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Simu Liu sparked a conversation about cultural appropriation and bubble tea after an appearance on Dragons' Den. 

On the show, a company called Bobba presented their business plan and explained how they were putting their own spin on bubble tea (also known as boba tea). 

After he took a sip from a bottle, Liu said he thought it tasted "fine" but that he was concerned about "this idea of 'disrupting' or 'disturbing' bubble tea."  He mentioned the possibility of cultural appropriation, saying he takes issue with the concept of "taking something that's very distinctly Asian in its identity and, quote unquote, making it better."

劉思慕登上《龍穴》節(jié)目后，引發(fā)了一場(chǎng)關(guān)于文化挪用和珍珠奶茶的熱議。

在這期節(jié)目中，一家名為Bobba的公司介紹了他們的商業(yè)計(jì)劃，并說(shuō)明了他們將會(huì)在珍珠奶茶（又稱為波霸奶茶）中加入自己的風(fēng)格。

劉思慕喝了一小口，他說(shuō)覺(jué)得味道"還行"，但他擔(dān)心這種創(chuàng)意會(huì)擾亂珍珠奶茶文化。他還提到，這種行為有可能涉嫌文化挪用。這家白人公司把一個(gè)明顯有著亞洲特征的產(chǎn)品拿去搞了一個(gè)所謂“更好的版本”，他很反對(duì)這種做法。

??重點(diǎn)詞匯與表達(dá)

spark /spɑ:rk/ v. 引發(fā)；產(chǎn)生火花

appropriation /??pro?pri?e??n/ n. 挪用，侵吞

appropriate /??pro?pri?t/ adj. 合適的，相稱的 v. 私占，挪用

bubble tea /?b?bl ?ti:/ n. 珍珠奶茶

present  /pr??zent/ v. 介紹；展示

disrupting /d?s?r?pt??/ v. 中斷，擾亂

distinctly /d??st??ktli/ adv. 清楚地；明顯地

identity /a??dent?ti/ n. 身份；特性

cultural appropriation 文化挪用

put one's spin on sth. 加入自己的解讀、觀點(diǎn)或風(fēng)格

also known as 又稱為（縮寫(xiě)即AKA）

take a sip 喝一小口

take issue with sth. 對(duì)……提出異議

quote unquote 所謂的