A few days later; in a restaurant in Hilo on the Big Island

Jun: What is this meat on the rice?

Lisa: It’s spam. Hawaiians eat more spam than any other people in the world!

Jun: Well, it tastes weird. I liked Feather’s hemp meat better.

Lisa: We eat eleven thousand cans of this stuff a day! Here, try some of my poi.

Jun: Gross. Kind of like congee but nasty.

Lisa: It’s an acquired taste, yes. But it’s a staple of the islands.

Jun: What are those people outside carrying signs about?

Lisa: I think they’re Hawaiian independence activists. Let’s look when we’re done eating.

小君：這飯上面是什么肉?

莉莎：是豬肉罐頭的肉。夏威夷比世界上其它民族要吃掉更多罐頭豬肉。

小君：嗯，味道嘗起來怪怪的。我比較喜歡羽毛的大麻種子素豬肉。

莉莎：我們一天要吃掉一萬一千罐這種罐頭呢。來，嘗嘗我的芋泥。

小君：好惡心喔。有點像粥，不過很惡濫。

莉莎：是啦，這味道是需要去習慣。但是，這是島上的主食。

小君：外面那些拿牌子的人在干嘛?

莉莎：我想他們應該是夏威夷獨立運動份子。我們吃完飯后出去看看吧。

重點解說：

spam (n.) 豬肉罐頭，poi (n.) 夏威夷用芋頭烹煮的菜肴，congee(n.) 粥，稀飯

staple (n.) 主食

acquired taste (n.) 需要去習慣而后才會喜歡的味道

activist (n.) 行動派份子