星巴克为过期食品道歉（讲解版）|E1216

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▍原文

U.S. coffee chain Starbucks on Monday apologised and said it would carry out inspections and staff training across all its roughly 5,400 stores in China after a state-backed newspaper said two of its outlets used expired ingredients.

The Beijing News newspaper, in what it described as an undercover investigation, said the incidents occurred at two stores in the eastern Chinese city of Wuxi.

The incident became a trending topic on China's Twitter-like Weibo social media site after the report was published and Starbucks initially said it had shut the two stores and was carrying out an investigation.

▍语言点 

1. chain /tʃeɪn/ n. 连锁店；链子 

· a large supermarket chain 大型连锁超市

2. carry out 实行(if you carry out something, you do it or act according to it)

· carry out inspection 实行检查

· carry out instruction 实行命令

· She needed a clear head to carry out her instructions. 

她需要一个清醒的头脑来执行命令。

3. n.-backed adj. 受……资助的

· government-backed adj. 政府支持的 

4. undercover /ˌʌndərˈkʌvər/ adj. 秘密工作的，私下进行的；秘密的，卧底的

· 构词：under-在下面，cover-藏

· undercover detective 便衣侦探

· undercover boss 卧底老板 

5. trending topic 热门话题，上热搜 

· Becoming a trending topic on social media generates great benefits in terms of business.

上热搜会带来巨大的商业利益。

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