【正文】 am es. That wil l be al . Roderi ck: H ow do you do, Mr…er…? H enry: Adams. Henry Adam s. Ol i ver: Com e and si t down, Mr Adams. Henry: Thank you. Roderi ck: You are an Ameri can? H enry: That’ s ri ght, from San Francisco. Roderi ck: H ow wel l do you know London? H enry: Not at al l, i t’s m y fi rst tri p here. Roderi ck: I wonder, Mr Adam s, i f you’d m i nd US aski ng a few questions. H enry: N ot at al . Go ri ght ahead. Roderi ck: May we ask what you’re doi ng i n this country and what your pl ans are? H enry: Wel , I can’t say that I have any plans. I’m hopi ng to fi nd work. As a m ater of fact, I l anded in Bri tai n by acci dent. Ol iver: H ow i s that possi bl e? H enry: Wel , you see, back hom e I had m y own boat. About a m onth ago, I was sai li ng out of the bay… ( his eyes stare at what i s l eft of the brother’s di ner on tabl e. ) Ol iver: Wel l, go on. H enry: O h, yes. Wel l, towards ni ghtfal l I found m ysel f carri ed out to sea by a strong wind. It was al l m y faul t. It di dn39。t know whether I coul d survi ve until m orni ng. The next m orni ng I’d just about given m ysel f up for l sot when I was spotted by a ship. Ol iver: And i t was the shi p that brought you to England. Henry: Yes. The fact i s that I earned m y passage by working as an unpai d hand, whi ch accounts for my appearance. I went to the Am eri can em bassy to seek hel p, but … ( The brothers smil e at each other.) Roderi ck: Wel , you m ustn’t worry about that. It’s an advantage. H enry: I’m afrai d I don’t qui te fol l 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 mi ni ng apany. Coul d you offer m e som e ki ne of work here? Roderick: Pati ence, Mr Adam s. If you don39。t mi nd, may I ask you how m uch money you have? H enry: Wel l, to be honest, I have none. Ol iver: (happil y) What luck! Brother, what l uck! (cl aps hi s hands together) H enry: Wel , 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 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 i ver, give him the letter. Ol i ver: Yes, the l etter. (gets i t from a desk and gi ves i t to H enry li ke a gi ft ) The l etter. H enry: (taki ng i t careful y) 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 i t until two o’cl ock. H enry: O h, thi s i s sil y. Roderi ck: N ot si l y. There’s m oney i n i t (cal s to the servant) Jam es ? Henry: Oh, no. I don’t want your charity. I just want an honest job. Roderi ck: We know you’re hardworking. That39。s why we’ve given you the letter. James, show Mr Adams out. Henry: Wel , why don’t you expl ai n what thi s i s al about? Roderi ck: You’l l soon know. (l ooks at the clock) In exactly an hour and a hal f. Servant: This way, si r. Roderick: Mr Adams, not until 2 o’cl ock. Promi se? Henry: Prom ise. Goodbye. Act I, Scene 4 ( Outside a restaurant Henry looks at the envel ope without opening i t and deci des to go i n. H e sits down at a table next to the front wi ndow. ) Owner: ( seeing H enry’s poor apearance) That one’s reserved. This way, pl ease. ( to the wai ter) Take thi s gentleman’s order, Horace. H enry: was no l onger popul ar. H e sm il ed as he weled som e custom ers warml y at the door but the sm il e l eft hi s face when he saw Yong Hui wal ki ng i n. She di d not l ok happy but gl ared at him . “May I ask what you were doi ng in 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 m enu,” she shouted. “Pl ease excuse m e,” he cal ml y expl ai ned, “I wanted to know where al l my 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 lim i ted that I stopped worryi ng and started adverti si ng the benefi ts of m y food. Why don’t you si t 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 coked wi th garli c. When they were served the i ce cream , Yong H ui began to l ook il l. “I feel si ck with al l thi s fat and heavy food, ”she sai d, “I mi ss m y vegetabl es and frui t. ”Wang Peng was enjoyi ng a second pl ate of dum pl i ngs so he sighed.“Yes,”he added,“and I woul d m iss m y dumpli ngs and fatty pork. Don’t you get tired qui ckl y?” “Wel , I do have to rest a l ot, ”adm itted Yong H ui . “But don’t you thi nk i t woul d be beter i f you were a bit thi nner? I’m sure you woul d feel much heal thi er. ” They began to tal k about m enus and bal anced di ets. “Accordi ng to m y research, neither your restaurant nor mi ne offers a balanced di et, ”expl ai ned Wang Peng. “I don’t ofer enough fi bre and you don’t offer enough body–buil di ng and energy–givi ng foods. Perhaps we ought to bi ne our i deas and provi de a bal anced m enu wi th foods ful l of energy and fi bre. ”So that i s what they di d. They served raw vegetabl es wi th the ham burgers and boil ed the potatoes rather than frying them . They served fresh fruit wi th the i ce cream . In this way they cut down the fat and i ncreased the fi bre i n the m eal . Thei r bal anced 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 cooperation had turned i nto a personal one . Fi nal 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 unity was to have i ts own McDonal d’s restaurant. I thought about al those young people who woul d not have to go to t