伦敦咖啡店禁止顾客穿雪地靴

 　　A coffee shop in East London has provoked outrage¹ after banning Ugg boots and referring to them as slag² wellies.

　　英国伦敦东区一家咖啡店禁止顾客穿Ugg雪地靴入店，并称其为“渣鞋”，这一举动激起了众怒。

　　Brick Lane Coffee in Shoreditch, East London, slated³ the popular Australian brand on a chalkboard outside its shop earlier this week, with the message: 'Sorry no Uggs (slag wellies)'.

　　近日，这家位于新兴文艺区Shoreditch的“砖巷”咖啡店在店门口的黑板上写下了一则关于澳大利亚著名品牌Ugg的提示：“对不起，穿Uggs（渣鞋）者不得入内”。

　　Passers-by took to Twitter to express their anger and it's not the first time The Goswell Road establishment has caused controversy⁴.

　　路人们随即开始在推特上表达他们的愤怒，这家位于高斯维尔路上的咖啡店已经不是第一次引起这样的争议了。

　　Earlier this year it prompted a similar response with a sign saying 'sorry, no poor people' and another that read 'please don't feed the crackies,' referring to drug addicts⁵.

　　今年早些时候，“砖巷”咖啡店曾推出“对不起，穷人勿进”和“请不要喂那些吸毒者”的标语。

　　伦敦咖啡店禁止顾客穿雪地靴

　　Brick Lane Coffee are known for their provocative⁶ chalk board signs.

　　“砖巷”咖啡店以其极具挑衅意味的黑板粉笔标语而闻名。

　　Previous offerings include: 'One coffee a day keeps Ebola away,' and 'No Northerners (you couldn't afford it anyway).'

　　先前的标语包括：“一天一咖啡，埃博拉远离你”和“北方人不得入内（反正你买不起）”。

　　The independent retailer⁷ was unapologetic about the latest row.

　　这家独立经营的咖啡店不愿为其引发争议的新标语道歉。

　　In a statement, a spokeswoman said:'This criticism is a lot less than the support we get. Our shop is full of happy customers.

　　在一份声明中，一位女发言人说：“我们得到的支持比批评多多了，我们店里满是快乐的顾客。

　　'All this kind of faux outrage does is give us further publicity⁸.'

　　“这样的批评让我们的知名度更高了。”

1 outrage   

n.暴行，侮辱，愤怒；vt.凌辱，激怒

参考例句：

• When he heard the news he reacted with a sense of outrage.他得悉此事时义愤填膺。
• We should never forget the outrage committed by the Japanese invaders.我们永远都不应该忘记日本侵略者犯下的暴行。

2 slag   

n.熔渣，铁屑，矿渣；v.使变成熔渣，变熔渣

参考例句：

• Millions of tons of slag now go into building roads each year.每年有数百万吨炉渣用于铺路。
• The slag powder had been widely used as the additive in the cement and concrete.矿渣微粉作为水泥混凝土的掺和料已得到广泛应用。

3 slated   

用石板瓦盖( slate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Yuki is working up an in-home phonics program slated for Thursdays, and I'm drilling her on English conversation at dinnertime. Yuki每周四还有一次家庭语音课。我在晚餐时训练她的英语口语。
• Bromfield was slated to become U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. 布罗姆菲尔德被提名为美国农业部长。

4 controversy   

n.争论，辩论，争吵

参考例句：

• That is a fact beyond controversy.那是一个无可争论的事实。
• We ran the risk of becoming the butt of every controversy.我们要冒使自己在所有的纷争中都成为众矢之的的风险。

5 addicts   

有…瘾的人( addict的名词复数 )； 入迷的人

参考例句：

• a unit for rehabilitating drug addicts 帮助吸毒者恢复正常生活的机构
• There is counseling to help Internet addicts?even online. 有咨询机构帮助网络沉迷者。 来自超越目标英语 第3册

6 provocative   

adj.挑衅的，煽动的，刺激的，挑逗的

参考例句：

• She wore a very provocative dress.她穿了一件非常性感的裙子。
• His provocative words only fueled the argument further.他的挑衅性讲话只能使争论进一步激化。

7 retailer   

n.零售商(人)

参考例句：

• What are the retailer requirements?零售商会有哪些要求呢？
• The retailer has assembled a team in Shanghai to examine the question.这家零售商在上海组建了一支团队研究这个问题。

8 publicity   

n.众所周知，闻名；宣传，广告

参考例句：

• The singer star's marriage got a lot of publicity.这位歌星的婚事引起了公众的关注。
• He dismissed the event as just a publicity gimmick.他不理会这件事，只当它是一种宣传手法。