中英對照讀新聞》Eat it：Hanoi chef spreads joy with ’Coronaburger’ 吃掉它：河內廚師用「冠狀病毒漢堡」散播歡樂

◎孫宇青

You’ve got to eat it, to beat it： That’s the philosophy of one Hanoi chef who is attempting to boost morale in the Vietnamese capital by selling coronavirus-themed burgers.

你必須吃掉它，才能打敗它。這是越南首都河內一位廚師試圖鼓舞士氣的哲理，他專賣以冠狀病毒為主題的漢堡。

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Chef Hoang Tung and his team now spend their days molding dozens of green-tea stained burger buns complete with little "crowns" made of dough to resemble microscopic images of the virus.

主廚黃松（譯音）和他的團隊，現在每天製作數十個加入綠茶的漢堡麵包，上頭點綴著用麵糰做的「冠狀物」，讓它看起來就像顯微鏡下的冠狀病毒樣貌。

"We have this joke that if you are scared of something, you should eat it. That’s why the coronavirus isn’t scary anymore after you eat a burger in the shape of the virus itself. That way of thinking spreads joy to others during this pandemic," said the chef.

這位主廚表示：「我們開玩笑說，如果你害怕一樣東西，你就該吃掉它。這就是為什麼你吃了冠狀病毒形狀的漢堡後，病毒就沒那麼嚇人了。在疾病大流行期間，這種思考模式可以散播歡樂。」

The shop has sold around 50 burgers a day, despite the growing numbers of businesses in Vietnam which have been forced to close because of the virus.

儘管因為病毒影響，越南愈來愈多商家被迫關門，但這家店一天仍賣出約50個漢堡。

Taking his grandson out for a Coronaburger, Dang Dinh Quy, 66, viewed the luminous green burger as a morale-boosting treat.（Reuters）

66歲的鄧定貴（譯音）帶著孫子去吃冠狀病毒漢堡，他認為這個綠色色澤的漢堡是提振士氣的小點心。（路透）

【新聞辭典】

philosophy：名詞，哲理；人生哲學。例句：Serve the guests with all their hearts － that’s the philosophy of the restaurant.（全心全意待客，是這家餐廳奉行的哲理。）

stain：動詞，染色。例句：I stained the T-shirt dark green.（我把這件運動衫染成墨綠色。）

luminous：形容詞，發亮的。例句：He gazed at me with luminous eyes.（他眼睛閃閃發光地盯著我。）