changes over time.没人能单独掌控这个系统,但每个人都在其中扮演角色,并影响它的运行与演变。
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Understanding this helps you see economics not as abstract math, but as the rhythm of daily life.理解这一点,便能看清经济学并非抽象数学,而是日常生活的节奏。
精读 · 大约 10 分钟
听 → 读 → 学表达 → 懂 → 今天会说这一句 → 跟读录音 → 自己说一句。
③ 学 · 重点表达
- Then middlemen, exporters, shipping companies, roasters, and café owners each add value—and cost—at different stages. 随后,中间商、出口商、航运公司、烘焙商和咖啡馆老板在不同环节各自增值,也推高成本。
- Governments sometimes tax coffee imports or subsidize local growers to protect jobs or control inflation. 政府有时对咖啡进口征税,或补贴本地种植者,以保护就业或抑制通胀。
- Every morning, millions of people around the world buy a cup of coffee without thinking about its long journey. 每天清晨,全球数百万人买一杯咖啡,却很少想到它漫长的旅程。
④ 懂 · 选一选
⑤ 今天会说这一句
Then middlemen, exporters, shipping companies, roasters, and café owners each add value—and cost—at different stages.
⑥ 跟读并录音
Then middlemen, exporters, shipping companies, roasters, and café owners each add value—and cost—at different stages.
第一版:录下来、回听、再听标准音。系统打分以后再加。
⑦ 说 · 自己来一句
用今天的表达,自己说一句。
例子:Then middlemen, exporters, shipping companies, roasters, and café owners each add value—and cost—at different stages.
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