自动售货机

Forget snacks and soda pop. These days, vending machines are moving away from their classic origins as snack dispensers and dispersing everything from gold coins to iPods.
提到自动售货机，你会想到什么？零食和汽水？快些抛却你的刻板印象吧，这年头，不管是金币还是iPod播放器，没什么是自动售货机不能卖的。

In Japan, you can even buy lobsters from a vending machine. And gold pops out of a vending machine in Germany--for the right price.
在日本，居然有专卖龙虾的自动售货机。而在德国，自动售货机甚至能吐出金币——只要你愿意付钱。

We rounded up some of our favorite vending machines from around the world.
以下是我们从世界各地搜集的最具特色的自动售货机。

1.卖iPod

1. iPod vending machines popped up around the world when the first generation iPod nano was released. They can be found in shopping malls in America.
从iPod nano第一代发售开始，就有了iPod自动售货机。你可以在美国的商场里找到它们。

2.卖金币

2. This machine dispenses gold coins in German malls. There are even 2 gold vending machines in the U.S.; one in Boca Raton, Fla. and one in the Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.
这种德国商场里的自动售货机出售的是金币。在美国也有两台金币贩售机，一台在佛罗里达州博卡拉顿，另一台在拉斯维加斯的金砖酒店。

3.卖法式长棍

3. In France, you can get baguettes straight from a vending machine outside the bakery, in case you're craving bread late-night.
如果你人在法国，半夜饥肠辘辘，可以去面包店外的自动售货机那儿买个法式长棍。

4.卖漫画书

4. In France, you can also get comic books from a vending machine. Some of these can be found near convention centers.
吃完面包，再找台自动售货机买本漫画吧。去会展中心附近转转就能找到。

5.卖咖啡

5. You can get coffee in a can from a vending machine pretty much anywhere in Japan, like outside a train station.
在日本很多地方，比如火车站外，都有这种出售罐装咖啡的自动售货机。

6.卖啤酒

6. Beer vending machines can be found in America and Japan.
美国和日本都有这种啤酒自动售货机。

7.卖鸡蛋

7. Japan also have vending machines that sell eggs--they're all over the place.
日本到处都有这种卖鸡蛋的自动售货机。

8.卖龙虾

8. Get a lobster for your meal from a vending machine in Japan inside this arcade.
想吃龙虾？日本这家商场里有台自动售货机出售鲜活龙虾。

9.卖热狗

9. The Ukraine was the first to debut hot dog vending machines, but now they can be found in Boston and New York City, too.
热狗自动售货机的主意是乌克兰人先想出来的，但现在波士顿和纽约也有这种售货机了。

10.卖匹萨

10. On the streets in Great Britain, Let's Pizza's vending machines dispense steaming pies in less than 3 minutes.
走在英国的大街小巷，你会发现这种披萨自动售货机。不到三分钟，它就能做好一张热气腾腾的披萨饼。

11.卖小说

11. At the Gatwick Airport in London, pick up some pre-flight reading from a vending machine.
如果你在伦敦的盖特威克机场等航班，不妨从这台自动售货机买本小说打发时间。

12.卖雨伞

12. Vancouver and Hong Kong provide umbrella vending machines in malls for people who get caught out in a bad rain storm.
从商场血拼出来，却发现外边大雨倾盆？不要紧，温哥华和香港的商场里贴心的设有这种雨伞自动售货机。

13.卖铅笔

13. In the U.S., Staples isn't the only place to get a No. 2 pencil. Purchase and place in a classroom.
在美国，2号铅笔可不是只有史泰博（小编注：全球最大的办公用品公司）有卖。这种铅笔自动售货机被安置在教室里。

14.卖汽车

14. SmartCar wants you to think outside the box while buying their cars from a vending machine in China (this one was featured at a convention).
在一个中国展会上，出现了这样一台汽车自动售货机。汽车公司希望你隔着玻璃看看，就会买下这辆奔驰Smart。

15.卖领带

15. Japan was one of the first places to have vending machines that dispensed ties, handy if you spill anything during lunch.
这种领带自动售货机最早出现在日本等国家。吃午饭时弄脏了领带，可以很方便的买条新领带换上。