2019.04.07

周日 Sunday

underhand?/'?nd?h?nd/?

adj. 陰險(xiǎn)的

圖片來(lái)源：視覺(jué)中國(guó)

How?capable of thought are you, first thing in the morning?
一大早剛起床的時(shí)候，你想得出什么新點(diǎn)子嗎？

Do you go through a routine, rather than try to do something, anything different?
起床后你是按照慣性行動(dòng)，還是試著做些不同的事？

Does your inner autopilot drive you toward your first coffee before you can achieve anything approaching true consciousness?
你體內(nèi)的自動(dòng)駕駛系統(tǒng)會(huì)在你真正清醒過(guò)來(lái)之前，讓你先來(lái)杯咖啡嗎?

I'm a little like that.?
我就有點(diǎn)像這樣。

I need at least the first few sips of a Starbucks Almond Milk Latte (sad, I know), before I can do anything resembling functioning.
我至少要先喝上幾口星巴克杏仁露拿鐵(我知道，這很慘)，然后才能做點(diǎn)有用的事情。

I fear I'm not in the minority when I say I have the same sort of coffee every morning.
每天早上都喝同樣的咖啡，我想我這樣的人為數(shù)不少。

Which is why Burger King has come up with an intriguing option for those of a regularist disposition.
這就是為什么漢堡王為那些按部就班的人提供了一個(gè)有吸引力的選擇。

You see, it's just launched a coffee subscription service.
你看，它剛推出了咖啡訂閱服務(wù)。

Called the BK Cafe Subscription, the idea is that you download the app and automatically grab the same coffee every day at Burger King.
這款名為“漢堡王咖啡訂閱”的應(yīng)用程序的理念是，你下載它，然后每天可以在漢堡王領(lǐng)一杯一樣的咖啡。

It's the price that will move many. Just $5 a month. That's more or less what I pay for a single Grande Almond Milk Latte.
價(jià)格會(huì)打動(dòng)很多人。一個(gè)月只要5美元。這差不多是我買(mǎi)一杯大杯杏仁露拿鐵的錢(qián)。

Indeed, in its press release, Burger King specifically targeted Starbucks:?
事實(shí)上，在它的新聞發(fā)布會(huì)上，漢堡王專(zhuān)門(mén)把星巴克拎出來(lái)當(dāng)靶子。

For the price of a large cappuccino from Starbucks, you can have a BK Café brewed coffee every day for a month.
只要花上星巴克一杯大杯卡布奇諾的價(jià)格，整整一個(gè)月你都可以每天喝上一杯漢堡王咖啡。

This seemed so counter to sensible belief that I had to delve into the small print.
我的理智告訴我這太沒(méi)道理了，以至于我不得不深入研究細(xì)節(jié)。

It is, indeed, the case that you can get a coffee at Burger King every day -- any time of day -- for just the $5 a month.?
事實(shí)上，只要每月5美元，你就可以每天任何時(shí)間在漢堡王喝一杯咖啡。

That means that each coffee will cost you cents, rather than dollars.
這意味著每杯咖啡的價(jià)格是幾美分，而不是幾美元。

But here's what that $5 a month gets you: a small cup of brewed coffee.
但每月5美元能帶給你的就是：一小杯煮咖啡

Can anyone survive on just one small cup of coffee? Anyone??
有人能靠一小杯咖啡活下去嗎？有誰(shuí)能嗎？

Of course, the real purpose of this?underhand?generosity is for you to slink up to the drive-thru, see all the pretty pictures of unhealthy food and be tempted.
當(dāng)然，這種狡詐的慷慨的真正目的是為了讓你偷偷溜到汽車(chē)餐廳，看到所有不健康食品的誘人圖片，然后被誘惑。

After all, you're not yet sentient, are you? You're weak, coffee-less, vulnerable.?
畢竟，一大早你還沒(méi)有什么意志力，對(duì)嗎？你很虛弱，沒(méi)有咖啡，很脆弱。

And those fast food places sell such tasty, bad-for-you items that you won't be able to resist.
而那些快餐店賣(mài)的東西又好吃又不健康，你根本無(wú)法抗拒。

I fear that many, many people will take up this sneaky offer and end up ordering some heinous breakfast sandwich.
我擔(dān)心很多人會(huì)接受這個(gè)陰險(xiǎn)的提議，最后點(diǎn)了一些罪惡的早餐三明治。

They'll also order two small coffees and feel so very good that one was almost free.
他們還會(huì)點(diǎn)兩杯小咖啡，還會(huì)因?yàn)槠渲幸槐瓗缀跏敲赓M(fèi)的而感覺(jué)良好。

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今日詞匯

underhand?/'?nd?h?nd/?

adj. 陰險(xiǎn)的

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可以看出，這個(gè)詞是?under + hand，從字面上看起來(lái)意思是在手下面，不過(guò)它的意思卻是“陰險(xiǎn)的”。

據(jù)揣測(cè)，最早可能是說(shuō)有人把不好的東西藏在手下面，于是有了這樣的含義。

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