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你習慣「它」的新名字了嗎？法國公司家樂福已經全面撤出台灣，從前我們在週末採購或是推推車逛街的地方，換上了一個你可能還不太習慣的名字。本週的《英語咖啡館》John 老師和 Patrick 老師做了這集品牌故事要來送它一程，下次見面可能要在法國啦。

Carrefour 這個法文字原來的意思是什麼呢？他在台灣的第一家店開在哪座城市，答案可能會讓南部的聽眾有點驕傲。本集也有提到了便利商店、超市、量販店、倉儲賣場到底差在哪，想知道各種規模的賣場在英文怎麼稱呼的話，別錯過本集的學習筆記喔。

Have you gotten used to its new name yet? French company Carrefour has completely withdrawn from Taiwan, and the place where we used to do weekend shopping and push carts around has been replaced with a name you might not be quite used to yet. This week on English Cafe, John and Patrick tell this brand story as a send-off—next time we meet might have to be in France.

What does the French word "Carrefour" originally mean? Which city did its first store in Taiwan open in? The answer might make southern listeners feel a bit proud. This episode also explains the differences between convenience stores, supermarkets, warehouse clubs, and bulk retailers, and how these different types of stores are called in English. If you want to know the English terminology for various scales of retail spaces, don't miss the study notes in this episode!