由下面這幅圖片，想到了那句古詩：誰知盤中餐，“塊塊皆‘珍稀’”。日前，揚(yáng)子鱷佳肴在黃山市徽府美食城“閃亮”登場，這是首家獲國家林業(yè)局批準(zhǔn)的揚(yáng)子鱷可限量定點(diǎn)經(jīng)營店。據(jù)悉，揚(yáng)子鱷以“食材”身份出現(xiàn)的特許經(jīng)營連鎖店，目前在全國有三家。

請(qǐng)看圖片文字說明：A waitress displays gourmet Chinese alligator at a restaurant in Huangshan, East China's Anhui Province on November 27, 2006. China has threefranchised eateriesthat serve Chinese alligator, which is at the top of the list of protected animals in China.

報(bào)道中的“franchised eateries”指的是“特許經(jīng)營餐館”。與一般的chain store（連鎖商店）相比，“franchise”更強(qiáng)調(diào)“特許經(jīng)營”，比如遍布全球的麥當(dāng)勞、肯德基，就是地地道道的“franchise(s)”。

此外，在體育術(shù)語中，“franchise”可用來形容“職業(yè)球隊(duì)”，如：Michael Jordan, widely described as the greatest basketball player of all time, has no desire to move into coaching and would rather own an NBA franchise. （史上最偉大的籃球隊(duì)員邁克爾·喬丹并不打算做教練，他的目標(biāo)是擁有一個(gè)NBA旗下的職業(yè)籃球隊(duì)。）

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