NBC晚间新闻 佛蒙特州餐厅获资助

Imagine if take out supper from restaurants in your town was free, yes, free. It's real good. It's easy. In Brattleboro, Vermont, the cars line up four evenings a week to pick up meals prepared by local chefs. How close did you come to losing your business or just quitting? It was close. There were some tough conversations about what the plan would be. To the rescue, a state plan that cleverly stretches federal¹ CARES Act cash, paying restaurants to feed food insecure Vermonters.

I've had conversations with restaurant owners who are crying over the phone of how much this means to them. Local farmers reap² the benefit too. My husband read something about it in the paper and was like, we gotta contact those restaurants and get some of them buying again. Which they have and for weary³ families no need for a reservation⁴ for some of the best food in town. This is just a big big help. How big a shot in the arm is this for Brattleboro? This is huge for Brattleboro and i also think that it is huge for the feeling of community that COVID took away from us. Enjoy your dinner. Yep, huge.

想象一下，如果从你所在城市的餐馆里带晚餐是免费的，是的，免费。这真的很好。这很简单。在佛蒙特州的伯瑞特波罗，每周有四个晚上，人们开着车排队来取当地厨师准备的饭菜。你们有多接近失去生意，或者失业？很接近。关于未来的计划，我们进行过一些很艰难的讨论。为了援助，一项巧妙地扩大使用联邦关怀法案资金的州计划向餐馆提供了资金，给没有食物保障的佛蒙特人提供食物。我和那些餐馆老板在电话里进行了交谈，他们哭着表示这对他们有多么重要。当地农民也从中受益。我丈夫在报纸上看到了关于它的消息，他说，我们得联系那些餐馆，让他们再次购买。他们也确实购买了。对于疲惫不堪的家庭来说，他们不需要预约就能吃镇上最好的一些食物。这是非常大的帮助。这对伯瑞特波罗有多大的帮助？这对伯瑞特伯勒非常重要，我也认为这对新冠病毒从我们身边夺走的社区感觉非常重要。享受你的晚餐。是的，很重要。

1 federal   

adj.联盟的；联邦的；(美国)联邦政府的

参考例句：

• Switzerland is a federal republic.瑞士是一个联邦共和国。
• The schools are screaming for federal aid.那些学校强烈要求联邦政府的援助。

2 reap   

v.得到，获得（报酬、成果等），收割，收获

参考例句：

• It is not easy to reap the harvest of my hard work.获得自己辛勤工作的成果是不容易的。
• As a man sows,so he shall reap.种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。

3 weary   

adj.疲劳的，使人疲劳的；vi.厌烦，不耐烦

参考例句：

• He has laid out all his strength and is weary.他使出了全部气力，非常疲倦。
• I am weary of his constant complaints.我对他不断发牢骚感到厌烦。

4 reservation   

n.保留条件，限制条件；预订座位

参考例句：

• The instruction should be carried out without any reservation.应当不折不扣地执行这个指示。
• I accept your statement without reservation.我完全相信你的话。