There were few provisions available in exchange for food stamps: ersatz coffee, macaroni, small cubes of margarine.

可以用来换取粮票的食物只有这些：代用咖啡、通心粉和小块的人造黄油。

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On either side of the road, up the green slope and down on the lake side, turnouts and driveways for lovely inns, kooky ersatz Austrian mini-villages, hip coffee houses and eccentric galleries appear invitingly like pictures in a pop-up book.

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