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functional beverage/ 功能饮料/ (ɡōnɡnénɡ yǐnliào)

A: What interesting museums have you been to?

你去过哪些有意思的博物馆？

(nǐ qùɡuò nǎxiē yǒu yìsīde bówù ɡuǎn?)

B: I've been to museums that seemed to take figures such as Shakespeare and Mark Rothko as their main theme. I've also been to a perfume museum.

我去过像是莎士比亚和马克·罗斯科这样以人物为主题的博物馆,也去过香水博物馆。

(wǒ qùɡuò xiànɡshi shāshìbǐyà hé mǎkè·luósīkē zhèyànɡ yǐ rénwù wéizhǔtí de bówùɡuǎn, yě qùɡuò xiānɡshuǐ bówùɡuǎn.)

A: That sounds interesting. Did you know that Beijing has a China Functional Beverage Museum? 

听起来很有趣, 你知道北京有一个中国功能饮料博物馆吗？

(tīnɡqǐlái hěnyǒuqù, nǐzhīdào běijīnɡ yǒuyīɡè zhōnɡɡuó ɡōnɡnénɡ yǐnliào bówùɡuǎn ma?)

B: Really? What displays does this museum mainly have? 

是吗, 这个博物馆主要是有什么呈现呢？

(shìma, zhèɡè bówùɡuǎn zhǔyàoshì yǒu shíme chénɡxiàn ne?)

A: It introduces the history of China's functional beverages. Functional beverages took off in the Chinese market during the 80s of the last century. 

它介绍了中国功能饮料的历史,功能饮料在中国的市场萌发于上世纪八十年代。

(tā jièshào le zhōnɡɡuó ɡōnɡnénɡ yǐnliào de lìshǐ, ɡōnɡnénɡ yǐnliào zài zhōnɡɡuó de shìchǎnɡ ménɡfā yú shànɡshìjì bāshí niándài.)

B: There seems to be more and more of these marvelous museums now, I would like to visit them all.

像这样奇妙的博物馆似乎越来越多了,我都想去。

(xiànɡ zhèyànɡ qímiào de bówùɡuǎn sìhū yuèláiyuèduō le,wǒdōu xiǎnɡqù.)

Illustration: Liu Xidan/ GT