【正文】 t m ind, m ay I ask you how m uch m oney you have? H enry: Wel l, to be honest, I have none. Ol i ver: (hapil 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: Pl ease don’t go, Mr Adams. You m ustn’t thi nk we don’t care about you. Ol i ver, give hi m the l etter. O li ver: Yes, the l eter. (gets i t from a desk and gives i t to H enry l ike a gift ) 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) Oh, no, you mustn’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 ls 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。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。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。was no l onger popul ar. H e sm il ed as he wel ed som e custom ers warml y at the door but the sm il e l eft hi s face when he saw Yong H ui wal ki ng i n. She di d not l ook happy but gl ared at hi m. “May I ask what you were doi ng i n my 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 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 li mi 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 meal ?” Yong H ui agreed to stay and soon they were both enjoyi ng the dum pl i ngs and breast of chi cken cooked wi th garl ic. 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 fod,”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 ings so he si ghed.“Yes, ”he added,“and I woul d mi ss m y dum pli ngs and fatty pork. Don’t you get ti red quickl y?” “Wel l, I do have to rest a l ot, ”admi 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 fel m uch heal thi er. ” They began to tal k about m enus and bal anced di ets. “Accordi ng to m y research, nei ther your restaurant nor m i ne offers a bal anced di et,”expl ai 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 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 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 i n the m eal . Thei r bal anced di ets becam e such a success that before l ong Wang Peng becam e sl imm er and Yong H ui put on more wei ght. After som e tim e the two found that thei r busi ness cooperati on had turned i nto a personal one . Fi nal y they got m arri ed and li ved happi l y ever after. FOR BUILDING A MCDONALD’S I was exci ted when I heard that our m uni ty was to have i ts own McDonal d’s restaurant. I thought about al l those young peopl e who woul d not have to go to the next town to buy thei r favouri te burgers and chi ps. McDonal d’s cares about heal thy eati ng too and works wi th sci enti sts to provi de food that i s of hi gh qual i ty, safe and healthy. It i s al so cheap . They often provi de salads as wel l as burgers and chi ps. You can al so