415 –How has the flood in Canada affected McDonald’s in Japan

Source: 

https://money.usnews.com/investing/news/articles/2022-01-07/mcdonalds-japan-slices-fries-to-small-size-as-it-faces-shipping-snags

1. Japanese customers will have to settle for a small serving of McDonald's fries for the next month or so after the fast-food chain said it was limiting portions due to shipping problems.

日本消费者在接下来的一个月里只能吃一小份麦当劳薯条了，因为这家快餐连锁店表示，由于运输问题，他们将限制薯条的份量。

2. The impact of flood damage on the port of Vancouver and other disruptions since last year would delay an expected shipment of potatoes from North America.

洪水对温哥华港口造成的破坏以及去年以来的其他破坏，将推迟从北美发运土豆的计划。

3. Global shipping operations continue to be severely affected by a mix of factors includingCOVID-19 pandemic lockdowns, extreme weather and a rapid recovery in demand.

全球运输业务继续受到COVID-19大流行封锁、极端天气和需求迅速复苏等多种因素的严重影响。

4. As a result, McDonald's said that it would sell only S-sized fries for about a month "to make sure we have plenty of inventory and our customers can enjoy McDonald's fries without interruption."

因此，麦当劳表示，将在一个月内只出售小号薯条，“以确保我们有足够的库存，并确保我们的顾客可以不受干扰地享用麦当劳的薯条。”

Vocabulary

Portion: 一部分

Disruption: 扰乱

Delay: 耽搁

Severely: 严重地

Lockdown: 封锁

Extreme: 极端的

Recovery：恢复

Interruption：中断