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在德国分秒必争 [提要]近期，德国威斯巴登市新开了一家别具一格的咖啡馆 — Slow Time。这家主打“慢时光”的咖啡馆一反常规，它不按点餐单来结账，而是依据顾客在店内逗留时间的长短来计时收费。 Slow Time, a newly opened café in Wiesbaden, Germany, is charging clients on how much time they spend there, rather than on what they order. Coffee and biscuit snacks are free, and customers can even bring their own food, but they have to pay for every minute spent inside. The “time café” concept comes from Moscow, where it has proven a big hit. Locals and tourists there find shelter from the busy city streets inside one of these peaceful cafés without worrying about high drink prices. The amount of time they spend inside is the only thing that counts on the bill. 24-year-old Daria Volkova recently opened the first “time café” in Germany, called Slow Time. Customers are charged €2 $2.50 on arrival, which covers the first 30 minutes, after which they have to pay €0.05 per minute, or €3 per hour. The coffee, which is supposed to be delicious, tea and water are offered free of charge, and there are also free biscuits, but clients are invited to bring their own food and drinks if they want, or have a pizza delivered there. What’s important is the time, although the owner says the clocks purposely showing different time are meant to make people forget about time and focus on relaxation and the people around them. To pass the time, visitors can use the free Wi-Fi connection to surf the Internet or enjoy a good book from the café’s selection. Daria says her main goal is to take the business where it can support her and her 6-year-old daughter. The 75-square-meter café can seat 25 people, and it needs at least 11 customers to make a small profit. Daria says she’s confident that things will be better in the near future, as more people hear about her unique café. Thinking: 1. What else do you know about German? 2. Do you have any thoughts about Germans?