社交英语口语视频(初级)277 纽约流动厨房

Cath Turner

It's lunch time at this soup kitchen in New York city...

现在是午餐时间，我们来到这样一家纽约流动厨房，

Cath Turner

...and the turnover at the tables is brisk.

食客应接不暇。

Cath Turner

Part of the Solution or POTS...

POTS是

Cath Turner

...is widely known in the Bronx as the friendliest soup kitchen in the borough...

布朗克斯区著名的流动厨房，服务态度也最友好，

Cath Turner

...and there are lines at the door for hours.

门口经常排着长长的队伍，人们一排就是几个小时。

Oliver Johnson

We get people that're working...

我们的顾客就在这附近工作，

Oliver Johnson

...and they come over to eat lunch because they can't afford that $7 to $10 a day...

一天花7-10美元来吃东西对于他们来说有点贵，所以他们选择来到了这里，

Oliver Johnson

...so they can come in and eat for nothing.

在这里，他们不用花钱，只要来就可以饱餐一顿。

Oliver Johnson

And save that money.

而且还省钱。

Cath Turner

Michael Kennedy has a job at the nearby cinema and eats at POTS five times a week.

迈克尔·肯尼迪在附近的一家影院工作，一周来POTS五次。

Cath Turner

He found it hard at first to swallow his pride and ask for help...

一开始，他感觉难以放下自尊，来这里寻求帮助，

Cath Turner

...but says the soup kitchen is a powerful equalizer.

但是这家流动厨房却让你感觉不到丢脸。

Michael Kennedy

I'm well beyond the point of not me, not I, you know?

我已经不在乎那些了，你懂吗?

Michael Kennedy

I'm beyond that, I'm like everybody else...

就像其他所有人一样，

Michael Kennedy

...and again, it doesn't really make any difference who you are and what you once were.

我不会在意自己曾经多么辉煌，过去的我和现在的我没有什么不同。

Michael Kennedy

The reality of it is that I needed to come here...

现实就是我确实需要来到这里寻求帮助，

Michael Kennedy

...to get help with housing, to get help with Medicaid,...

寻求住房帮助，寻求医疗补助，

Michael Kennedy

...to get help with food stamps, and to get a meal.

领取食品救济券，领取免费餐饮。