名人演讲视频：汉堡放置14年不变样 你还敢吃吗

If you need another reason to kick the junk food habit this should do it.

　　如果你想要找一个理由让你戒掉垃圾食品，这条新闻可能会帮上忙。

　　A Utah man has unearthed¹ a McDonald's hamburger he bought in 1999 - and the sandwich looks exactly the same as the day it was first flipped².

　　一位来自美国犹他州的男子发现：他于1999年在麦当劳买的汉堡，现在看起来跟刚买时几乎毫无差别。

　　David Whipple kept the fast food meal for a month to show friends how the preservative-packed hamburger would keep its composure.

　　大卫-惠普尔原本打算将这块汉堡保存一个月，来向他的朋友证明防腐剂是如何保存汉堡使其不变质的。

　　But he forgot about it, finding it two years later in his coat pocket and then he decided³ to continue the bizarre experiment.

　　但不久后他忘了这件事，直到两年后才在大衣口袋里找到这个汉堡，于是他决定继续这个古怪的实验。

　　However, even he was shocked to see that the hamburger still looks the same a whopping 14 years later.

　　然而，14年后汉堡仍看起来和刚买时一样，这样的结果使他十分震惊。

　　'It wasn't on purpose,' Whipple told TV show 'The Doctors,' of his decision to keep the burger for such a long time.

　　“我不是有意做出这样的决定，将汉堡保存这么长时间的”，惠普尔在电视节目“医生” 中谈到。

　　‘I was showing some people how enzymes⁴ work and I thought a hamburger would be a good idea. And I used it for a month and then I forgot about it.’

　　“我当时只是想向朋友展示酶类是如何产生作用的，我觉得用汉堡可能效果不错。而且我本来只打算保存一个月，但后来压根忘了这件事。”

　　'It ended up in a paper sack in the original sack with the receipt in my coat pocket tossed in the back of my truck and it sat there for, I don't know, two or three months.'

　　“后来我在放在卡车后备箱的大衣口袋里发现了这个汉堡，它原封不动地被装在纸袋中，发票也还留着，在后备箱里放了大概有2到3个月。”

　　'It ended up in a paper sack in the original sack with the receipt in my coat pocket tossed in the back of my truck and it sat there for, I don't know, two or three months.'

　　“后来我在放在卡车后备箱的大衣口袋里发现了这个汉堡，它原封不动地被装在纸袋中，发票也还留着，在后备箱里放了大概 有2到3个月。”

　　He said his coat ended up in the coat closet of his Logan, Utah, home.

　　他说之后这件大衣被挂在他位于犹他州洛根市家中的衣橱里。

　　'My wife didn't discover it until at least a year or two after that,' he said. 'And we pulled it out and said "oh my gosh. I can't believe it looks the same way."'

　　“我的妻子直到一两年后才发现这个汉堡，” 惠普尔说，“当把汉堡拿出来时我们惊呼 ‘天呐，简直不可思议，它看起来与刚买时一样！’”

　　The burger had no signs of mold, fungus⁵ or even a strange odor, the show's hosts said. The only thing that had changed over the years was that the pickle⁶ had disintegrated⁷.

　　汉堡上并没有任何的菌斑甚至是奇怪的气味，唯一的变化是夹在中间的酸黄瓜分解了。

　　Whipple, who still has the original receipt for the burger, said he now shows the sandwich to his grandchildren to encourage them to eat healthily.

　　惠普尔仍持有当时买这个汉堡的发票，他说现在他可以证明给他的孙子孙女看快餐的问题，并鼓励他们吃得健康一点了。

1 unearthed   

出土的（考古）

参考例句：

• Many unearthed cultural relics are set forth in the exhibition hall. 展览馆里陈列着许多出土文物。
• Some utensils were in a state of decay when they were unearthed. 有些器皿在出土时已经残破。

2 flipped   

轻弹( flip的过去式和过去分词 )； 按（开关）； 快速翻转； 急挥

参考例句：

• The plane flipped and crashed. 飞机猛地翻转，撞毁了。
• The carter flipped at the horse with his whip. 赶大车的人扬鞭朝着马轻轻地抽打。

3 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

4 enzymes   

n. 酶，酵素

参考例句：

• It was said that washing powders containing enzymes remove stains more efficiently. 据说加酶洗衣粉除污更有效。
• Among the enzymes which are particularly effective are pepsin, papain. 在酶当中特别有效的是胃朊酶、木瓜酶。

5 fungus   

n.真菌，真菌类植物

参考例句：

• Mushrooms are a type of fungus.蘑菇是一种真菌。
• This fungus can just be detected by the unaided eye.这种真菌只用肉眼就能检查出。

6 pickle   

n.腌汁，泡菜；v.腌，泡

参考例句：

• Mother used to pickle onions.妈妈过去常腌制洋葱。
• Meat can be preserved in pickle.肉可以保存在卤水里。

7 disintegrated   

v.（使）破裂[分裂，粉碎]，（使）崩溃( disintegrate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The plane disintegrated as it fell into the sea. 飞机坠入大海时解体了。
• The box was so old;it just disintegrated when I picked it up. 那箱子太破旧了，我刚一提就散了。 来自《简明英汉词典》