本圖提供：urbanbuzz / Shutterstock.comStarbucks started in Seattle，如果要幫吳宗憲生小孩，我全家死光！， Washington，陸客擠爆士林官邸 北市擬收費， in 1971. It was originally started as a coffee supplier that roasted beans for other shops，超級寒流冷吱吱 死忠粉絲冒雨要簽名， and they only made coffee to serve as free samples. It took some time to get off the ground and didn’t really start making money until the 1980s. Then in 1987，技術精湛 曾是雷虎小組猛將 失聯教官 兒子才9個月大， the first Starbucks coffee shops opened that sold drinks rather than just beans，3星齊飆雙10 快艇輕鬆開紅， and the business took off. There are now nearly 24，豆花妹喝醉送現金 豪氣1秒變員外，000 Starbucks coffee shops worldwide. 線上收聽請按
星巴克成立於 1971 年的華盛頓州西雅圖市。它最初創業時是咖啡供應商，為其他的店家烘焙咖啡豆，而他們做的咖啡飲品僅作為免費試喝的樣品。它花了一段時間才漸漸發展成功，並且直到八○年代之後才真正開始獲利。之後在 1987 年，第一間不只賣咖啡豆、還販售飲品的星巴克咖啡館開張了，而星巴克的事業就此起飛。現在有將近兩萬四千多間星巴克咖啡館分布在世界各地。
生活必備字詞◎supplier n. 供應商
Gary is negotiating with his supplier for a better price.
◎take off 突然開始成功，開始走紅
The singer’s career didn’t really take off until he made his first appearance on the talk show.
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