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听力文本
Chocolate-Covered French Fries Anyone?
Fast-food chain McDonald's is adding french fries drizzled with chocolate sauce to its menu in Japan.
The new item is called McChoco Potato. The fast-food appetizer consists of McDonald's famous fries drizzled with brown and white chocolate syrup.
A portion of the potatoes and chocolate cost 330 yen, 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 January 26. They are available at Japan's McDonald's for a limited time.
I'm Jim Dresbach.
词汇解析
1.French fries 炸薯条
French fries are one of the most popular potato foods in America.
法式炸薯条是美国最受欢迎的马铃薯食用方法之一。
2.drizzled with 用...打湿
Although it drizzled with rain that evening, we had a good turn out of about 500 guests.
虽然那晚下著雨，但是还是有500多位宾客到场。
3.fast-food 快餐
Helen ordered both fried chicken and salad in the fast-food restaurant.
海伦在快餐店里点了炸鸡和色拉。
4.brown chocolate 棕色巧克力
I like to eat brown chocolate most.
我最喜欢吃褐色的巧克力。
内容解析
1.The fast-food appetizer consists of McDonald's famous fries drizzled with brown and white chocolate syrup.
consists of 包含；由...组成
A computer consists of thousands of components.
电脑由成千上万个部件组成。
Each tribunal consists of two judges.
每个裁判所由两名法官组成。
2.The chocolate fries are McDonald's Japan's attempt to reverse poor sales.
attempt to 试图；打算；尝试
He made a valiant attempt to rescue the child.
他勇敢地试着去救那孩子。
One may even incite another to attempt to commit crime.
一个人可能煽动他人产生犯罪意图。
参考译文
麦当劳又出奇葩新菜品
麦当劳快餐连锁店的日本分店新推出巧克力式薯条。
这款新品薯条名为“McChoco Potato”。其实这款菜品就是将黑巧克力和白巧克力淋在薯条上。
该款巧克力薯条的价格为330日元，约3美元。
麦当劳试图以新菜单让顾客回流。去年《日本时报》报道：日本麦当劳每年亏损近340亿日元，约合3亿美元。
“毫无疑问，2015年是我们进驻日本45年以来最严峻的一年。”日本麦当劳的社长莎拉·卡萨诺瓦说道。
麦当劳于1971年在东京开设第一家分店。
在过去的几年里，麦当劳先后关闭了日本上百家“金色拱门”分店。
然而，在推出McChoco Potato之后，1月份的营业额有了明显提高，这可是多年来首次亏转盈。
“巧克力薯条很受欢迎，当然不仅仅是在日本。”卡萨诺瓦说道。
据悉，巧克力薯条将于1月26日重磅推出。但仅在日本境内限量供应。
我是吉姆·德雷斯巴赫。
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