跟读练习: How to order coffee in English ☕️ (C1 C2 Super Advanced Level!) - 通过YouTube学习英语口语
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Hello lovely students and welcome back to English with Lucy.
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I have really been enjoying the little series I'm making about C1 level English,
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advanced English, and from your feedback you've been enjoying it too.
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So today I decided to really push myself and push you too
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and see if I could write a lesson about ordering a coffee in English at a C1 level.
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How advanced can we make ordering a simple cup of coffee.
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Oh, just watch me.
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It's going to get advanced.
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Before we begin, as always, I want to let you know that I have lovingly created a free PDF for you.
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It goes with this lesson.
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It contains all of the phrases and grammatical structures that I'm going to use in today's video, as well as a quiz to test your knowledge.
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You enter your name and email address you sign up to my mailing list
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that you've joined my pdf club you will automatically receive my
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free weekly lesson pdfs alongside all of my news course updates
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and offers you can unsubscribe at any time right let's get started
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so we all know
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that ordering a coffee is one of the first things you learn in english and it can be very simple.
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Can I have a coffee please?
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This way of ordering a coffee is absolutely fine.
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It's perfect in fact, although it probably wouldn't work in somewhere like Starbucks where an order is more like,
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can I get a doppio half-calf skinny mocha venti to go?
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You'd love one of those.
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I know I do.
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But that's not what we're talking about today.
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I want to order a normal coffee in advanced English.
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And I know what some people are going to say when they hit hear my order.
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People never speak like that.
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I agree, I agree.
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It's not necessary, but it's fun and it's cool.
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And if we can't have fun, cool English lessons, then what have we got?
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I think it's fun to see how far we can take it.
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And more importantly for you, I think it's a fun and memorable way to introduce some advanced grammatical structures and vocabulary.
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Are you ready?
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We're going to move up through the levels.
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Level one.
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Black coffee, please.
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This is the simplest way to order a coffee
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and it's perhaps not the most polite way to order in a coffee shop.
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But if you're ordering as part of a group after dinner, for example, I think it's fine.
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The addition of please at the end though is important.
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Let's take it up a notch.
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Level two.
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Can I have a black coffee please?
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Here the request is formulated as a question using the modal verb can, which makes it more polite than the first one.
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You will often hear this said as, can I get a black coffee please?
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This is slightly more common in American English, but it's making its way into British English.
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Some people don't like the use of get here, but a lot of native speakers use it.
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Now let's say this more politely.
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Level three.
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May I please have a black coffee with a splash of milk?
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All right, we're getting a little bit more complex here.
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This is a very polite way to order a coffee using the modal verb may.
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You can also replace may with the modal verb could, which is a more polite way to make requests than can.
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You can also see that the word please has moved from the end to directly after may I.
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This front loading of please emphasizes the politeness of the request
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and sets a formal tone from the outset we are also now asking for a splash of milk.
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And a splash means a small amount of liquid in this context.
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Okay, can I go further?
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Level four.
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Could you kindly prepare a black coffee with a splash of milk and two sugars?
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Okay, we're getting closer to advanced level here and further from reality now.
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We have the modal verb could, which I talked about in level three.
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And instead of please, we can see the adverb kindly.
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This is another way to soften a request and make it more polite.
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Let's add a little more advanced language.
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Level five.
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Would it be possible for you to brew a medium-sized black coffee with a splash of milk, two sugars and a sprinkling of cinnamon on top?
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All right, this one is even more polite and a bit poetic as well.
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Would it be possible is a very polite way to form a question.
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We also have some more advanced vocabulary, including to brew, meaning to make a hot drink like coffee or tea,
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and sprinkling, which means a small amount of liquid or powder that is dropped onto a surface.
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Can I make it even more advanced?
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Level six and we're not even at the end yet.
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If it's not too much trouble,
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could you please craft a medium-sized black coffee enriched with a splash of organic milk and precisely two cubes of raw sugar,
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while ensuring it's brewed to the optimum temperature, and then garnish it with a delicate sprinkling of cinnamon on top.
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We're moving into nightmare customer territory now.
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If it's not too much trouble is a very polite way of asking someone to do something, we often add it to the beginning of a request,
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often when we know the request is going to cause some extra effort.
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Now we're asking for the barista to craft the coffee, not just make one, craft.
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This means to make objects in a skilled way, especially with your hands.
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And the coffee is to be enriched with a splash of milk.
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To enrich means to make the quality of something better by adding something else.
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Then it is to be brewed to the optimum temperature.
