夏说英语新闻晨读 第422期:可口可乐收购Costa咖啡

 本期内容：

Coca-Cola is to buy the Costa coffee chain from owner Whitbread in a deal worth 3.9 billion pounds. Whitbread had intended to spin off the chain as a separate firm, but said a straight sale was more profitable. Chief executive Alison Brittain said Whitbread would now focus on its Premier¹ Inn business in the UK and Germany.

cocaine²: n. 可卡因
chain: n. 连锁店
intend to do sth.: 想要做某事；打算做某事
intention: n. 意图
intentional³: adj. 有意的；故意的
spin off: 拆分；剥离
spin-off: n. 脱离原组织而独立出来的公司；派生作品
straight: adj. 直接的
focus on: 专注于
premier: adj. 首要的，重要的；最好的 n. 总理； 首相
inn: n. 小旅店；酒店

1 premier   

adj.首要的；n.总理，首相

参考例句：

• The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
• He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。

2 cocaine   

n.可卡因，古柯碱（用作局部麻醉剂）

参考例句：

• That young man is a cocaine addict.那个年轻人吸食可卡因成瘾。
• Don't have cocaine abusively.不可滥服古柯碱。

3 intentional   

adj.故意的，有意（识）的

参考例句：

• Let me assure you that it was not intentional.我向你保证那不是故意的。
• His insult was intentional.他的侮辱是有意的。