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高三英语培优外刊阅读

外刊精选｜咖啡“性价比之王”：你会为了它舍弃星巴克吗？

上周，本土咖啡新势力Manner在全国有200多家新店同时开业，成为中国市场上门店数量排名第三的连锁咖啡品牌，紧随瑞幸和星巴克之后。其实，Manner在2021年已经开始了“扩张战”：从6月到10月，仅4个月时间就新开了150余家门店。Manner高速扩张的底气究竟从何而来？以它为代表的本土咖啡崛起，对星巴克等老牌巨头又带来了怎样的影响？

MildMannerCoffeeTakesonStarbucksinChinaWithStreetCoffee

ByJoseQian

ChinasboomingcoffeebusinesshasmadeitthesecondmostimportantmarketforglobalgiantStarbucks,behindonlyitshomeU.S.market.Butitsalsoprovidingfertilegroundfornewandinnovativeplayerscateringtolocalpreferences.OneofthelatestinthatgroupisShanghai-based-boutiquechainMannerCoffee,which,togetherwithothersimilarhomegrownnames,arereshapingthecountryscoffee-drinkinglandscape.

Thisyearalonehasseen16financingeventsinChinascoffeesector,withmorethan5billionyuan($784million)pouringintothespace.Eventhescandal-taintedLuckinCoffee,whichwasdelistedfromtheNasdaqlastyearafterbeingexposedformassivefraud,isonceagainattractinginvestorattention.

Dubbedasasellerofstreetcoffeepricedbetween10yuanand20yuanpercup,equalto$3orless,Mannerquicklybecamepopularamongyoungofficeworkersforitslessexpensive,qualitybrew.

Mannerandtheotherup-and-comersarethrivingonaChinacoffeemarketthatisgrowingatahealthy15%peryear.

Starbucksreporteditssame-storesalesintheChinesemarketgrewbyjust19%initsfiscalthirdquarter,downsharplyfrom91%growthinthepreviousquarter,dueinparttoweakyear-agofiguresfromstoresaffectedduringearlystagesofthepandemicin2020.Thecompanyforecastthatgrowthwouldslowfurtherstilltoflatyear-on-yearinitscurrentquarter,showingthatnewplayersmaybestartingtobiteintoStarbuckslunch.

【词汇过关】

请写出下面文单词在文章中的中文意思。

1.mild[ma?ld]adj._______________________

2.boutique[bu??ti?k]n._______________________

3.reshape[?ri???e?p]vt._______________________

4.lands