夏说英语新闻晨读 第422期:可口可乐收购Costa咖啡（在线收听）

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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 Premier Inn business in the UK and Germany.

cocaine: 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
intentional: 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