你会花344美元买一杯咖啡吗？
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A Scottish dairy, or milk cow farm, is offering what it calls Britain’s costliest coffee: one cup for $344.
苏格兰一家奶牛场推出号称英国最贵的咖啡：一杯344美元。
It is a huge price for a little cup of coffee, but the man selling it offers a deal sweetener: a share of a dairy farm.
一小杯咖啡就要这么高的价格，但卖咖啡的人提供了一个甜头：奶牛场的股份。
For that price, they also receive 34 shares in Mossgiel Organic Dairy.
以这个价格，他们还能获得Mossgiel有机乳品公司的34股股份。
The company offers the deal in a crowdfunding campaign it opened.
该公司在其发起的众筹活动中提供这一交易。
It hopes to raise enough money to enlarge its sustainable operation and produce more milk.
它希望筹集足够的资金来扩大可持续经营规模并生产更多牛奶。
Investors who buy 34 shares get a certificate for a special coffee drink called a flat white.
购买34股的投资者将获得一张证书，可兑换一杯名为“馥芮白”的特色咖啡。
Holders can present their certificate and get their flat white at one of 13 coffee shops in Scotland that use the dairy's milk.
持有者可以在苏格兰13家使用该乳制品厂牛奶的咖啡店之一出示证书，领取他们的馥芮白。
The dairy’s owner, Bryce Cunningham, notes his coffee costs 80 times the usual price.
该奶牛场的主人布莱斯·坎宁安指出，他的咖啡价格是通常价格的80倍。
"We know it sounds crazy, but when you break it down, it’s a pretty good deal.
我们知道这听起来很疯狂，但仔细分析一下，这其实是一笔相当划算的交易。
How much is the future of farming worth,” he asked.
他问道：“农业的未来值多少钱？”
The price tops the $320 for a flat white at Shot London, a coffee bar in the wealthy Mayfair and Marylebone neighborhoods.
在富裕的梅费尔和马里波恩街区，Shot London咖啡吧的一杯馥芮白价格高达320美元。
That flat white was made with rare coffee beans from Okinawa, Japan.
那杯馥芮白是用来自日本冲绳的稀有咖啡豆制作的。
The Telegraph newspaper reported in April that it was the most costly coffee in Britain.
《每日电讯报》四月份报道称，这是英国最贵的咖啡。
Cunningham is seeking about $375,000 from small investors in order to secure a much larger bank loan.
坎宁安正在向小投资者筹集约37.5万美元，以获得一笔数额大得多的银行贷款。
He had already raised more than a third of his goal when he offered the flat white farm shares deal.
他提出平白咖啡农场股份交易时，已经筹集到目标金额的三分之一以上。
The loan he is seeking is worth more than $1.1 million.
他寻求的贷款价值超过110万美元。
He says that financing will help him double operations and expand out of Scotland all the way to London.
他说，融资将帮助他把业务规模扩大一倍，并将业务从苏格兰一路拓展到伦敦。
Shareholders receive other rewards, too, such as farm visits, milk transport deals and invitations to special events.
股东还能获得其他奖励，比如参观农场、牛奶运输协议以及特别活动的邀请。
But investors are also given a standard warning that they could lose some or all of the money they invest.
但投资者也会收到标准警告，称他们可能会损失部分或全部投资资金。
The dairy farm in Mauchline, about 40 kilometers south of Glasgow, is historic.
位于格拉斯哥以南约40公里的莫赫林奶牛场具有历史意义。
The famous 18th-century Scottish poet Robert Burns once worked at the farm.
18世纪著名的苏格兰诗人罗伯特·彭斯曾在这个农场工作过。
Burns, considered the national poet of Scotland, wrote while working in the fields there for two years.
彭斯被誉为苏格兰的民族诗人，他在田间劳作两年期间坚持写作。
An image of his face is on each glass container of Mossgiel milk.
每个莫斯吉尔牛奶玻璃容器上都印有他的面部图像。
Todd Whiteford is an owner of The Good Coffee Cartel in Glasgow, that is serving the costly cups.
托德·怀特福德是格拉斯哥“好咖啡卡特尔”的老板之一，这家店正在售卖这种昂贵的咖啡。
He said the store has been using Mossgiel's milk for several years.
他说这家店使用莫斯吉尔农场的牛奶已经好几年了。
He said other milk producers cannot meet the quality of Mossgiel’s milk.
他说其他牛奶生产商无法达到莫斯吉尔牛奶的品质。
He said it makes “rounder, smoother and sweeter” drinks.
他说这能让饮品“更圆润、更顺滑、更甘甜”。
“Theirs is the best. I’ll argue with anyone about that,” Whiteford said.
“他们的是最好的。谁不同意我就跟谁争，”怀特福德说。
I’m Mario Ritter Jr.
我是小马里奥·里特。
The Associated Press reported this story.
美联社报道了这一事件。
Caty Weaver adapted it for VOA Learning English.
凯蒂·韦弗为VOA英语学习频道改编了它。
