017 意大利披萨店

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" Here you go, Adriana."

"给你，阿德里安娜。"

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Grandpa handed me an apron and a cap

爷爷递给我一条围裙和一顶帽子。

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They looked silly with red, white, and green stripes

它们有红、白、绿条纹，看起来很傻。

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I gulped. Did I really have to wear them?

我咽了下口水。我真的非得穿它们吗？

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What if someone from school saw me?

万一学校的人看见我怎么办？

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I didn't want to hurt Grandpa's feelings

我不想让爷爷伤心。

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He had spent the past year getting his pizzeria ready for business

他花了一整年的时间，为他的披萨店开张做准备。

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Years ago he had been a pizzaiolo — a pizza maker — in Italy

多年前，他在意大利当过披萨师傅——就是做披萨的人。

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Now he was finally going to make authentic Italian pizza here in America

现在，他终于要在美国这里做正宗的意大利披萨了。

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His dream was coming true

他的梦想就要成真了。

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But all I saw was a fashion nightmare

但在我眼里，这简直是一场时尚灾难。

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" Pass out free slices of pizza Margherita to everyone who walks by," Grandpa instructed

“给路过的每个人都发一片免费的玛格丽特披萨，”爷爷嘱咐道。

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" And be sure to tell them the story."

“而且一定要给他们讲讲这个故事。”

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I grabbed a tray and started passing out pizza slices to people from a table set up outside

我端起一个托盘，开始在门外摆好的桌子上给人们分发披萨。

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Then I saw them: Rachel and Clara — the most popular girls at my school

就在这时，我看到了她们：蕾切尔和克拉拉——学校里最受欢迎的两个女生。

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I pulled down my cap to hide my face

我赶忙压低帽子，遮住自己的脸。

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But it was too late

但已经太迟了。

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" Hey, you're Adriana, from school, right?" Rachel said

“嘿，你是阿德里安娜，学校的那个，对吧？”蕾切尔说。

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" I didn't know there was a new pizza place in town."

“我不知道镇上开了家新披萨店。”

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Clara was looking around

克拉拉正四处张望着。

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" Don't you have pepperoni or Hawaiian pizza?"

“你们没有意大利辣香肠或夏威夷披萨吗？”

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" Oh! Hi!" I blurted out

“哦！嗨！”我脱口而出。

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I lifted my cap and started talking — much too fast

我抬起帽子，开始说话——说得太快了。

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" Yes, my grandpa owns this place

“是的，我爷爷是这儿的老板。

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Today's our grand opening

今天我们刚开业。

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We don't serve American-style pizza, like pepperoni or Hawaiian

我们不卖美式披萨，比如意大利辣香肠或夏威夷。

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We only have pizza like they do in Italy

我们只有像意大利那样的披萨。

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My grandpa wants it to be authentic."

我爷爷想让口味正宗。”

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" Awesome," Rachel said

“太棒了，”蕾切尔说。

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" Can we try some?"

“我们能尝尝吗？”

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" Sure." I tried to act cool

“当然。”我尽量让自己显得很酷。

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I put two slices on plates and gave them to the girls

我放了两块在盘子里，递给了那两个女孩。

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" Mmm. Delicious!" Clara said

“嗯，好吃！”克拉拉说。

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Rachel nodded

蕾切尔点了点头。

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" Much better than pepperoni pizza! What is this called?"

“比辣肠披萨好吃多了！这叫什么？”

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" It's called pizza Margherita

“这叫玛格丽特披萨。

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It was named after Queen Margherita

是以玛格丽特王后命名的。

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Back in 1889 in Italy, pizza was eaten mostly by workers who needed a quick lunch

早在1889年的意大利，披萨主要是需要快速解决午餐的工人们吃的。

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But the queen was tired of fancy food

但王后吃腻了精致的食物。

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So she asked a pizza maker to make some pizzas

于是她让一位披萨师傅做些披萨。

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He made one with tomatoes, mozzarella cheese, and basil — the colors of the Italian flag!

他做了一款加了番茄、马苏里拉奶酪和罗勒的披萨——正好是意大利国旗的颜色！

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The queen loved it, and the pizza maker named the pizza after her

王后非常喜欢，于是那位披萨师傅就以她的名字命名了这款披萨。

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Soon everybody in Italy started eating pizza."

很快，意大利人人都开始吃披萨了。”

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Rachel grinned." We owe a big thanks to that Italian queen!"

蕾切尔咧嘴笑了。“我们可真得好好感谢那位意大利王后！”

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" Can we try some other types of pizza?" Clara asked

“我们能尝尝其他种类的披萨吗？”克拉拉问。

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I got some more slices from the kitchen

我从厨房又拿了几块。

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" This is pizza bianca," I said

“这是白披萨，”我说。

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" It's from Rome

“它来自罗马。

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There's no cheese — just olive oil and salt."

没有奶酪——只有橄榄油和盐。”

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Next the girls tried the Sicilian-style pizza with anchovies — and they liked that too!

接着，女孩们尝了尝加了凤尾鱼的西西里风味披萨——她们也很喜欢！

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" My family is Italian American too," Rachel said

“我家也是意大利裔美国人，”蕾切尔说。

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" But no one is good at cooking

“但没人擅长做饭。

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You're so lucky your grandpa makes such great food."

你真幸运，你爷爷能做出这么好吃的食物。”

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I smiled

我笑了。

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I felt proud of my family's culture — and Grandpa

我为我们家的文化——也为爷爷——感到骄傲。

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When the girls left, I went back inside to get more of Grandpa's delicious pizza

女孩们离开后，我回到店里想再吃点爷爷做的美味披萨。

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And I didn't even care about the apron or the cap anymore

而且我已经完全不在乎那条围裙或那顶帽子了。