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特斯拉在洛杉矶的餐厅开业不到半年便从火爆陷入冷清，主厨离职且遭遇针对马斯克的抗议。值得注意的是，尽管马斯克宣称日均售出700个汉堡并计划扩张，但媒体评价食物平庸，实际客流稀少。由此可见，该餐厅已从品牌营销尝试转向承办收费活动以维持运营。

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What happened after Tesla opened a diner in Los Angeles?

Less than six months since it opened, Elon Musk’s Tesla Diner has the feel of a ghost town. Gone is the Optimus robot serving popcorn, gone are the carnivore-diet-inspired “Epic Bacon” strips, gone are the hours-long, hundred-person lines wrapped around the block. Even the restaurant’s all-star chef, Eric Greenspan, is gone.（翻译练习，文末打卡，答案下期公布哦～） The Hollywood burger-and-fries shop seems like a shell of the bustling eatery it was when it opened in late July.

On a balmy Friday afternoon in December, the parking lot for Tesla car charging was, at best, half full. Inside what the company describes as a “retro-futuristic” diner, a handful of people trickled in, ordering burgers and hotdogs or asking for merch. The upstairs deck, AKA “Skypad”, was vacant except for a pair of employees stringing holiday lights. More staff was busy at work, buffing fingerprints off the chrome walls and taking out the trash, than there were customers. The diner was spotless.

The novelty of eating at a restaurant owned by the richest person in the world seems to have worn off. When the Tesla diner opened in summer, it brought in droves of the CEO’s fans and curious onlookers. But then came the onsite anti-Musk protests, noise complaints from neighbors and customers who said menu items often sold out or, when they were available, were served soggy and cold.

Greenspan, a graduate of Le Cordon Bleu who helped launch the Mr Beast Burger chain, told the Los Angeles Times last month that he was leaving the Tesla Diner to focus on opening a Jewish deli called Mish. According to Eater, the chef removed his previous Instagram posts referencing the Tesla Diner as a newly minted ex-boyfriend might.

Greenspan has not publicly said why he left and did not return a request for comment. Tesla also did not return a request for comment.

Greenspan and other California restaurateurs who praised the Tesla Diner faced pushback for supporting Musk. The Tesla CEO is seen as a polarizing figure who donated nearly $300m to get Donald Trump elected and then led the so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge) in its rapid and haphazard teardown of federal agencies. During a speech at Trump’s inauguration, Musk made what rights groups have described as back-to-back Nazi salutes – something repeatedly portrayed in the picket signs held by Tesla Diner protesters.

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💬 Gone is the Optimus robot serving popcorn, gone are the carnivore-diet-inspired “Epic Bacon” strips, gone are the hours-long, hundred-person lines wrapped around the block. Even the restaurant’s all-star chef, Eric Greenspan, is gone.

🧩 句子结构

Gone is the Optimus robot serving popcorn, gone are the carnivore-diet-inspired “Epic Bacon” strips, gone are the hours-long, hundred-person lines wrapped around the block. Even the restaurant’s all-star chef, Eric Greenspan, is gone.

👉 倒装并列主系表结构

[Gone ➔ is the Optimus robot serving popcorn], [gone ➔ are the carnivore-diet-inspired 'Epic Bacon' strips], [gone ➔ are the hours-long, hundred-person lines wrapped around the block]. [Even the restaurant’s all-star chef, Eric Greenspan, ➔ is gone.]

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Gone is the Optimus robot serving popcorn, gone are the carnivore-diet-inspired “Epic Bacon” strips, gone are the hours-long, hundred-person lines wrapped around the block. Even the restaurant’s all-star chef, Eric Greenspan, is gone.

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💬 More staff was busy at work, buffing fingerprints off the chrome walls and taking out the trash, than there were customers.

🧩 More ［某群体/主体］ was/were busy ［做某事］ than there were ［另一群体/主体/对照对象］.

💡 该句型通过‘more ... than ...’结构，灵活对比两组人或事物的数量，用于突出场景中的反差或意外情况，增加文章描述的细腻度与画面感，既可以描写冷清，也适合表现“冷热不均”等现象。适合细节描写、场景描绘、烘托氛围。

🔄 同义替换

• More ［主体］ was/were occupied with ［活动］ than ［对照对象］

• There were more ［主体 doing某事］ than ［对照对象］

• The number of ［主体］ engaged in ［活动］ exceeded that of ［对照对象］

🚀 升级表达

• A greater number of ［主体］ devoted themselves to ［活动］ than the actual presence of ［对照对象］ could justify. （从句更复杂，更学术化）

• The crowd of ［主体］ performing ［活动］ far outnumbered the scant ［对照对象］ present. （加入修饰，增强对比与生动感）

✍️ 写作应用

• 【雅思作文】 城市生活More people were sitting in cafes than there were walking on the streets during the rainy afternoon. 雨后的下午，坐在咖啡馆里的人比在街上走的人还多。

• 【考研英语作文】 国家公务员考试场景More applicants were waiting for interviews than there were recruiters at the job fair. 招聘会上，等待面试的申请人数比招聘人员还多。

• 【职场写作】 会议组织More team members were preparing presentations than there were actual clients attending the seminar. 准备演讲的团队成员比实际到场的客户还多。

• 【学术写作】 学术会议More researchers were presenting their findings than there were listeners in the symposium hall. 学术报告厅里，展示研究成果的学者比听众还多。

• 【日常交流】 朋友聚会More friends were helping to clean up than there were guests left at the party. 聚会结束时，帮忙收拾的朋友比还在场的客人还多。

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英译汉 There are paradoxes we cannot engineer our way out of: that solipsism can only end with your recognition and embrace of your aloneness.

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