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i l be concerned about provi di ng parki ng for the cars in our m ain street. Many of our young people wil be only to happy to work for the pany. McDonal d’s m akes a prom i se to the peopl e that work for them. They say, “We val ue you, your growi ng ski l s and your hel p to the pany.”I can see nothi ng but good i f thi s pany es to bui l d its restaurant i n our town. AGAINST BUILDING A MCDONALD’S I am very worri ed about McDonal d’s buil di ng a restaurant in our hom etown. We are a sm al m uni ty and we enjoy our l ocal di shes. I am not sure i f McDonal d’s food i s as heal thy as they say i n thei r adverti sem ents. When sci enti sts l ook at i t careful y, they fi nd hi gh l evel s of fat, sugar and sal t. Thi s i s very worryi ng. Too many young peopl e are geti ng fat through eati ng to m uch fatty food. McDonal d’s i s not gi vi ng young peopl e a good i dea of what a heal thy di et shoul d be. Local Chi nese food, on the other hand, is ful l of fresh vegetabl es and fresh m eat and fi sh. The food at a McDonal d’s restaurant i s al ways the sam e, so I wonder i f it i s m ade or brought in from elsewhere. Although i t is freshl y cooked, i t must be l ess healthy than our own l ocal y grown and cooked Chi nese food. I al so worry about al l those cars bri nging peopl e to buy food at McDonal d’s. Fi rst, there woul d be petrol fumes(氣體 ), whi ch wil l m ake our cl ea。t know whether I coul d survi ve unti l m orni ng. The next m orni ng I’d just about gi ven m ysel f up for l sot when I was spoted by a ship. Ol iver: And i t was the shi p that brought you to Engl and. H enry: Yes. The fact i s that I earned m y passage by worki ng 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 smi l 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 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 m i 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, m ay I ask you how m uch m oney 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 lucky to you but not to m e! On 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 leave) N ow i f you’l l excuse m e, I thi nk I’l l be on my way. Roderi ck: Pl ease don’t go, Mr Adam s. You m ustn’t thi nk we don’t care about you. O li ver, gi ve him the l eter. O li ver: Yes, the l etter. (gets i t from a desk and gi ves i t to H enry l i ke a gi ft ) The l etter. Henry: (taking i t careful l 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 it until two o’cl ock. H enry: O h, thi s i s si l y. Roderi ck: : N ot sil l y. There’s m oney i n i t (cal l 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。terri bl e m ust have happened i f Li Chang was not i ng to eat i n hi s restaurant as he al ways di d. Wang Peng fol owed Li Chang i nto a new sm al l e saw a si gn i n the wi ndow. Tired of al l that fat? Want to l ose wei ght? Com e i nsi de Yong H ui ’s sl imm i ng restaurant. O nl y slim mi ng foods served here. Make yoursel f thi n agai n. Curi osi ty drove Wang Peng i nsi de. It was ful of peopl e. The hostes, a very thi n lady cam e forward. “Wel e,” she sai d. “My nam e i s Yong H ui . I’l l hel p you l ose wei ght and be fi t i n two weeks i f you eat here every day.” Then she gave a m enu to Wang Peng. There were few choi ces of food and dri nk on i t: just ri ce, raw vegetabl es served i n vi negar, frui t and water. Wang Peng was am azed at thi s and especi al l y at the pri ces. It cost m ore than a good m eal i n hi s restaurant! H e coul d not bel i eve hi s eyes. H e threw down the m enu and hurri ed outsi de. O n hi s way hom e he thought about hi s own m enu. Di d i t make peopl e fat? Perhaps he shoul d go to the l i brary and fi nd out. H e coul d not have Yong H ui getti ng away wi th tel li ng peopl e l i es! H e had better do som e research! At the li brary Wang Peng was surpri sed to fi nd that hi s restaurant served far too m uch fat and Yong H ui ’s far too li ttl e. Even though her customers mi ght get thi n after eati ng Yong Hui’s food, they were not eati ng enough energygi vi ng food to keep them fi t. They woul d be e ti red very qui ckl y. Wang Peng fel t m ore hopeful as he drove back hom e. Perhaps wi th a di scount and a new si gn he coul d win hi s custom ers back! So he wrote: Want to feel fi t and energeti c? Com e and eat here! Di scounts today! O ur food gi ves you energy al day! The peti ti on between the two restaurants was on! COME AND EAT H ERE (2) A week later, Wang Peng’s restaurant was nearl y ful l and he felt hapi er. Perhaps he woul d be abl e to earn hi s li vi ng after al and not have to cl ose hi s restaurant. H e di d not l ook forward to bei ng in debt because hi s restaurant was no l onger popul ar. H e sm il ed as he wel ed som e custom ers warm ly at the door but the smi le l eft hi s face when he saw Yong Hui wal ki ng i n. She di d not look happy 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 me and m y m enu, ” she shouted. “Please excuse m e, ” he calml 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 lim i ted that I stopped