如今，咖啡已经成为越来越多中国年轻人的选择。
最近，哥伦比亚广播公司报道称，咖啡在中国越来越受欢迎。
现在，咖啡，而不是茶，正成为中国年轻人最爱的饮品。
在过去的四年间，中国咖啡消费量增加到了原来的8倍，咖啡进口量每年增长16%。
戴夫·赛敏斯卡刚刚来中国时，在苹果公司工作，发现了咖啡在中国市场的发展潜力后，他就在中国开了咖啡店。
他认为：“中国的年轻一代受到西方文化影响。
在未来的30年中，中国将会进口200万到300万吨咖啡。
”中国的咖啡市场仍有很大的增长空间，中国的人均年咖啡消费量为3杯，而这一数字在英国为250，在美国为363。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 如今 | rú jīn | nowadays; now |
| 咖啡 | kā fēi | (loanword) coffee |
| 已经 | yǐ jīng | already |
| 成为 | chéng wéi | to become; to turn into |
| 越 | yuè | the more... the more |
| 来 | lái | (used as a substitute for a more specific verb) |
| 多 | duō | many; much; more; a lot of |
| 中国 | Zhōng guó | China |
| 年轻 | nián qīng | young |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 选择 | xuǎn zé | choice; option; alternative |
| 最近 | zuì jìn | recently |
| 哥伦比亚 | Gē lún bǐ yà | Colombia (country in South America) / Columbia (name of various entities, mostly in the USA) |
| 广播 | guǎng bō | broadcast / broadcasting |
| 公司 | gōng sī | company; firm; corporation |
| 报道 | bào dào | to report (news) |
| 称 | chēng | to state |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 受 | shòu | subjected to / (passive marker) |
| 欢迎 | huān yíng | welcome |
| 现在 | xiàn zài | now; at present; currently |
| 而 | ér | but (not) / yet (not) / (indicates contrast) |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 茶 | chá | tea / tea plant |
| 正 | zhèng | exactly / just (at that time) / right (in that place) |
| 最 | zuì | (before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est |
| 爱 | ài | to love; to be fond of; to like |
| 饮品 | yǐn pǐn | beverage |
| 过去 | guò qù | (in the) past; former; previous |
| 四 | sì | four / 4 |
| 年 | nián | year |
| 间 | jiān | between / among / within a definite time or space |
| 消费 | xiāo fèi | to consume (goods and services, resources etc) |
| 量 | liàng | capacity / quantity / amount |
| 增加 | zēng jiā | to raise; to increase |
| 到 | dào | to reach; to arrive / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 原来 | yuán lái | original; former |
| 倍 | bèi | (two, three etc) -fold / times (multiplier) / double |
| 进口 | jìn kǒu | to import |
| 每 | měi | each / every |
| 增长 | zēng zhǎng | to grow; to increase |
| 戴夫·赛敏斯卡 | Dài Fū Sài Mǐn sī kǎ | Dave Seminsky (a personal name). |
| 刚刚 | gāng gāng | just recently / just a moment ago |
| 时 | shí | when |
| 苹果 | Píng guǒ | Apple (American tech company) |
| 工作 | gōng zuò | to work / (of a machine) to operate |
| 发现 | fā xiàn | to notice; to become aware of / to discover; to find; to detect |
| 市场 | shì chǎng | (economics) market |
| 发展 | fā zhǎn | development / growth |
| 潜力 | qián lì | potential; latent capacity |
| 后 | hòu | afterwards / after |
| 他 | tā | he; him; his |
| 就 | jiù | merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly |
| 开 | kāi | to open (transitive or intransitive) |
| 店 | diàn | (bound form) shop; store |
| 认为 | rèn wéi | to believe; to think; to consider; to feel |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 代 | dài | generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon |
| 受到 | shòu dào | to receive (praise, an education, punishment etc); to be ...ed (praised, educated, punished etc) |
| 西方 | Xī fāng | the West / the Occident / Western countries |
| 文化 | wén huà | culture / civilization |
| 影响 | yǐng xiǎng | to influence / to affect / to disturb |
| 未来 | wèi lái | future / tomorrow |
| 中 | zhōng | within; among; in |
| 将 | jiāng | will / shall |
| 会 | huì | to be likely to; to be sure to |
| 万 | wàn | ten thousand / a great number |
| 吨 | dūn | ton (loanword) |
| 仍 | réng | still; yet / (literary) frequently; often |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 大 | dà | big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest |
| 空间 | kōng jiān | (fig.) scope; leeway |
| 均 | jūn | (bound form) equal; uniform; even |
| 为 | wéi | to take sth as / to act as / to serve as / to behave as / to become / to be / to do |
| 杯 | bēi | classifier for certain containers of liquids |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 数字 | shù zì | numeral / digit / number / figure / amount |
| 英国 | Yīng guó | United Kingdom (UK); Britain |
| 美国 | Měi guó | United States; USA; US |