Worldwide weird: Dinner cooked by an active volcano

世界奇事：活火山烹制午餐

导读：你可能吃过铁板烧，也可能吃过露天烧烤，那你吃过火山烧烤吗?今天听力课堂带大家进行一次奇妙的火山烧烤之旅。

 

At El Diablo, an iron grate sits over a circular basalt pit that funnels the earth’s natural heat to the surface. (CC by Sylviane Moss)

在El Diablo餐厅，一个铁制格栅放置在一个圆形的火山岩坑上，而岩坑中会释放出天然热量到表面。

A restaurant in the Canary Islands is taking barbequing to a whole new level.

El Diablo是一家位于西班牙加纳利岛上的餐厅，它将烧烤水平推高到了全新的境界。

Rather than relying on fire, electricity or natural gas, chefs at El Diablo heat their meat over a still-active volcano.

这家餐厅的厨师烧烤食物采用的不是火，电或天然气而是活火山的天然热量。

The one-of-a-kind grill is not spewing with lava (it hasn’t erupted since 1824); instead an iron grate sits over a circular basalt pit that funnels the earth’s natural heat to the surface, where temperatures range between 400C and 600C.

这独一无二的烤架并不会喷涌出火山岩浆(该火山自1824年就未曾爆发过);相反，一个铁制格栅被放置在一个圆形的火山岩坑上，而岩坑中会释放出温度400-600度的天然热量到表面。

The El Diablo chefs cook lamb, chicken and fish over the geothermal stove, for use in traditional Canarian dishes. Plan to eat early as the kitchen closes at 3:30 pm, although a special Tuesday evening reservation can be booked in advance for 50 euros, which includes a tour, a three-course meal and transportation to and from local hotels.

El Diablo餐厅的厨师会在这个地热火炉上烹制羊肉，鸡肉和鱼肉等加纳利传统食物。如果想去这家餐厅一睹为快，那就尽早赶到，因为这家餐厅下午3:30就关门，但每周二晚会营业，每位50欧元含观光，一顿三道菜的晚餐和往来酒店的交通费用。

The volcano-powered kitchen was built by local architect César Manrique in 1970. Unable to lay the foundations due to the ground’s heat, he and fellow designers added nine layers of basalt rock to serve as the restaurant’s base, leaving part of it open to the heat.

这家火山餐厅是由当地建筑师César Manrique于1970年所建造.由于地热而不能打地基，他和其他设计师就加筑了9层玄武岩层以充当餐厅地基，留空一部分以利用热量进行烧烤。

Today, the restaurant’s floor-to-ceiling windows offer panoramic views of the park’s volcanic calderas, cones, craters and black lava fields. The landscape has remained virtually unchanged since the last eruption, thanks to minimal rainfall and government protection.

今天，这家餐厅的落地窗能够让人们欣赏到周围壮观的火山全景。由于较小的降雨量和政府的保护，那里的景象自最后一次火山爆发后，就几乎没有改变。