【正文】 e value you, your growi ng ski l s and your help to the pany.”I can see nothi ng but good i f thi s pany es to buil d i ts restaurant in our town. AGAINST BUILDING A MCDONALD’S I am very worri ed about McDonal d’s buil ding a restaurant i n our hom etown. We are a sm al m uni ty and we enjoy our local dishes. I am not sure i f McDonald’s food i s as healthy as they say i n thei r adverti sem ents. When scienti sts look at i t careful y, they fi nd hi gh l evels of fat, sugar and sal t. This i s very worryi ng. To m any young peopl e are getti ng fat through eati ng too m uch faty fod. McDonal d’s is not gi vi ng young peopl e a god i dea of what a heal thy diet should be. Local Chi nese food, on the other hand, i s ful l of fresh vegetabl es and fresh m eat and fi sh. The food at a McDonal d’s restaurant is al ways the sam e, so I wonder i f it i s m ade or brought i n from elsewhere. Al though i t i s freshl y coked, it must be l es heal thy than our own l ocal y grown and cooked Chi nese food. I al so worry about al those cars bri ngi ng peopl e to buy food at McDonald’s. Fi rst, there woul d be petrol fum es(氣體 ), which wil make our clean ai r di rty. Second, there’s the probl em of al those cars that try to park and prevent other cars from movi ng qui ckly through our town. I’m sure m any young peopl e would be happy to work for McDonal d’s but wi l they be treated fai rl y？ In Ameri can, McDonal d’s does not al ow workers’ uni ons to operate in i ts restaurants and these are people who speak up for the workers. If, as they say, the workers are happy with them , why shoul d they fear som e workers joi ni ng a uni on? So when I consi der the fod, the cars and the jobs, I thi nk we shoul d not al ow McDonal d’s to buil d thei r restaurant in our town. Uni t 3 the mil li on pound bank note Act I, Scene 3 Narrator: It i s the summ er of 1903. Two old and weal thy brothers, Roderi ck an dO li ver, have m ade a bet. Oli ver beli eves that with a mil li on pound bank note a m an could survive a month i n London. H i s brother Roderi ck doubts i t. At thi s m om ent, they see a pennil es young man wanderi ng on the pavem ent outside thei r house. It is Henry Adam s, an Am eri can busi nessm an, who i s lost i n London and does not know what he shoul d do. Roderi ck: Young m an, woul d you step i nsi de a m oment, please? H enry: Who? Me, sir? Roderick: Yes, you. Oli ver: Through the front door on your left. H enry: ( A servant opens a dor) Thanks. Servant: Good m orning, si r. Woul d you pl ease e i n? Perm it me to l ead the way, si r. Oli ver: （ Henry enters） Thank you, Jam es. That wil be al. Roderi ck: H ow do you do, Mr…er…? H enry: Adam s. H enry Adam s. O li ver: Come and si t down, Mr Adams. H enry: Thank you. Roderi ck: You are an Am erican? H enry: That’ s ri ght, from San Franci sco. Roderi ck: H ow wel l do you know London? H enry: Not at al l, it’s my fi rst tri p here. Roderick: I wonder, Mr Adam s, if you’d m ind US aski ng a few questions. H enry: N ot at al. Go right ahead. Roderick: May we ask what you’re doing in this country and what your pl ans are? Henry: Wel, I can’t say that I have any plans. I’m hopi ng to fi nd work. As a matter of fact, I l anded in Britai n by acident. Ol iver: How i s that possi bl e? H enry: Wel l, you see, back home I had my own boat. About a m onth ago, I was sail ing out of the bay… ( hi s eyes stare at what i s l eft of the brother’s di nner on tabl e.) Ol iver: Wel , go on. H enry: Oh, yes. Wel l, towards ni ghtfal I found mysel f carri ed out to sea by a strong wi nd. It was al my faul t. It didn39。dance39。 Two mont hs l at er , som e mor e money was sent t o Sam wi th another note:39。t know whether I coul d survi ve unti l m orning. The next m orni ng I’d just about gi ven mysel f up for lsot when I was spotted by a shi p. Ol iver: And it was the ship that brought you to Engl and. H enry: Yes. The fact is that I earned m y pasage by worki ng as an unpai d hand, whi ch acounts for m y appearance. I went to the Am erican em bassy to seek help, but … ( The brothers sm il e at each other.) Roderick: Wel l, you m ustn’t worry about that. It’s an advantage. He nry: I’m afrai d I don’t qui te fol ow you, si r. Roderi ck: Tel us, Mr Adam s, what sort of work di d you do i n Am eri ca. H enry: I worked for a m ining apany. Could you ofer me some ki ne of work here? Roderi ck: Pati ence, Mr Adam s. If you don39。dance39。 345 f or the cost of the tri p. The norm al pr ice of a ti cket i s amp。A thief, yes, 39。t have too many hat s, 39。m any ti es. 39。And a wom an can39。 Leson45 A clear consci ence 問心無愧 The whol e vi lage soon l earnt that a large sum of money had been l ost. Sam Benton, the local but cher , had lost his wal let whi le taki ng hi s avi ngs to the post of fi ce. Sam was sure t hat he wal et must have been found by one of t he vil lager s, but it was not r et ur ned to him. Three months passed, and t hen one morning, Sam f ound hi s wal et out si de his f ront door . I t had been wr apped up in newspaper and it contained half the money he had l ost, toget her with a note which said: 39。 leson46 Expensi ve and unf ort able 既昂貴又受罪 When a plane fr om London ari ved at Sydney ai rpor t, worker s began t o unload a num ber of wooden boxes which contained clot hi ng. No one coul d acount f or t he f act hat one of t he boxes was extr emely heavy. It suddenly occurr ed t o one of t he wor kers to open up the box. He was astonished at what he found. A m an was lying in t he box on t op of a pil e of wool len goods. He was so surpri sed at bei ng di scover ed t hat he di d not even t ry t o run away. Aft er he was ar ested, t he man admit ted hi di ng i n the box bef ore t he pl ane l eft London. He had had a l ong and unf ort abl e t ri p, f or he had been confi ned to t he wooden box for over t en hour s. The m an was or dered to pay amp。 she