NEW CAFÉ HIRES SENIORS WITH ALZHEIMER’SDISEASE

Forget me not…会上错菜的“忘不了餐厅“实体店魔都开张

NEWS ON 02/08

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A special restaurant has opened in downtownXuhui district. It hires seniors with Alzheimer's disease【阿尔茨海默症】and was inspired by Dragon TV's【东方卫视】 charity reality show【真人秀】: Forget Me Not Cafe 【忘不了餐厅】. The goal is to spread awareness about the disease and help peopleunderstand how to interact【交流】 with people withAlzheimer's.

一家特别的茶餐厅在上海徐汇区悄然开张。受东方卫视慈善真人秀节目《忘不了餐厅》的启发，餐厅聘请了一些患有阿尔茨海默氏症的老年员工。目的是传播这种疾病的相关知识，帮助人们了解如何与那些有认知障碍的老人们相处。

Forget Me Not Cafe is on Yongjia Road,where the reality show was filmed. At 11am on Sunday, employees Li Junhu andZhu Caiping arrived for their shift【轮班】. They were onthe reality show and known by their nicknames, Grandpa Xiaomin and GrandmaCaiping.

这家餐厅位于节目拍摄地所在的永嘉路。周日上午11点，员工李君沪和朱彩萍赶来接班。他们在节目上以小敏爷爷和蔡平奶奶的绰号被大家所熟知。

With the help of others, Grandpa andGrandma tried their best to remember their work environment.

爷爷奶奶们在他人的帮助下努力记住自己的工作环境。

Although Grandpa and Grandma sometimesforget which dishes go to which table, there were volunteers on standby【待命】 to help. They also reminded both to take a break from time to time【不时地】.

虽然爷爷奶奶们还是会忘记哪张桌子上哪些菜，好在有志愿者在一旁待命随时准备帮助他们。 大家还会不时提醒双方休息一下。

"Forget Me Not Cafe" was areality show that aired on Dragon TV in 2019 and 2020. In both seasons, fiveseniors with Alzheimer's disease worked as servers【服务员】 in the restaurant. After the reality show ended last year, the crew decided torent the place, hire a professional company to run the restaurant and offerjobs to the seniors.

“忘不了餐厅”是一部真人秀综艺节目，于2019年和2020年在东方卫视播出。在两季节目中，有五位患有阿尔茨海默症的认知障碍老人在餐厅担任服务员。去年节目结束后，工作人员决定租下这个地方，聘请一家专业公司经营这家餐厅，并为有认知障碍的老人们提供工作。

The restaurant is recruiting more seniors,and plans to offer more posts to those with Alzheimer's disease.

该餐厅目前正在招募更多的老年人，并计划为阿尔茨海默氏症患者提供更多职位。

#热词加油站

Alzheimer ['ælz'ɛmɚ]/Alzheimer's disease n. 阿尔茨海默症

interact [ˌɪntərˈækt] v. 互相交往，交流

shift [ʃɪft] n. 轮班

from time to time 不时地

reality show 真人秀

forget me not 也可写作Don't-forget-me或者forget-me-not

就是蓝色小花“勿忘我”