Remember the sporks of your childhood cafeteria days？ The spoon-fork utensil was just spoon-like enough to spear your food way too hard， and just fork-like enough to give you a nice stab in the tongue.
　　還记得童年时期小餐厅里的叉勺吗？这种把勺子和叉子结合在一起的餐具像勺子一样不利于切食物，却又尖如叉子会戳到你的舌头。
　　Well， folks， there’s a new guy in town， and its name is “chork.” This strange utensil features a fork on one end and chopsticks on the other. It’s a perfect solution for many Americans who start their meal with chopsticks， get frustrated halfway through， and ditch them for a fork.
　　大家注意了，现在又来了一位，它就是“叉筷”。这种奇特的餐具一头是叉子一头是筷子。对许多美国人来说，这是他们学习用筷子用餐的完美用品，这些人都曾半途而废，放弃筷子继续使用叉子。
　　The chork is a three-way utensil. It can be used as a fork， a training pair of chopsticks， or， when broken in two， used as normal chopsticks. Chorks have been around for quite a while， but are enjoying some fresh attention after news broke this week that some restaurants may soon offer chorks.
　　叉筷是种三用的餐具。它可以作为叉子、练习筷使用，若将它拆开，则可作为普通筷子使用。叉筷出现已有段时间了，只是本周一些餐馆宣布未来将在餐厅提供这种餐具，又引起了人们对它的关注。
　　Chorks are called “the perfect match-up of American and Chinese culture.”
　　叉筷被称为“中美文化的完美结合”。
　　There’s no word yet on when these bad boys might be available at a restaurant near you. But if you feel the need for chorks in your life， you can buy your own set online. Then you can practise using chopsticks. Not looking like a fool with your close-to-zero chopstick skills is priceless.
　　叉筷何时会出现在你家附近餐厅，现在还尚未有定论。但是如果你觉得自己的生活需要叉筷的话，你可以自己在网上买一套。自己学习使用筷子。这样你就再也不会因为不娴熟地使用筷子而看起来像个傻瓜了。这可是无价的。
　　Vocabulary
　　spork n. 叉勺
　　utensil n. 器皿
　　spear vt. 穿刺
　　available adj. 可提供的