Sunny Chao, David Lee

Eat and Pay Whatever You Want

隨便吃、隨便付錢

【新聞關鍵字】

1. lessen: v. 減少

2. unique: adj. 獨特的

3. vegetarian : n. 素食者

4. tuck away: 大嚼大嚥

5. formerly: adv. 以前，從前

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.

新聞主播：

在當前的經濟危機下，全世界的人都處境艱難的時期。但是，一家在澳大利亞墨爾本的連鎖餐廳，試圖以他們獨特的哲學來減輕人們的壓力。以下是墨爾本電台更多報導。

STORY:

Lentil As Anything, is a unique vegetarian restaurant tucked away in almost seven hectares of what formerly was a convent in Melbourne Australia.

新聞內容：

Lentil As Anything是一家獨特的、可以讓人大嚼大嚥的素食餐廳，佔地近七公頃，以前是墨爾本的一座修道院。

【新聞關鍵字】

7. founder: n. 創始人

8. according to: phr. 根據

9. dictate: v. 命令、指示

10. failure: n. 失敗

11. come up with: v.想出

12. microcosm:n.縮影

Its founder, Shanaka Fernando, explains how this restaurant differs from others.

餐廳老闆費爾南多，講了他的餐廳與眾不同之處。

[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."

餐廳老闆費爾南多：「你來這家餐廳吃東西，吃完之後，如果你真的很喜歡這些料理，你可以根據你的經驗自由付費。這只是和個人自由有關，而且讓人性的力量決定我們的成敗。」

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.

費爾南多說，他開這家餐廳的想法，是他在故鄉斯里蘭卡時，自己願望的縮影。

【新聞關鍵字】

13. interact: v. 互動

14. gentry: n. 上流社會人士

15. generosity: n. 慷慨

16. circumstance: n. 環境

Part of the Lentil As Anything experience is that people of all backgrounds and classes get to interact with each other.

Lentil As Anything餐廳的部分經驗是，各種背景和階層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."

費爾南多說：「一般來說，如果你的經濟狀況很糟，三餐是依賴慈善機構，你只能跟你相似的族群一起吃飯。但在Lentil As Anything餐廳，你可以跟上流社會人士、怪人、或傳統的人一起吃飯，甚至希望可以跟社會整個橫切面上的人一起吃飯。」

The restaurant is a non-profit organization and Shanaka says its success can be attributed to the generosity of its patrons.

這家餐廳是一個非盈利性組織，費爾南多說它的成功來自於慷慨的贊助。

[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."

費爾南多說：「事實上，富人來這裡會多付一點錢，補貼了窮人因為經濟狀況無法支付預期的餐費。所以餐廳的成功在於贊助者的慷慨，他們的反應絕佳的好。」

Kyle Raftery and his friends are a few of Lentil As Anything’s regular customers who enjoy the food.

凱爾和他的朋友是Lentil As Anything餐廳的常客，他們很喜歡那裡的食物。

[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…"

凱爾說：「這裡的食物太棒、太棒了！我喜歡不同組合的食物，而不是你們平常供應的食物，我今天大吃紅番椒梨，我從來沒吃過那個……」

Kyle also says that he likes the philosophy behind the restaurant.

凱爾也說他喜歡這家餐廳的（經營）哲學。

Lentil As Anything has now expanded to four restaurants around Melbourne.

Lentil As Anything餐廳現在在墨爾本已有四家分店。

Chris Cominos, NTD News, Melbourne, Australia.

新唐人電視台記者Chris Cominos，澳大利亞墨爾本報導。

本則影音新聞出處：新唐人電視台英語新聞 http://english.ntdtv.com/?c=156&a=8179

【每日一句】

Is your shop open tomorrow?

你們明天有營業嗎？

【今日諺語】

山中無老虎，猴子稱大王。

Among the blind the one-eyed man is king.

【看笑話，學英語】

Father: What did you do today to help your mother?

父親：你們今天幫媽媽做了什麼事啊？

Son: I dried the dishes

兒子：我擦乾碗盤

Daughter: And I helped pick up the pieces.

女兒：我幫忙撿起碎片