Dinner
with dummies: US eatery fills empty seats with mannequins
與假人共進晚餐：美國餐廳用人形模特兒填滿空位
【摘要2020.5.27.自由◎管淑平】
Their eyes are
vacant, their smiles uncanny －
but they’re dressed to the nines and they don’t need a reservation for some of
America’s finest dining.
他們的眼神空洞，笑容詭異，但穿著正式，且不需訂位就能在美國高級餐廳入座。
A
Michelin-starred restaurant in the US state of Virginia has found a fun －
or creepy, depending on your tastes － way to enforce social distancing when it reopens at the end of May:
costumed mannequins seated among the breathing guests.
位於美國維吉尼亞州的一家米其林星級餐廳，發現一套在餐廳5月底恢復營業時，實施社交距離的有趣—或者令人毛骨悚然，視你個人喜好而定—的方法：穿著打扮好的假人坐在真人顧客群中。
"This would
allow plenty of space between real guests and elicit a few smiles and provide
some fun photo ops," says chef Patrick O’Connell, owner of The Inn at
Little Washington, in an e-mail to AFP.
「如此可在真人顧客之間保持很大空間，而且帶來一些笑容，並提供有趣的拍照場景」，小華盛頓酒店老闆、主廚歐康納在電子郵件中向法新社說。
"We’re all
craving to gather and see other people right now. They don’t all necessarily
need to be real people," O’Connell mischievously points out.
「現在我們都很想與人聚在一起、見見面，他們不一定非得是要真人」，歐康納開玩笑地指出。
"I’ve
always had a thing for mannequins －
they never complain about anything and you can have lots of fun dressing them
up," he adds. (AFP)
「我一向喜歡人形模特兒，他們從不抱怨任何事，而且幫他們打扮很有意思」，他說。（法新社）
新聞辭典
dressed (up) to
the nines：片語，（為特定場合）打扮入時或正式。例句：We
all dressed to the nines at the gala.（我們都盛裝出席這場晚會。）
crave (to do)
something：片語，渴望（做）某事。例句：I’m
craving for a vacation.（我很想度個假。）
have a thing for
(someone, something)：片語，喜歡、對某人有意思。例句：He
has a thing for you.（他對你有意思。）
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