作为世界著名的咖啡连锁店，星巴克已经成为了中国年轻人喝咖啡的首选。
无论是北京这样的大城市，还是一些偏远的小城市，你都能喝到星巴克咖啡。
很多人称星巴克为“星爸爸”。
尽管很多人抱怨星巴克的咖啡太贵，味道也不好，但是不可否认，因为星巴克的普及，越来越多的年轻人开始把咖啡作为一天的开始，把它融入到每天的生活中。
当你想坐下来休息一下，或者和朋友约会见面时，不管是在机场、火车站还是在公司楼下，你都能找到星巴克。
灵隐寺旁边的星巴克很独特，它改变了以往的风格，融入了很多中国的元素和装饰，使它与周围的环境更协调。
另外，星巴克在每个城市还推出了带有当地独特风格的“城市杯”。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 作为 | zuò wéi | one's conduct / deed / activity / accomplishment / achievement / as (in the capacity of) / qua |
| 世界 | shì jiè | world |
| 著名 | zhù míng | famous / noted / well-known / celebrated |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 咖啡 | kā fēi | (loanword) coffee |
| 连锁 | lián suǒ | chain (store etc) |
| 店 | diàn | (bound form) shop; store |
| 星巴克 | Xīng bā kè | Starbucks, US coffee shop chain |
| 已经 | yǐ jīng | already |
| 成为 | chéng wéi | to become; to turn into |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 中国 | Zhōng guó | China |
| 年轻 | nián qīng | young |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 喝 | hē | to drink |
| 首选 | shǒu xuǎn | first choice |
| 无论 | wú lùn | no matter what or how / regardless of whether... |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 北京 | Běi jīng | Beijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China |
| 这样 | zhè yàng | (before a noun) this kind of; such |
| 大 | dà | big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest |
| 城市 | chéng shì | city; town |
| 还是 | hái shi | still (as before) |
| 一些 | yī xiē | some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er |
| 偏远 | piān yuǎn | remote / far from civilization |
| 小 | xiǎo | small / tiny / few |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 都 | dōu | (used for emphasis) even |
| 能 | néng | can / to be able to / might possibly |
| 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) |
| 很多 | hěn duō | many; a lot of |
| 称 | chēng | to name |
| 为 | wéi | to take sth as / to act as / to serve as / to behave as / to become / to be / to do |
| 星爸爸 | xīng bàba | a playful nickname for Starbucks |
| 尽管 | jǐn guǎn | despite / although / even though / in spite of |
| 抱怨 | bào yuàn | to complain / to grumble / to harbor a complaint / to feel dissatisfied |
| 太 | tài | too (much) / very / extremely |
| 贵 | guì | expensive |
| 味道 | wèi dào | flavor; taste |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 好 | hǎo | good / appropriate; proper |
| 但是 | dàn shì | but; however |
| 不可 | bù kě | cannot; should not; must not |
| 否认 | fǒu rèn | to declare to be untrue / to deny |
| 因为 | yīn wèi | because; owing to; on account of |
| 普及 | pǔ jí | widespread / popular / universal / ubiquitous / pervasive |
| 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 |
| 开始 | kāi shǐ | to begin / to start |
| 把 | bǎ | (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb}) |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 天 | tiān | day |
| 它 | tā | it |
| 融入 | róng rù | to blend into / to integrate / to assimilate / to merge |
| 每 | měi | each / every |
| 生活 | shēng huó | life / livelihood |
| 中 | zhōng | within; among; in |
| 当 | dāng | when / during / ought / should / just at (a time or place) / on the spot / just at |
| 想 | xiǎng | to desire; to want (to) |
| 坐 | zuò | to sit / to take a seat / to take (a bus, airplane etc) / to bear fruit |
| 下 | xià | down / downwards / below |
| 休息 | xiū xi | to rest |
| 一下 | yī xià | (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try) |
| 或者 | huò zhě | or |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 朋友 | péng you | friend |
| 约会 | yuē huì | to arrange to meet |
| 见面 | jiàn miàn | to meet; to see each other |
| 时 | shí | when |
| 不管 | bù guǎn | regardless of / no matter |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 机场 | jī chǎng | airport; airfield / (slang) service provider for Shadowsocks or similar software for circumventing Internet censorship |
| 火车站 | huǒ chē zhàn | train station |
| 公司 | gōng sī | company; firm; corporation |
| 楼 | lóu | house with more than 1 story / storied building / floor |
| 找 | zhǎo | to try to find / to look for / to call on sb / to find / to seek |
| 灵隐寺 | Líng yǐn Sì | Lingyin Temple, a famous Buddhist temple in Hangzhou. |
| 旁边 | páng biān | side; adjacent place |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 独特 | dú tè | unique; distinctive |
| 改变 | gǎi biàn | to change / to alter / to transform |
| 以往 | yǐ wǎng | in the past; formerly |
| 风格 | fēng gé | style |
| 元素 | yuán sù | element (key component of sth) / (chemistry) element / (math.) element (member of a set) |
| 装饰 | zhuāng shì | decoration |
| 使 | shǐ | to make / to cause / to enable |
| 与 | yǔ | (formal) with; from (marking the other participant in an interaction, comparison, or contrast) |
| 周围 | zhōu wéi | environs; surroundings; periphery |
| 环境 | huán jìng | environment / circumstances / surroundings |
| 更 | gèng | more / even more / further / still / still more |
| 协调 | xié tiáo | harmonious / concerted |
| 另外 | lìng wài | in addition / besides / moreover / furthermore |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 还 | hái | in addition, also, else, even |
| 推出 | tuī chū | to release / to launch / to publish / to recommend |
| 带 | dài | to wear / to carry / to take along / to bear / to bring |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 当地 | dāng dì | local |
| 杯 | bēi | cup / trophy cup |