创意拿铁：小黄人拉花咖啡萌翻旧金山

　　Some artists work in charcoal¹, others watercolor and some use ... foam²?

　　有的艺术家用炭笔、有的用水彩，还有些用……泡沫?

　　Melannie Aquino works at the Elite³ Audio Coffee Bar in downtown San Francisco. Like many baristas, she began experimenting with latte art to mix up the grind of pulling shots all day long.

　　美兰纳·阿坤诺在圣弗朗西斯科商业区的精英音频咖吧工作。和大部分咖啡师一样，她开始研究拿铁艺术，整天研究拿铁拉花艺术、混合研磨咖啡粉、沏上一杯杯咖啡。

　　"It was pretty primitive⁴, but the customer loved it so much that their reaction stuck with me. After that I was hooked," Aquino wrote in a post on Medium this week.“

　　“很简单、很老式，但顾客们非常喜欢，我忘不了他们的反馈。自此以后我就迷上了，”本周阿坤诺在Medium平台发的帖中这么写道。

　　Espresso-outlined bears turned into animals before Aquino set her sights on thebespectacled creatures known as Minions⁵ that are sweeping⁶ the nation. The yellow "box office superstars" have been featured in three films -- most recently the eponymouslynamed "Minions" -- and have been taking social media by storm.

　　阿坤诺之前用浓咖啡作出小熊的轮廓，后来才把目光转向那戴副眼镜、风靡全国的小黄人。票房明星小黄人在三部电影中担当主演，最近同名电影《小黄人》风靡各大社交媒体。

　　"They’re such expressive⁷ characters and it’s fun to bring them to life with each drink," Aquino wrote. "People kept coming back for them!"

　　“小黄人是表现力超强的角色，让每杯饮品唤起他们的活力，着实有意思”，阿坤诺写道，“回头客都冲着小黄人来”。

 

 

1 charcoal   

n.炭，木炭，生物炭

参考例句：

• We need to get some more charcoal for the barbecue.我们烧烤需要更多的碳。
• Charcoal is used to filter water.木炭是用来过滤水的。

2 foam   

v./n.泡沫，起泡沫

参考例句：

• The glass of beer was mostly foam.这杯啤酒大部分是泡沫。
• The surface of the water is full of foam.水面都是泡沫。

3 elite   

n.精英阶层；实力集团；adj.杰出的，卓越的

参考例句：

• The power elite inside the government is controlling foreign policy.政府内部的一群握有实权的精英控制着对外政策。
• We have a political elite in this country.我们国家有一群政治精英。

4 primitive   

adj.原始的；简单的；n.原(始)人，原始事物

参考例句：

• It is a primitive instinct to flee a place of danger.逃离危险的地方是一种原始本能。
• His book describes the march of the civilization of a primitive society.他的著作描述了一个原始社会的开化过程。

5 minions   

n.奴颜婢膝的仆从( minion的名词复数 )；走狗；宠儿；受人崇拜者

参考例句：

• She delegated the job to one of her minions. 她把这份工作委派给她的一个手下。 来自辞典例句
• I have been a slave to the vicious-those whom I served were his minions. 我当过那帮坏人的奴隶，我伺候的都是他的爪牙。 来自辞典例句

6 sweeping   

adj.范围广大的，一扫无遗的

参考例句：

• The citizens voted for sweeping reforms.公民投票支持全面的改革。
• Can you hear the wind sweeping through the branches?你能听到风掠过树枝的声音吗？

7 expressive   

adj.表现的，表达…的，富于表情的

参考例句：

• Black English can be more expressive than standard English.黑人所使用的英语可能比正式英语更有表现力。
• He had a mobile,expressive,animated face.他有一张多变的，富于表情的，生动活泼的脸。