麥當勞放了6年未變質
An Icelandic man who purchased the last-ever McDonald's meal sold before the chain closed down in the country in 2009 was stunned when he found it did not go mouldy.
在2009年麥當勞連鎖店在冰島全部關閉之際，一個冰島居民買了最後一份麥當勞套餐，如今他驚訝的發現，它居然還沒有變質。
Hjortur Smarason, 28, waited until the end of the fast-food chain's last day to buy a cheeseburger together with a portion of then donated his purchase to the National Museum of Iceland, where it stayed on display for three years before it was returned to him.
28歲的冰島男子斯馬拉森決意等到麥當勞連鎖店營業的最後一天，並在這一天買了一個芝士漢堡，一包薯條。然後他將自己夠得的這份套餐捐贈給了冰島國家博物館，這份套餐在這裏展出了三年，然後被管理人員歸還給了捐贈者。
'I realised it was a historic occasion and decided to buy the last burger on sale in October 2009, which I donated to the local museum,' Mr Smarason said.
“在2009年的10月間，我意識到那是 一個歷史性的時刻，於是我決定買下最後一個麥當勞供應的漢堡，然後將它捐贈給了當地的博物館。”斯馬拉森先生如是說。
'They had it on display until somebody complained and it was decided that a museum was not the appropriate place for food on display like this.'
“他們將其作爲展品展出，直到有人提出抗議，於是管理人員決定，這樣的食物不適宜作爲展品在博物館裏展出。”
'So they asked me for permission to destroy it.'
“所以他們詢問我是否可以銷燬這件展品。”
'But I regard it as a historical item now. I think it's incredible that it seems to show no signs of decomposition, although apparently the fact that there were fewer chips returned to me was because some museum visitors had eaten some of them.'
“可是現在我已經把它看做一件歷史遺蹟了。這份套餐完全沒有變質的徵兆，真不可思議。不過我還是得面對現實，博物館把它還給我的時候，薯條少了一點，原因是有些來博物館參觀的遊客把幾根薯條吃掉了。”
The burger spent the first three years stored in a plastic bag when it did not change at all.
在作爲展品展出的三年裏，漢堡被保存在塑膠袋裏，模樣紋絲未變。
In 2012, after he took it back from the museum, it went on display at the bar of his local hotel in the capital Reykjavik.
在2012年他將這份套餐從博物館裏取了出來，然後把它放在位於冰島首都、雷克雅未克的一家本地旅館的吧廳裏展出。
'We no longer have a McDonald's here, but we do have a McDonald's burger and it's probably the oldest in the world, so I reckon we shouldn't complain too much,' Mr Smarason said.
“我們這裏已經沒有麥當勞了。不過我們還保留了一個麥當勞的漢堡，而且這個漢堡可能是世界上保存時間最長的漢堡，如此看來，我覺得我們也沒什麼可抱怨的。”斯馬拉森先生說。
Iceland is one of the only countries in the world that has no McDonald's.
冰島是世界上僅有的數個沒有麥當勞連鎖店的國家之一。
There used to be three branches of the fast food chain on the island until the 2009 financial crisis made it uneconomical to continue with the business.
冰島曾經有三家麥當勞連鎖店，直到2009年金融危機爆發之後，經濟環境讓麥當勞的生意無法維繫下去了。
With only 300,000 people in the country and the fact that Iceland is a remote island location, the company said that the 2009 financial crisis had been the kiss of death.
麥當勞公司稱，考慮到冰島四面環海，地理位置偏遠，而且僅有30萬人口，2009年的金融危機可謂是死亡之吻。
