访谈录 Interview 2007-03-23&24, 专访世上最昂贵彼萨饼制造者

Pizza, Nino Selimaj, is that right?

Selimaj.

Selimaj is owner of Nino's Bellisima in New York City, creator of the world's most expensive pizza. Nino, good morning to you.

Good morning, to all of you three.

A thousand bucks¹ (wow) for this pizza.

A thousand bucks. Yes, it is.

How did you come up with this idea?

Idea came simply, because I have been 29 years in this city and it's a great city, the greatest on earth, I believe and we deserve something to have a ..to show. I have, er, five older restaurants but I decided² to open pizza. And I wanna be different than all the older corner pizza what they have. So here what goes is the 12 inches thin crust of the cream fresh with 6 different caviars. And it's beautiful. It’s precisely³ precut. Enjoy it!

What makes it worth $1000, the caviar?

Oh, it was caviar. That's what it is.

And how much is it really worth? Could you mark it up?

So, real real my cost is $720.

OK, all right.

Ok, I will come.

And this isn’t cooked. You don't really cook this food?

Yeah.

This is er baked first at all and then it's not cooked, not caviar you can cook.

Sure.

Not the first in the restaurant.

You mentioned that the caviar. And there is a very thinly slice of lobster⁴ tail (slice of Lobster tail, right.) as well. ( Right, put in.) So can you come in here and just order a slice in your restaurant?

No, I'm sorry. No I’m sorry.

Oh, here’s 250 bucks, can you give me a slice?

Do you do delivery?

No, no, I can’t deliver it.

Could we try it?

Could we try?

Please go ahead, please go ahead. It's been here for a while but I hope..

Been here for a while?

For a while. Well

Oh, it’s good.

Wow, that is a lot of caviar.

A lot of caviar?

It’s good.

It’s very nice. Has anybody bought it?

One for lunch yesterday, and one for dinner last night so far. I just started yesterday. so.

Pizzas for everybody right?

Pizza for everybody, yeah!

Thank you!

Thank you, thank you!

For Nino, for Nino.

We go down the block to Serendipity⁵ get that $1000 Sundae.

Here you go.

Poor Ann, she is inside and we'll save a slice for you Ann.

Thanks, Lauer.

1 bucks   

n.雄鹿( buck的名词复数 )；钱；（英国十九世纪初的）花花公子；（用于某些表达方式）责任v.（马等）猛然弓背跃起( buck的第三人称单数 )；抵制；猛然震荡；马等尥起后蹄跳跃

参考例句：

• They cost ten bucks. 这些值十元钱。
• They are hunting for bucks. 他们正在猎雄兔。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

3 precisely   

adv.恰好，正好，精确地，细致地

参考例句：

• It's precisely that sort of slick sales-talk that I mistrust.我不相信的正是那种油腔滑调的推销宣传。
• The man adjusted very precisely.那个人调得很准。

4 lobster   

n.龙虾，龙虾肉

参考例句：

• The lobster is a shellfish.龙虾是水生贝壳动物。
• I like lobster but it does not like me.我喜欢吃龙虾，但它不适宜于我的健康。

5 serendipity   

n.偶然发现物品之才能；意外新发现

参考例句：

• "It was serendipity all the way,"he says.用他的话说是“一直都很走运”。
• Some of the best effects in my garden have been the result of serendipity.我园子里最珍贵的几件物品是机缘巧合之下意外所得。