Fast food joints like McDonalds and Taco Bell abound.

麦当劳和塔可钟这样的快餐连已经遍地开花。

The World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) conducted a survey of iced coffee sold by some popular chains in Britain including Starbucks, Cafe Nero and Costa Coffee to gauge the calories as studies increasingly link obesity with cancer.

世界癌症研究基金会对英国部分流行连销售的冰咖啡进行了一些调查，其中包括星巴克、尼路咖啡和寇斯塔咖啡，通过衡量冰咖啡中所含的热量，来寻找肥胖与癌症的联系。

That's right. In fact, most town-centre health and beauty chains are feeling the pinch, with few planning to expand.

没错。事实上，中心的多数健康美容连业绩惨淡，没几家面有扩张计划。

Amazon has just announced the purchase of the upmarket grocery chain Whole Foods for $13.5bn, but two years ago Facebook paid even more than that to acquire the WhatsApp messaging service, which doesn't have any physical product at all.

亚马逊公司刚刚宣布以135亿美元收购了高档杂货连 “食超”，而就前，脸书以更高的价格收购了 WhatsApp 信息服务，该服务没有任何实体产品。

The popular idea of cutting our emissions in half in 10 years only gives us a 50 % chance of staying below 1.5 degrees, and the risk of setting off irreversible chain reactions beyond human control.

十内减排半数尾气这一普遍的想法只能使球温度升高保持1.5度范围内的可能性达到50%，而且不可逆的连反应一旦引起，人类根本手足无措。

You might know McDonald’s as that fast food chain that sells hamburgers and fries, but trust me, it goes way deeper than that.

你可能会认识到麦当劳是卖汉堡和薯条的快餐连，但相信我，它比这复杂得多。

Most large supermarket chains have cured ham in little packets, but in Spain you can buy a whole leg.

很多大型连超都是卖的小包装，但西班牙你可以买到一整只。

Here's how Seattle's biggest coffee chain is capitalizing on our need for caffeine.

以下展示的是西雅图最大的咖啡连如何利用我们对咖啡因的需求。

They're now widely available at fast food chains.

现，它们快餐连里随处可见。

Only someone would open a chain of stores specifically stocked with products for left-handers.

少有人会开一家专门为买左撇子产品的连。

This difference has a huge ripple effect.

这个差异产生了巨大的连反应。

They found that the principal requirement for what is called " global cascades" — the widespread propagation of influence through networks — is the presence not of a few influentials but, rather, of a critical mass of easily influenced people.

他们发现，人们所说的 “球连反应” ——影响力通过（人际）网络进行广泛传播——发生的主要前提，并不取决于是否存着那么几个影响者，而主要取决于易受影响的人们是否达到了临界数量。

It was like a kind of fast food chain and they were selling a fried chicken on rice that looked really good, and the other was a McDonald's Cinnamon Role.

那是家快餐连，它们卖炸鸡盖饭，看上去非常好吃，我还买了麦当劳的Cinnamon Role。

Recently though, there's been a huge swath of Huangmenji joints opening up around the country, led by one chain in particular called " Yangmingyu" .

不过最近我们这儿出现了很多家黄焖鸡米饭，是一个被称作杨铭宇的连。

Popular chain restaurants that use this model are Golden Corral, and Home Town Buffet.

Golden Corral和Home Town Buffet就是使用这种模式的热门连餐厅。

Speed, of course, is essential to the drive-through experience, and drive throughs are hugely important to chains such as McDonald's, Burger King and Taco Bell.

速度当然是快捷服务的必要因素，对于麦当劳、汉堡王和塔可钟这样的连来说，快捷是尤为重要的。

The menu rule only applies to restaurants that serve standardized portion sizes and have 15 or more locations nationwide.

菜单新规只适用于提供标准化饮食份量、并国有15家或以上连的餐馆。

Yes, I work full-time in Esterhazy's—you know, the restaurant chain.

是的，我Esterhazy’s职工作——你懂得，就是那个连餐厅。

Shark Tank investments, chain restaurant spin offs, food trucks or carts or hot dog stands.

鲨鱼坦克投资，连餐厅分拆，食品卡车或手推车或热狗摊。

Chain restaurants are consistent in their meals for a reason, they're pre-made.

连餐厅的饭菜种类都是一致的，这是因为它们都是预制菜。