咖啡，被誉为打工人的“搬砖续命水”，从商务社交到朋友聚会，无处不在。由“赶时髦”到“咖啡续命”，年轻消费群体已逐步养成喝咖啡的习惯，现磨咖啡变为“日常饮品”，也让咖啡消费进入品质化消费时代。
今天的China Daily精读计划，我们就来聊聊咖啡那些事。
As coffee consumption in China rises, the freight transportation business of coffee beans has been booming, and first-tier cities remain key destinations for the highest quantity of coffee beans, according to a new report. Suzhou, Jiangsu province; Kunming, Yunnan province; and Shanghai were the top three cities that received the largest volume of coffee beans in the past year, the report by truck-hailing platform Full Truck Alliance, released in May, showed.
一份最新报告显示，随着中国咖啡消费的兴起，咖啡豆的货运业务蓬勃发展，一线城市仍然是咖啡豆货运的主流目的地。货车呼叫平台满帮集团在5月份发布的报告显示，江苏苏州、云南昆明和上海是过去一年接收咖啡豆最多的三个城市。
"As coffee consumption in China rises, the freight transportation business of coffee beans has been booming"，随着中国咖啡消费的兴起，咖啡豆的货运业务蓬勃发展。
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▌freight [freɪt]
❶ n. 货运
例句：
France derives 16% of revenue from air freight.
法国16%的岁入来自航空货运。
❷n.（货运）货物
例句：
26 tons of freight
26吨货物
v. 以货运运输
例句：
From these ports the grain is freighted down to Addis Ababa.
粮食从这些港口运到亚的斯亚贝巴。
"...and first-tier cities remain key destinations for the highest quantity of coffee beans，according to a new report"，根据最新的报告，一线城市仍然是咖啡货运主流目的地。
First-tier city，一线城市，二线三四线城市就直接改序数词。
"Suzhou, Jiangsu province; Kunming, Yunnan province; and Shanghai were the top three cities"，排行榜的前三个城市，是江苏苏州，云南昆明以及上海。
后面that引出定语从句来修饰the top three cities，解释它们是在什么样的排行榜上面赢得了前三名。"...that received the largest volume of coffee beans in the past year"，这三个城市在过去一年接受咖啡豆的数量最多，所以是在咖啡货运量排行榜上的前三个城市。
"...the report by truck-hailing platform Full Truck Alliance, released in May, showed"，货车呼叫平台满帮集团在5月份发布的报告显示。
▌hail [heɪl]
❶v.招呼，叫（出租车）
例句1：
I hurried away to hail a taxi.
我赶紧去叫出租车。
例句2：
taxi/ride hailing
打车
❷ v.赞扬，称颂（人、事件或成就）
例句：
The Wandering Earth is hailed as China's best sci-fi movie to date.
《流浪地球》被誉为中国迄今为止最好的科幻电影。
►知识拓展：
fast ride 快车
tailored taxi service 专车
ride sharing 顺风车
carpool 拼车
