Sunny Chao, David Lee
Eat and Pay Whatever You Want
随便吃、随便付钱
【新闻关键字】
1. lessen: v. 减少
2. unique: adj. 独特的
3. vegetarian : n. 素食者
4. tuck away: 大嚼大咽
5. formerly: adv. 以前，从前
6. convent: n. 修道院
ANCHOR:
And with the current economic crisis, times are tough for people all over the world. But one restaurant chain in Melbourne, Australia is trying to lessen the burden with their unique philosophy. Here’s more from our Melbourne bureau.
新闻主播：
在当前的经济危机下，全世界的人都处境艰难的时期。但是，一家在澳大利亚墨尔本的连锁餐厅，试图以他们独特的哲学来减轻人们的压力。以下是墨尔本电台更多报导。
STORY:
Lentil As Anything, is a unique vegetarian restaurant tucked away in almost seven hectares of what formerly was a convent in Melbourne Australia.
新闻内容：
Lentil As Anything是一家独特的、可以让人大嚼大咽的素食餐厅，占地近七公顷，以前是墨尔本的一座修道院。
【新闻关键字】
7. founder: n. 创始人
8. according to: phr. 根据
9. dictate: v. 命令、指示
10. failure: n. 失败
11. come up with: v.想出
12. microcosm:n.缩影
Its founder, Shanaka Fernando, explains how this restaurant differs from others.
餐厅老板费尔南多，讲了他的餐厅与众不同之处。
[Shanaka Fernando, Restaurant Founder]:
“It’s a restaurant where you come and eat, and after you eat, if you really like it you can pay whatever you want according to what your experience was. It’s just about personal freedom and letting the forces of human nature dictate our success and failure."
餐厅老板费尔南多：“你来这家餐厅吃东西，吃完之后，如果你真的很喜欢这些料理，你可以根据你的经验自由付费。这只是和个人自由有关，而且让人性的力量决定我们的成败。”
Shanaka says he came up with the concept of the restaurant as a small microcosm of his aspirations that were formed in Sri Lanka where he grew up.
费尔南多说，他开这家餐厅的想法，是他在故乡斯里兰卡时，自己愿望的缩影。
【新闻关键字】
13. interact: v. 互动
14. gentry: n. 上流社会人士
15. generosity: n. 慷慨
16. circumstance: n. 环境
Part of the Lentil As Anything experience is that people of all backgrounds and classes get to interact with each other.
Lentil As Anything餐厅的部分经验是，各种背景和阶层的人可以在此互相交流。
[Shanaka Fernando, Restaurant Founder]:
“Generally if you are struggling with finances and you are relying on charity for food, you eat amongst people with a similar demographic, but with Lentil As Anything you can come and eat amongst the gentry and the eccentrics and the conservatives and the whole cross section of the community hopefully."
费尔南多说：“一般来说，如果你的经济状况很糟，三餐是依赖慈善机构，你只能跟你相似的族群一起吃饭。但在Lentil As Anything餐厅，你可以跟上流社会人士、怪人、或传统的人一起吃饭，甚至希望可以跟社会整个横切面上的人一起吃饭。”
The restaurant is a non-profit organization and Shanaka says its success can be attributed to the generosity of its patrons.
这家餐厅是一个非盈利性组织，费尔南多说它的成功来自于慷慨的赞助。
[Shanaka Fernando, Restaurant Founder]:
“The fact that rich people come and pay a little bit extra is what subsidizes the meals of the poor people who come and can’t expect to pay what they’d like to pay because of their financial circumstances. So it is the generosity that has made it a success, the response has been overwhelmingly good."
费尔南多说：“事实上，富人来这里会多付一点钱，补贴了穷人因为经济状况无法支付预期的餐费。所以餐厅的成功在于赞助者的慷慨，他们的反应绝佳的好。”
Kyle Raftery and his friends are a few of Lentil As Anything’s regular customers who enjoy the food.
凯尔和他的朋友是Lentil As Anything餐厅的常客，他们很喜欢那里的食物。
[Kyle Raftery, Customer]:
“It’s great, it’s great! I love the different combinations of things, not your usual stuff. I grabbed the chili pears today which I don’t think I’ve had before…"
凯尔说：“这里的食物太棒、太棒了！我喜欢不同组合的食物，而不是你们平常供应的食物，我今天大吃红番椒梨，我从来没吃过那个……”
Kyle also says that he likes the philosophy behind the restaurant.
凯尔也说他喜欢这家餐厅的（经营）哲学。
Lentil As Anything has now expanded to four restaurants around Melbourne.
Lentil As Anything餐厅现在在墨尔本已有四家分店。
Chris Cominos, NTD News, Melbourne, Australia.
新唐人电视台记者Chris Cominos，澳大利亚墨尔本报导。
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【每日一句】
Is your shop open tomorrow?
你们明天有营业吗？
【今日谚语】
山中无老虎，猴子称大王。
Among the blind the one-eyed man is king.
【看笑话，学英语】
Father: What did you do today to help your mother?
父亲：你们今天帮妈妈做了什么事啊？
Son: I dried the dishes
儿子：我擦干碗盘
Daughter: And I helped pick up the pieces.
女儿：我帮忙捡起碎片
