Until recently, the trend for barista-made coffee and high-speed Wi-Fi was considered by some in the city's bookish crowd to be ruining London's centuries-old tradition of disconnected browsing.

直到最近，这座城市一些热爱读书的人认为，咖啡师制作的咖啡和高速的无线网络破坏了伦敦几个世纪以来远离尘嚣、静心读书的古老传统。