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Optimum means best possible.
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You might hear the synonym optimal or optimal used in American English.
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And then we have garnished with cinnamon.
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To garnish means to decorate food or drink with a small amount of food.
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Can this customer get any worse?
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Yes, the answer is yes.
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If you've ever worked in retail or hospitality, you know the answer is yes.
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Here is my coffee order in its final form.
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Level 7.
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Would you be so kind as to commence the artisanal preparation of a medium-sized black coffee,
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sourced, if possible, from single-origin beans and brewed at precisely 89 degrees Celsius?
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It should be complemented with a splash of organic, locally-sourced milk, sweetened to a modest degree with exactly two cubes of raw sugar,
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and adorned with a subtle yet discernible sprinkling of hand-ground cinnamon.
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Finally, because I'm not done yet, I request that it be presented in a ceramic mug featuring a handle ergonomically designed for a right-handed individual.
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Someone is definitely going to spit in this customer's coffee.
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Let's look at the grammar.
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Would you be so kind as to?
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Is a very, very polite and formal way to make a request.
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And in the final sentence, you saw the structure, I request that it be presented.
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This sentence uses the subjunctive mood, which is a formal structure in English and appears after certain verbs like request.
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And the vocabulary first there is to commence, which means to begin.
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We had artisanal, artisanal, meaning prepared in a traditional way.
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We have complimented.
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This is the verb to compliment with an E.
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It's different to the one with I.
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If one thing compliments with an E another, it goes well with the other thing and it makes it better.
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We compliment each other.
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We go well together.
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We make each other better.
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We compliment each other means we give each other compliments.
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I like your dress.
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I like your hair.
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I like your coffee.
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What did you ask for?
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I'm gonna ask for that.
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Little did she know.
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We also have adorned with.
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The verb to adorn means to add something decorative to a person or thing to make it more attractive.
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We also have the adjectives subtle and discernible.
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Subtle means not obvious or noticeable, while discernible means able to be recognized.
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So I wanted it subtle, but discernible.
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Ah, nightmare.
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And finally, perhaps the most egregious request, an ergonomically designed handle.
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Ergonomically means in a way that makes something, often equipment or furniture, comfortable and effective for people who use it.
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You'll see all of this grammar, all of the vocabulary, along with example sentences in the PDF that goes with this lesson.
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So remember to download that by clicking the link down below.
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What did you think of my C1 level coffee order?
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Is it realistic?
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No. Is it interesting?
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I think so.
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And I hope it will help you to remember some of the structures and vocabulary that I've presented.
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We really do use all of these words and phrases in real life.
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I really hope you enjoyed this lesson.
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If you have any requests for future C1 level ridiculous videos, please let me know in the comments.
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I love writing and making these.
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One other thing you might be interested in, especially if you're interested in English at this level, I have a really gorgeous C1 programme.
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It's 12 weeks long.
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You can start it immediately.
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Over 2000 students have taken this course and they have had fantastic results.
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Look at the feedback from some of my amazing C1 students.
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My team and I poured our heart and soul into this course.
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We worked a story throughout all of the readings and listenings.
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We injected a lot of humour.
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We've even got an entire module on British English humour.
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We weave pronunciation throughout the course.
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We have weekly conversation lessons where you listen in on conversations I've had with really interesting people, and then we break them down and analyse them.
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The people stay intact.
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I will see you in the next lesson.
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Mwah.
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上下文与背景
在这一期的英语学习视频中，Lucy向学生们介绍了在高级英语(C1 C2)中如何点咖啡。尽管点咖啡的表达方式通常是初学者就能掌握的简单句子，如“Can I have a coffee please?”，但Lucy想挑战自己和学生，让这一简单的活动变得更复杂、更有趣。在整个过程中，Lucy不仅分享了实用的短语，还教授了一些高级的语法结构和词汇，帮助学习者提升英语口语能力。这个活动不仅仅是语言的练习，更是一种文化和交流的提升，让学习者在轻松的氛围中深入理解英语。
日常交流的五大短语
- Can I have a black coffee, please? - 最基础的点咖啡的方式，虽然简洁但不够礼貌。
- Could I get a doppio half-calf skinny mocha, to go? - 在咖啡店常见的复杂订单形式。
- I'd like a cappuccino with a sprinkle of cinnamon. - 更加礼貌而且包含了个性化的细节。
- May I request a flat white, please? - 使用“request”的方式让表达更正式。
- I would appreciate it if you could make it extra hot. - 以更礼貌的方式强调对温度的要求。
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