VOA常速英语:Popular Malaysian Burger Chain Struggles to Keep the Sizzle Amid Coronavirus Restrictions

They really know how to cook at my burger lab in Kuala Lumpur,
他们真的知道我在吉隆坡的汉堡实验室怎么做饭，
from this cheddar cheese stuffed and beef bacon, rat burger called the Juicy Lucy,these patties with onions and mustard.
从这个塞满奶酪和牛肉培根鼠汉堡的多汁露西，这些馅饼配洋葱和芥末。
Co-founder Chen Rendi opened the first eatery eight years ago.
联合创始人陈仁迪八年前开设了第一家餐厅。
Now there are six branches popular with local Malaysians,
现在有六个分支机构在马来西亚当地很受欢迎，
but behind all the sizzle concern the business could soon fizzle.
但在所有令人忧虑的问题背后，该公司可能很快就会倒闭。
We have a team that is still fighting every other day trying to make sure that the burgers are cooked well,
我们有一队人每隔一天还在，努力确保汉堡做好，
that the burgers are delivered properly to our customers,
确保汉堡完好地送到我们的顾客手中，
so we still have that ongoing.
所以我们还在继续经营。
Financially its a different story.
在经济上这是另一回事。
Malaysias nationwide restrictions because of the coronavirus require all restaurants to close by 8 p.m.
马来西亚全国范围内的隔离，因为冠状病毒，要求所有餐厅关闭在晚上8点。
Once full tables are now empty,because customers are not allowed to eat inside.
曾经满座的餐桌现在是空的，因为顾客不能堂食。
There is takeout and delivery,but its not enough to make up for the loss of Eden diners.
有外卖和送货，但这还不足以弥补伊甸园食客的损失。
We have a minimum requirement of sales that we have to hit per day to hit to get break-even.
我们有一个最低的销售要求，我们必须达到每天达到这个目标，以达到盈亏平衡。
We are right now twenty to thirty percent below break-even mark.
我们现在比盈亏点低于预期20%到30%。
This comes after senior managers took pay cuts ranging from 10% to 25%,
高管已经减薪10%到25%，
and half of Chinas part-time hourly employees mostly university students stopped coming to work because of coronavirus fears.
还有一半的中国兼职日结员工，大部分是大学生，因为担心冠状病毒而停止工作。
To keep his eateries open chins back off a staff divide their time between working from home and in the kitchens.
为了让他的饭馆营业，工作人员留在幕后，在家工作和在厨房里工作。
We have our finance people our operational guys even our HR people working on the ground,
我们的财务人员，运营人员，人力资源人员都在实时工作，
either doing capturing, doing griddle one which is flipping burgers assembling burgers.
要么接收，烘烤，一个翻汉堡，装汉堡。
Finance Manager Cassandra Poon still counts the money.
财务经理卡桑德拉·潘还在数钱。
But instead of only sitting at her desk she also works behind the register.
但她不仅坐在办公桌前，还在收银台后面工作。
So as a officer working in an office and working as a start well office will be like mentally stressing you all.
在办公室工作，开始的工作，会面临精神压力。
But in the store its physically its stressing you all.
但是在商店里，是劳其筋骨。
The government stimulus program will pay part of the salaries for some of the full-time staff.
政府刺激计划将支付部分全职员工的工资。
Plus the company took out a low-interest loan.
另外，公司还申请了一笔低息贷款。
Despite this Chin says his burger joins my go belly up if there is no change.
尽管如此，陈说，如果形势没有变化，他的汉堡店就不得不关门。
So if everything stays to just call right now,
所以如果一切都停留在现在打电话的状态，
We probably cant survive till late May or early June.
我们可能要活不到5月底或6月初。
Trying times for so many but this team insists.
艰难的时刻，这支队伍仍坚持。
Theyll do their best to try to keep this business afloat.
他们将尽最大努力使这项业务得以维持下去。
Dave Myrna balm for VOA news Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
每日美国之音新闻马来西亚吉隆坡