【正文】 i ck: H ow do you do, Mr…er…? H enry: Adam s. H enry Adam s. O li ver: Com e and sit down, Mr Adam s. H enry: Thank you. Roderi ck: You are an Am eri can? H enry: That’ s ri ght, from San Franci sco. Roderick: How wel do you know London? H enry: N ot at al l, i t’s m y first tri p here. Roderi ck: I wonder, Mr Adam s, i f you’d m i nd US aski ng a few questi ons. H enry: N ot at al . Go ri ght ahead. Roderi ck: May we ask what you’re doi ng i n thi s country and what your plans are? H enry: Wel l, I can’t say that I have any pl ans. I’m hoping to fi nd work. As a m atter of fact, I l anded i n Bri tai n by acci dent. Ol i ver: How i s that possi bl e? H enry: Wel , you see, back hom e I had my own boat. About a month ago, I was sail i ng out of the bay… ( hi s eyes stare at what i s left of the brother’s di nner on tabl e.) O li ver: Wel , go on. H enry: O h, yes. Wel l, towards ni ghtfal I found m ysel f carri ed out to sea by a strong wi nd. It was al l m y faul t. It di dn39。t know whether I coul d survive until m orni ng. The next morning I’d just about gi ven myself up for lsot when I was spotted by a shi p. O li ver: And it was the ship that brought you to Engl and. H enry: Yes. The fact is that I earned m y passage by working as an unpai d hand, whi ch accounts for m y appearance. I went to the Am eri can em bassy to seek hel p, but … ( The brothers sm il e at each other. ) Roderi ck: Wel l, you m ustn’t worry about that. It’s an advantage. H enry: I’m afrai d I don’t qui te fol ow you, si r. Roderi ck: Tel l us, Mr Adam s, what sort of work di d you do i n Am eri ca. H enry: I worked for a m i ni ng apany. Coul d you offer me som e ki ne of work here? Roderi ck: Pati ence, Mr Adam s. If you don39。t mi nd, m ay I ask you how m uch m oney you have? H enry: Wel , to be honest, I have none. O li ver: (happi l y) What l uck! Brother, what l uck! (cl aps hi s hands together) H enry: Wel l, i t m ay seem l ucky to you but not to m e! O n the contrary, i n fact. If thi s i s you i dea of som e knd of joke, I don’t thi nk i t’s very funny. ( H enry stands up to l eave) N ow i f you’l excuse m e, I thi nk I’l l be on m y way. Roderi ck: Please don’t go, Mr Adams. You m ustn’t thi nk we don’t care about you. Ol iver, gi ve him the l etter. Ol i ver: Yes, the l etter. (gets it from a desk and gi ves it to H enry l i ke a gi ft ) The l etter. H enry: (taki ng i t careful ly) For m e? Roderi ck: For you. (H enry starts to open i t) O h, no, you m ustn’t open i t. N ot yet. You can’t open it until two o’cl ock. H enry: O h, thi s i s sil ly. Roderi ck: N ot si l y. There’s m oney i n i t (cal s to the servant) Jam es ? H enry: O h, no. I don’t want your chari ty. I just want an honest job. Roderi ck: We know you’re hardworki ng. That39。s why we’ve given you the l etter. Jam es, show Mr Adam s out. H enry: Wel l, why don’t you expl ai n what thi s is al l about? Roderi ck: You’l l soon know. (l ooks at the cl ock) In exactl y an hour and a half. Servant: Thi s way, si r. Roderi ck: Mr Adam s, not until 2 o’cl ock. Prom ise? H enry: Prom ise. Goodbye. Act I, Scene 4 ( O utsi de a restaurant H enry l ooks at the envel ope wi thout openi ng it and deci des to go i n. H e si ts down at a tabl e next to the front wi ndow. ) O wner: ( seeing H enry’s poor appearance) That one’s reserved. Thi s way, pl ease. ( to the wai ter) Take thi s gentl em an’s order, H orace. H enry:was no l onger popul ar. He sm il ed as he wel ed som e customers warml y at the dor but the smi l e l eft hi s face when he saw Yong H ui wal ki ng i n. She di d not l ook hapy but gl ared at him . “May I ask what you were doi ng i n m y restaurant the other day? I thought you were a new custom er and now I know that you onl y cam e onl y to spy on m e and m y menu,” she shouted. “Pl ease excuse m e, ” he calm l y expl ai ned, “I wanted to know where al m y custom ers had gone l ast week. I fol owed one of them and found them i n your restaurant. I don’t want to upset you, but I found your m enu so l im ited that I stopped worrying and started adverti si ng the benefits of m y food. Why don’t you sit down and try a m eal ?” Yong H ui agreed to stay and son they were both enjoyi ng the dum pli ngs and breast of chi cken cooked wi th garl i c. When they were served the i ce cream, Yong H ui began to look i l . “I feel si ck wi th al l thi s fat and heavy food,”she sai d, “I m i ss m y vegetabl es and fruit.”Wang Peng was enjoyi ng a second pl ate of dum pl i ngs so he si ghed. “Yes, ”he added, “and I woul d m i ss m y dum pl i ngs and fatty pork. Don’t you get ti red qui ckl y?” “Wel l, I do have to rest a l ot, ”adm i tted Yong H ui. “But don’t you thi nk i t woul d be better i f you were a bi t thi nner? I’m sure you woul d feel m uch heal thier.” They began to tal k about m enus and bal anced di ets. “Accordi ng to my research, nei ther your restaurant nor m ine ofers a bal anced di et,”explai ned Wang Peng. “I don’t offer enough fi bre and you don’t offer enough body–bui l di ng and energy–gi vi ng foods. Perhaps we ought to bine our i deas and provi de a balanced m enu with foods ful of energy and fi bre. ”So that i s what they di d. They served raw vegetabl es with the ham burgers and boi l ed the potatoes rather than fryi ng them . They served fresh frui t wi th the i ce cream. In thi s way they cut down the fat and i ncreased the fi bre in the m eal. Thei r balanced di ets becam e such a success that before l ong Wang Peng becam e slim m er and Yong Hui put on m ore weight. After som e tim e the two found that thei r busi ness cooperati on had turned i nto a personal one . Final y they got m ari ed and li ved happil y ever after. FOR BUILDING A MCDONALD’S I was exci ted when I heard that our m uni ty was to have its own McDonal d’s restaurant. I thought about al those young peopl e who woul d not have to go to