访谈录 2008-05-23&05-24 比基尼咖啡

Sex sells, and here At Cowgirls Espresso in Bonney Lake business has never been better. The baristas here wear bikinis, nothing different they say than what you see at the beach.

 

"You see people, you know, out on the lake in their swimsuits and I don't see how it's any different, right? We are just making coffee."

 

But it is what this mother saw at another Espresso stand that really gave her a jolt¹. 

"All of a sudden, my kids that were in the back of the car said: "Mom, there is a naked² lady!"

Tawnya McLavey says inside Hot Chick-a-Latte was a pasty-clad barista serving coffee.

 

"From her middle, up, nothing but two stickers."

That's why McLavey is organizing a protest³ in Bonney Lake this Memorial Day weekend as a way to send a message.

 

"I just thought there could be a law to say, you know, these are "adults only" facilities, not for children and there is no warning, and… and seeing a barista just in pasties, you know, out in the open, on a busy road, it…it's just terrifying."

 

She even started a clothing drive for the baristas, to which the workers at Cowgirls Espresso say bring 'em here, they'll put those clothes to good use. 

 

We are just coming back and say, ok, if you, if you want to drop off your clothes for us and we will take them and we are going to donate them to a local charity.

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pasties: small round coverings for a woman's nipples worn especially by a stripteaser

 

barista: one who has acquired some level of expertise⁴ in the preparation of espresso-based coffee drinks.

 

1 jolt   

v.（使）摇动，（使）震动，（使）颠簸

参考例句：

• We were worried that one tiny jolt could worsen her injuries.我们担心稍微颠簸一下就可能会使她的伤势恶化。
• They were working frantically in the fear that an aftershock would jolt the house again.他们拼命地干着，担心余震可能会使房子再次受到震动。

2 naked   

adj.裸露的；赤裸裸的，无遮蔽的

参考例句：

• To the east of our school,there's a naked hillside.我们学校东边有片光秃秃的山坡。
• The children stripped off their clothes and swam naked in the river.孩子们脱得光溜溜的在河里游泳。

3 protest   

v.反对，抗议；宣称；n.抗议；宣称

参考例句：

• I can't pass the matter by without a protest.我不能对此事视而不见，我要提出抗议。
• We translated his silence as a protest.我们把他的沉默解释为抗议。

4 expertise   

n.专门知识(或技能等)，专长

参考例句：

• We were amazed at his expertise on the ski slopes.他斜坡滑雪的技能使我们赞叹不已。
• You really have the technical expertise in a new breakthrough.让你真正在专业技术上有一个全新的突破。