旧金山一家全自助快餐店开业

时间：2015-09-14 06:30:00

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A San Francisco fast food restaurant has opened with no waiting staff or cashiers and instead dispenses¹ its meals using a giant vending² machine.

旧金山一家快餐店开张了，不过店里没有服务生和收银员，只有一台巨大的自动贩卖机分发食物。

Customers of eatsa, in the middle of the city's financial district, order their dishes on iPads, which are prepared by staff in a hidden kitchen and delivered to the fully³ automated⁵ 'cubbies'. The only staff that can be seen are in store to help customers with problems they may have with the software. The restaurant offers a range of Quinoa-based salads.

According to Tim Young, eatsa's co-founder the company 'is reinventing fast food by combining the speed and affordability⁶ of fast food with the delicious flavors and nutritious⁷ ingredients of premium⁸ fast casual. 'By developing new technology to automate⁴ every aspect of the food experience, we are able to deliver a product with the best qualities of premium fast casual at a price point that is accessible to everyone.'

The customers order their food using a virtual cashier, who retains details of previous purchases allowing tailored suggestions. When the food is ready, the dish is delivered to an individual glass door 'cubby' which shows personalized graphics⁹ allowing the customer to quickly identify their own lunch.

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1 dispenses
v.分配，分与；分配( dispense的第三人称单数 )；施与；配（药）
参考例句：
The machine dispenses a range of drinks and snacks. 这台机器发售各种饮料和小吃。 This machine dispenses coffee. 这台机器发售咖啡。来自《简明英汉词典》

2 vending
v.出售（尤指土地等财产）( vend的现在分词 )；（尤指在公共场所）贩卖；发表（意见，言论）；声明
参考例句：
Why Are You Banging on the Vending Machine? 你为什么敲打这台自动售货机？来自朗文快捷英语教程 2 Coca-Cola had to adapt almost 300,000 vending machines to accept the new coins. 可口可乐公司必须使将近三十万台自动贩卖机接受新货币。来自超越目标英语第5册

3 fully
adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地
参考例句：
The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。 They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

4 automate
v.自动化；使自动化
参考例句：
Many banks have begun to automate.许多银行已开始采用自动化技术。 To automate the control process of the lathes has become very easy today.使机床的控制过程自动化现已变得很容易了。

5 automated
a.自动化的
参考例句：
The entire manufacturing process has been automated. 整个生产过程已自动化。 Automated Highway System (AHS) is recently regarded as one subsystem of Intelligent Transport System (ITS). 近年来自动公路系统(Automated Highway System,AHS)，作为智能运输系统的子系统之一越来越受到重视。

6 affordability
可购性
参考例句：
Performance-Based Logistics Affordability: Can We Afford Categorical Conversion to Performance-Based Acquisition? 基于性能的后期的可承受性：能否担负得起向基于性能的采办的无条件的转变？ There would be no crisis of affordability, as't for food or clothing. 就想食物与服装一样，因为供给没有危机。

7 nutritious
adj.有营养的，营养价值高的
参考例句：
Fresh vegetables are very nutritious.新鲜蔬菜富于营养。 Hummingbirds have discovered that nectar and pollen are very nutritious.蜂鸟发现花蜜和花粉是很有营养的。

8 premium
n.加付款；赠品；adj.高级的；售价高的
参考例句：
You have to pay a premium for express delivery.寄快递你得付额外费用。 Fresh water was at a premium after the reservoir was contaminated.在水库被污染之后，清水便因稀而贵了。

9 graphics
n.制图法，制图学；图形显示
参考例句：
You've leveraged your graphics experience into the video area.你们把图形设计业务的经验运用到录像业务中去。 Improved graphics took computer games into a new era.经改进的制图技术将电脑游戏带进了一个新时代。