实用英语口语：餐桌上的“转盘”是个“懒货”

　　转盘：Lazy Susan

　　看到这个说法，大家是不是觉得很奇怪呢？为啥餐桌上的东西会和人名有关，而且还是个lazy性质的。其实，这里是有一个典故滴，且听俺慢慢道来：

　　首先来看维基百科中的说法：

　　The Lazy Susan is commonly used in many Chinese restaurants to facilitate dishes being ordered communally¹ and shared.

　　The term "Lazy Susan" made its first written appearance in a Vanity Fair advertisement for a "Revolving² Server or Lazy Susan" in 1917, although their existence dates back to the 18th century. Prior to the use of the term 'Lazy Susan', they were referred to as dumbwaiters, a term today applied³ to a small elevator for transporting food There is no clear evidence as to the origin of the Susan part of Lazy Susan.

　　原来这个名字还是大有来头的，来自于小说Vanity Fair(《名利场》)中的……一则广告(汗！)……而其真正的来源则无法考证了。

　　接着来看民间传说：

　　据说在美国，有个名叫Ssuan的女老板开了家饭店叫做Susan Restaurant，由于觉得要为顾客一个个夹菜神马的很麻烦，于是她就发明了这么一个转盘搁桌子中间，让食客自给自足。于是这样的转盘就被叫做“Lazy Susan”啦。

　　【小编有话说】看到这个典故，不禁想说：创新的动力是人类想偷懒，而科技的发展是人类一步步成功变懒的过程。

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