【读新闻学英语】“吃葡萄不吐葡萄皮”有了新定义：在奥克兰，吃完汉堡吃包装纸......

Clearing your plate has taken on a new meaning at the Kiwi-owned fast-food chain, which will serve burgers at one of their restaurants in edible wrappers on April 22nd. The wrappers, made of potato starch, will be used on all burgers sold at the chain's Mt Eden restaurant between 11am and 1pm.

在一家新西兰品牌的快餐连锁店，“请清理您的餐盘”被赋予了全新的定义。4月22日在其中一家门店，他们用可食用的包装纸给顾客提供汉堡包。从上午11点到下午1点，位于Mt Eden的“更好汉堡”连锁餐厅出售的所有汉堡都使用了马铃薯淀粉制成的包装纸。

edible：可食用的；食品

wrapper：包装材料

starch：淀粉

Better Burger co-owner and general manager Rod Ballenden said 500 edible wrappers had been made to mark International Earth Day, and also to raise awareness of other environmentally friendly initiatives at the chain. "We're challenging customers to eat everything on their plate ... it's a fun way to bring a serious issue to light." Ballenden has taste-tested the wrappers and described the flavour as similar to a "potato version of a prawn cracker”.

“更好汉堡”的股东之一和总经理Rod Ballenden说，餐厅制作了500个可食用包装纸的汉堡来纪念“国际地球日”，同时希望提高对其他环境友好动议的认知。“我们挑战客户吃光他们盘子里的所有东西...这是用有趣的方式来揭开一个严肃的问题。”Ballenden说包装纸全部进行了口味测试，味道很像“马铃薯版的虾片”。

initiatives：倡议；提议

bring...to light：揭露；发现；公开

prawn cracker：龙虾片；虾片

The edible wrappers were only in store to mark Earth Day, but it was possible as sustainable technology further developed and became cheaper they could one day become a permanent fixture. Better Burger, which has five restaurants in Auckland and will open a sixth in Ponsonby before winter, has already switched from petrochemical-based disposable food packaging to compostable packaging - down to the straws in drinks.

这些可食用包装纸只在世界地球日当天发售，但随着可持续应用技术的进一步发展和降低成本，有一天它们可以成为永久性配套。“更好汉堡”在奥克兰拥有五家餐厅，冬季前还会再Ponsonby开第六家餐厅。小到饮料吸管，餐厅的外包装已经从一次性石化品转变为可分解的材料。

petrochemical：石化的；石油化学产品

compostable：可分解的；可堆肥的

The change in mindset and hyper-awareness about sustainability meant they were saving in other ways, such as in stock management and switching from boxed and wrapped delivery packaging to open crate. Seeing food packaging "floating in the wind and on the beach" while out with his two kids meant he knew the decision was the right one, Ballenden said. 

思路的改变和对可持续性的超高觉悟正在给餐厅带来其他方式的节省，譬如存货管理和从盒装和纸包装递送变为敞口木篓递送。Ballenden说，和两个孩子出去玩时看到食品包装袋“在风中和沙滩上飞舞”让他决定做对的事情。

hyper-awareness：高度认知

crate：板条箱；篓

（责编：kakapo）