巧克力薯条?
时间：2019-01-12 作者：英语课 分类：2016年VOA慢速英语(三)月
AS IT IS 2016-03-08 Chocolate-Covered French Fries Anyone? 巧克力薯条?
Fast-food chain McDonald’s is adding french fries drizzled 2 with chocolate sauce to its menu in Japan.
The new item is called McChoco Potato. The fast-food appetizer 3 consists of McDonald’s famous fries drizzled with brown and white chocolate syrup 4.
A portion of the potatoes and chocolate cost 330 yen 5, which is around $3.
The chocolate fries are McDonald's Japan’s attempt to reverse poor sales. According to the Japan Times, McDonald's Japan reported an annual loss of over 34 billion yen, or nearly $300 million, last year.
“Undoubtedly, 2015 was the most challenging year we have faced in our 45-year history,” said McDonald's Japan president Sarah Casanova.
U.S.-based McDonald’s opened its first restaurant in Tokyo in 1971.
In the past few years, McDonald’s Japan closed hundreds of the restaurants known for its golden arches.
Because of the McChoco Potato, customer sales increased in January for the first time in a number of years.
“The chocolate fries have been extremely popular with customers, and actually not just customers in Japan,” said Casanova.
The chocolate-covered french fries debuted 6 January 26. They are available at Japan’s McDonald's for a limited time.
Words in This Story
drizzle 1 – v. to pour a small amount of liquid onto or over something
menu – n. a list of the foods that may be ordered at a restaurant
appetizer – n. a small dish of food served before the main part of a meal
syrup – n. a sweet, thick liquid made of sugar and water with flavoring added to it
yen – n. the basic unit of money of Japan
debuted – v. to appear in public for the first time
- The shower tailed off into a drizzle.阵雨越来越小，最后变成了毛毛雨。
- Yesterday the radio forecast drizzle,and today it is indeed raining.昨天预报有小雨，今天果然下起来了。
- The dew on the branches drizzled our hair and shoulders. 枝头上的露珠润湿了我们的头发和双肩。
- It drizzled throughout the night. 毛毛雨下了一夜。
- We served some crackers and cheese as an appetizer.我们上了些饼干和奶酪作为开胃品。
- I would like a cucumber salad for an appetizer.我要一份黄瓜沙拉作开胃菜。
- I skimmed the foam from the boiling syrup.我撇去了煮沸糖浆上的泡沫。
- Tinned fruit usually has a lot of syrup with it.罐头水果通常都有许多糖浆。
- He wanted to convert his dollars into Japanese yen.他想将美元换成日币。
- He has a yen to be alone in a boat.他渴望独自呆在一条船上。