英語專業(yè)晨讀美文文化篇:咖啡之道(英音)

[ti:] [ar:] [al:] [by:] [00:01.06]The Tao of Coffee [00:05.00]What exactly do you do when you make a cup of coffee? [00:10.25]● Take one cup [00:12.22]● Put in a spoonful of dark, bitter powder [00:16.16]● Add a spoonful of sweetness [00:18.89]● Pour in hot, clear liquid [00:22.17]● Add whiteness [00:24.03]Alone, each item has a complete flavor of its own. [00:28.18]The only item that cannot be consumed alone is the bitterness, the coffee powder. [00:34.09]Why is this so significant? [00:37.15]Because a cup of coffee represents life, it represents you. [00:42.08]You are both the vessel and the contents. [00:46.23] You are the one who chooses bitterness, sweetness, life, spirituality. [00:51.81] Spirituality and faith are like the milk in coffee; [00:56.62] without it the coffee is too bitter and sharp, with no depth to its flavor. [01:02.09]Imagine the cup: [01:03.51] when you add the bitterness (coffee) and the "waters of life", [01:07.67]you have a sharp, bitter drink, with no sweetness, no depth. [01:12.15]It is shallow, it is incomplete, it is missing many factors. [01:16.85] For some people this may be what they choose, [01:20.14]this may be the life they settle for. [01:22.54]You add a spoonful of sugar. [01:24.62]With the addition of that sweetness the bitterness is gone! [01:28.12] But the depth is still missing. It is still a shallow drink. [01:32.53]Again, some people may settle for this. [01:35.59]You add the whiteness—spirituality, belief in yourself, [01:40.62]or belief in something greater than yourself to the drink. [01:44.34]The drink lightens in both color and flavor. [01:47.62]It is rich and deep. It is complete. [01:50.90]The only remaining ingredient that could lift this drink to a new height, [01:55.93] that could transform the drink into something more magnificent, [01:59.32]is a more powerful whiteness, [02:01.62]a more intense and undoubted spirituality and faith, [02:05.45] a greater passion for life itself, [02:07.42]a commitment to your own dreams and goals: whipped cream! [02:12.67]The cup of coffee is perfect without the whipped cream, [02:16.28] it can stand alone against the world, and know its glory. [02:19.78]But, a coffee with whipped cream is even more magnificent. [02:24.49]Once you have known coffee with whipped cream, [02:27.33]you will not desire anything less. [02:30.06]You will look upon a whipped creamless coffee and see it as lesser—satisfying, [02:35.31]but lesser. The ingredients in your coffee are of your choosing, [02:39.90] just as the ingredients in your life are of your choosing. [02:43.19]You choose the amount of coffee powder that you add to the vessel, [02:46.79]just as you choose the amount of bitterness you add, [02:49.97] or create in your life. [02:51.93] You choose the amount of sweetness you add to the vessel, [02:55.00] just as you choose the amount of sweetness, joy, laughter, love and happiness [03:00.90] that you bring into, or create in your life. [03:04.73] You choose the heat and amount of water, [03:07.68]just as you choose the quality of energy you bring into your life [03:11.62]through diet, attitude, and addiction. [03:14.46]You choose the amount of milk you add to your coffee, [03:17.31] just as you choose the amount of faith, spiritual understanding and truth [03:22.45]that you bring or invite into your life. [03:25.40] You choose, or do not choose, the whipped cream, just as you choose to believe, [03:31.64]or not to believe, in a Divine energy or in your own passions, dreams and goals. [03:39.40]You do not need to put that bitter coffee powder into your drink, [03:43.23]but you do so because you find the drink more interesting. [03:47.06]You relish the aroma, the flavor, the depth, [03:50.56] the intensity of the experience—both of the coffee, and of your life.

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