焦糖玛奇朵咖啡 2019.06.18

周二 Tuesday

overrate

 [,əuvə'reit] 

v. 过高评价

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Being right is overrated.

“我是对的”其实没有你想的那么重要。

So many other human nuances hold greater sway in our fact-free, give-it-to-me-now-or-else world.

在我们这个“不管事实如何，现在就给我，不然就算了”的世界里，人类还有如此多其他方面的细微差别有着更大的影响力。

I was, therefore, rendered temporarily insensate by a story of righteousness emerging from a simple Starbucks transaction.

因此，一桩简单的星巴克交易所引发的正义故事，让我暂时失去了理智。

At least, it had a simple beginning.

至少，故事的开头是很简单的。

In the Twitter-telling of English comedian Tiffany Stevenson, a woman walked into the Starbucks and ordered what they call over there a "caramel macchiato."

英国喜剧演员蒂芙尼·史蒂文森的推特写着，一位女士走进星巴克，点了一杯他们称之为“焦糖玛奇朵”的咖啡。

Stevenson described what happened next: 

史蒂文森描述了接下来发生的事情：

Unbelievable bit of womb bothering in Starbucks at services.

星巴克的服务被子宫影响了，难以置信。

A pregnant woman got her Caramel Macchiato and the guy behind the counter said: 'Oh, it's for you.' 

一位孕妇点的焦糖玛奇朵，柜台后面的男人说:“噢，是你要喝呀。”

Do you want me to make a decaf?'

你要我做无咖啡因咖啡吗?”

She said: 'No, thanks.' 

她说:“不用，谢谢。”

Him: 'No, I should because caffeine is bad for the baby.'

他说:“不，当然应该做无咖啡因的，因为咖啡因对宝宝不好。”

Let's take this slowly. A Starbucks barista claims to be a baby expert and attempts to lecture a pregnant customer.

让我们仔细品品，一位星巴克服务员声称自己是一位婴儿专家，并试图对一位怀孕的顾客进行指导。

Worse, the barista is a man. Because men know so much more about pregnancy than women. About everything, really.

更糟的是，服务员是个男的。因为男人比女人更了解怀孕。更了解一切，真的。

There was, sadly, more: 

遗憾的是，还有更过分的：

Her: 'It's fine, I have one a day' 

她说:“没关系，我每天都会喝一杯。”

Him: 'But...you shouldn't'

他:“但是……你不应该喝”

Me: almost spontaneously combusting. 'Are you a man, telling a woman what she should and shouldn't have during a pregnancy?' 

我: 怒火中烧。“你一个男人，在告诉一个女人在怀孕期间应该和不应该做什么?”

Then he says: 'Oh just because it's bad for the baby so that's why I'm saying it.'

然后他说:“哦，我是因为这对婴儿不好才一直这么说的。”

Stevenson said she tried to remonstrate with him, in the forlorn hope that he might, perhaps, be struck with a little self-awareness: 

史蒂文森说，她心存侥幸试着向他提出抗议，希望他也许能有点自知之明。

Then he continues to try and justify policing a complete stranger for 5 minutes. He was maybe 30 years old max.

然后，他又花了五分钟对一个路人证明自己的正确性。他大约三十几岁。

Naturally, I asked Starbucks whether it gives specific pregnancy advice training to its employees -- or, indeed, to others it might teach in the coffee-making ways -- and will update, should I hear.

自然，我问星巴克，它是否为员工提供怀孕建议培训——或者，实际上，是否为其他可能教咖啡制作方法的员工提供此类培训——如果答案是肯定的，我还会问，那么培训是否会持续更新。

A company spokesperson did tell Allure: 

该公司的一位发言人告诉《Allure》杂志:

We have reason to believe that this was truly a misunderstanding, and the worker was trying to clarify the customer's order.

我们有理由相信这确实是一个误会，工作人员当时正在努力弄清楚客户的订单。

Quite some misunderstanding.

这可真是很大的误解啊。

For what it might be worth, I could find no scientific evidence that coffee in moderation is harmful during pregnancy. 

或许值得注意的是，我没有发现任何科学证据表明，在怀孕期间适量饮用咖啡是有害的。

今日词汇

 

overrate

 [,əuvə'reit] 

v. 过高评价

不难看出，这个词是 over + rate

rate 作名词是“比率”，作动词是“评价”。

而 overrate 就是“给予……过高评价”、“把……看得过于重要”。

In my opinion, Hirst's work has been vastly overrated.

在我看来，赫斯特的作品被大大地高估了。

完

参考链接：

https://www.inc.com/chris-matyszczyk/a-starbucks-customer-ordered-a-simple-coffee-then-barista-went-too-far.html

编辑：梅园西墙的王半仙

翻译：Scarlett

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