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As officials in the U.S. work to contain an outbreak of bird flu, egg prices keep getting higher.
随着美国官员努力防止禽流感蔓延，鸡蛋价格持续走高。
A trip to the grocery store for eggs these days often means empty shelves because of short supply or just pure sticker shock when seeing the price tag.
现在去超市买鸡蛋，你通常会看到因为供应短缺而空荡荡的货架，或者在看到价格标签时被吓一跳。
This eggflation, so to speak, is now eclipsing previous 2022 prices with the average wholesale prices reaching $8 for one dozen of large eggs.
所谓的“鸡蛋通胀”现在已经超过了2022年的鸡蛋价格，大鸡蛋的平均批发价格达到了8美元（注：约合58人民币）一打。
Our Nick Watt went to a ranch in Lakeside, California to show us how eggs are being rationed and how customers are reacting.
本台记者尼克·瓦特去了加利福尼亚州湖滨市的一个牧场，向我们展示鸡蛋是如何定量配给的，以及顾客们对此的反应。
(And you can have two.)
（你可以买两打。）
Frank Hilliker is rationing his eggs.
弗兰克·希利克正在定量配给鸡蛋。
The line forms around 7:00 a.m.
人们大约在早上7点就开始排队了。
How many eggs do you eat?
你大概吃多少鸡蛋？
Myself, probably, three -- three a day.
我自己大概一天吃三个。
What?
什么？
Yeah.
是的。
That's a lot, no?
那可真不少，不是吗？
That's a normal amount.
就是正常的量吧。
(Two dozen?)
（要两打？）
The average American eats about 284 eggs a year. Well, they used to.
美国人平均每年吃大约284个鸡蛋。他们曾经是吃这么多。
You're consciously dialing back on the eggs?
你在有意识地少吃鸡蛋吗？
Oh, for sure, yeah.
哦，当然，是的。
Because of the price?
是因为涨价吗？
Right.
是的。
Do you eat a lot of them?
你吃很多鸡蛋吗？
No. They're too expensive.
不吃，太贵了。
It's gone from $2 to $3 a dozen to $9 a dozen.
鸡蛋的价格从一打2、3美元，涨到了一打9美元。
That's massive.
涨太多了。
It is, it's crazy.
是的，涨疯了。
