吃中餐用筷子还是叉子？美国人不用纠结啦！
时间：2019-02-08 作者：英语课 分类：英文语法词汇
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用不好筷子是不少美国人享用中餐的一块心病，但现在他们好像找到了能挽救自己尴尬的“神器”。
Remember the sporks of your childhood cafeteria days? The spoon-fork combo utensil 1 was just spoon-like enough to make spear your food way too hard, and just fork-like enough to give you a nice stab in the tongue.
还记得童年时期小餐厅里的叉勺吗？这种把勺子和叉子结合在一起的餐具状似勺子切不开坚硬的食物，状似叉子又恰好会戳到你的舌头。
Well folks, there’s a new sheriff in town, and its name is “chork.” This Frankenstein’s monster of hybrid 2 cutlery features a fork on one end and chopsticks on the other. It’s a perfect solution for the many Americans who start their meal with chopsticks, get frustrated 3 halfway 4 through, and ditch them for a fork.
大家注意了，现在又来了一位“新主”，它就是“筷叉”。这种怪异的混合餐具的一头是叉子、一头是筷子。对许多美国人来说，这是他们学习用筷子用餐的完美方式，他们都曾半途而废，继续求救“叉子”。
The chork is a three-way utensil. It can be used as a fork, a training pair of chopsticks, or, when broken in two, utilized 5 as normal chopsticks. Chorks have been around for quite a while, but are enjoying some fresh attention after news broke this week that Panda Express may soon offer chorks in their restaurants.
“筷叉”是可三用的餐具。它可以作为叉子、练习筷使用，若将它拆开，则可作为普通筷子使用。“筷叉”出现已有段时间了，只是本周熊猫快餐宣布未来将在餐厅提供，又引起了人们对它的关注。
Panda Express called chorks “the perfect mashup of American and Chinese cultures ― just like Panda Express.” The restaurant group alluded 6 to the possibility that chorks may be offered in stores in the future.
熊猫快餐将“筷叉”称为“中美文化的完美结合——就像熊猫快餐公司本身一样。”熊猫快餐也提到未来商店将可能出售“筷叉”。
There’s no word yet on when these bad boys might be available at a Panda Express near you. But if you feel the need for more chorks in your life, you can buy your ownset for $9.99. Not looking like a fool with your amateur chopstick skills? Priceless.
“筷叉”何时会出现在你家附近的熊猫快餐餐厅现在还尚未有定论。但是如果你觉得自己的生活需要“筷叉”的话，你可以自己花9.99美元买一套。这样你就再也不会因为不娴熟地使用筷子而看起来像个傻瓜了。这可是无价的。
n.器皿，用具
- The best carving utensil is a long, sharp, flexible knife.最好的雕刻工具是锋利而柔韧的长刻刀。
- Wok is a very common cooking utensil in every Chinese family.炒菜锅是每个中国人家庭里很常用的厨房食用具。
n.(动，植）杂种，混合物
- That is a hybrid perpetual rose.那是一株杂交的四季开花的蔷薇。
- The hybrid was tall,handsome,and intelligent.那混血儿高大、英俊、又聪明。
adj.挫败的，失意的，泄气的v.使不成功( frustrate的过去式和过去分词 )；挫败；使受挫折；令人沮丧
- It's very easy to get frustrated in this job. 这个工作很容易令人懊恼。
- The bad weather frustrated all our hopes of going out. 恶劣的天气破坏了我们出行的愿望。 来自《简明英汉词典》
adj.中途的，不彻底的，部分的；adv.半路地，在中途，在半途
- We had got only halfway when it began to get dark.走到半路，天就黑了。
- In study the worst danger is give up halfway.在学习上，最忌讳的是有始无终。
v.利用，使用( utilize的过去式和过去分词 )
- In the19th century waterpower was widely utilized to generate electricity. 在19世纪人们大规模使用水力来发电。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The empty building can be utilized for city storage. 可以利用那栋空建筑物作城市的仓库。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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