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Songs of Experience
Woe to Fast-Food

source: 台灣測驗中心

經驗之歌 — 快餐悲情

Related article: Songs of Innocence; Summer Gateway


Happiness could be found in fast food places,

But someone ought to put the cooks through their paces,

Because most certainly they'll rue the day

When customers, clear-headed, stay away.

快樂可以是在快餐店裡找到,

不過,應該要有人去測測那些廚師們的能力吧,

因為他們會後悔的

在顧客們,腦筋清醒時,都不光顧的那天。


"woe" 悲哀;災難。"pace" 步速;進度。"put someone/something through paces" 測試某人/ 某物的能力。"rue" 後悔;悲哀。


There's salt enough on french fries to rival the Dead Sea,

And the meat in chicken nuggets is gray and lumpy.

Warm vanilla milkshakes are truly disgusting;

They're carefully capped to trick the trusting.

炸薯條裡的鹽分跟死海的一樣多,

雞塊裡的肉是又灰白又凹凸不平的。

溫熱的香草奶昔真是可怕;

它們被小心地蓋著以騙過毫無疑心的客人。


"rival" 與...匹敵;比得上。" disgusting " 令人作嘔的;可憎的。"trusting" 信任的;the trusting 輕易信任別人的那些人。


The worst, of course, are the deaths.

Undercooked hamburgers have caused quite a mess.

I'll stay with McDonald's, shun Jack in the Box;

I'll keep the friesthe rest isn't much of a loss.

最糟糕的當然就是那些死亡的事件。

半生不熟的漢堡造了好多禍。

我還是會去麥當勞,而避開玩偶匣快餐店;

我會吃炸薯條—其他的都不吃倒也還好吧。


"mess" 混亂;一團糟。"shun" 躲開;迴避。

In 1993, hundreds of people were injured and four children died after eating at Jack in the Box restaurants. The primary cause of the outbreak was adulterated hamburger patties manufactured and sold to the restaurant chain by one of its suppliers.

註:由於1993年發生的大腸桿菌食物中毒事件,讓本文作者對Jack in the Box餐館心有餘悸,這完全是作者個人的看法。我卻蠻喜歡他們的起司漢堡,值得推薦給大家。

The Ultimate Cheeseburger offered by Jack in the Box won the 2005-2006 and 2006-2007 Golden Icon Awards for "Best Burger"; the Golden Icon Awards are presented annually by Travolta Family Entertainment.