【正文】 d. H enry: Yes. The fact i s that I earned my pasage 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 smil e at each other.) Roderi ck: Wel , you mustn’t worry about that. It’s an advantage. H enry: I’m afrai d I don’t qui te fol low you, si r. Roderick: 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 i ni ng apany. Coul d you offer m e som e ki ne of work here? Roderi ck: Pati ence, Mr Adam s. If you don39。s why we’ve gi ven 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 i s al l about? Roderi ck: You’l l soon know. (l ooks at the cl ock) In exactly an hour and a hal f. Servant: Thi s way, si r. Roderick: Mr Adam s, not unti l 2 o’cl ock. Promi se? H enry: Promi se. Goodbye. Act I, Scene 4 ( O utsi de a restaurant H enry l ooks at the envel ope wi thout openi ng i t and deci des to go i n. H e si ts down at a tabl e next to the front wi ndow. ) O wner: ( seei ng H enry’s poor appearance) That one’s reserved. Thi s way, pl ease. ( to the wai ter) Take thi s gentlem an’s order, H orace. H enry: m ore fam il i ar with them. Each week on TV, the Monkees woul d pl ay and si ng songs wri tten by other musi ci ans. H owever, after a year or so i n whi ch they becam e m ore seri ous about thei r work, the Monkees started to pl ay and si ng thei r own songs l i ke a real band. Then they produced thei r own records and started touri ng and pl ayi ng thei r own m usi c. In the USA they becam e even m ore popul ar than the Beatl es and sol d even more records. The band broke up about 1970, but happi l y they reuni ted i n the mi d1980s. They produced a new record i n 1996, wi th whi ch they cel ebrated thei r form er tim e as a real band. Freddy the frog（Ⅱ） N ot l ong after Freddy and the band becam e famous, they vi sited Bri tai n on a bri ef tour. Fans showed thei r devoti on by waiti ng for hours to get ti ckets for thei r concerts . Freddy was now quite confi dent when he went i nto a concert hal l. H e e terri bl e m ust have happened if Li Chang was not i ng to eat in 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. Ti red of al that fat? Want to lose wei ght? Com e i nsi de Yong H ui’s sl im mi ng restaurant. O nl y sli mmi 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 l ady cam e forward. “Wel e,” she said. “My nam e is Yong H ui. I’l hel p you l ose weight and be fit in two weeks if you eat here every day. ” Then she gave a m enu to Wang Peng. There were few choices of food and drink on it: just rice, raw vegetabl es served i n vi negar, frui t and water. Wang Peng was am azed at thi s and especi al ly at the pri ces. It cost m ore than a good m eal i n hi s restaurant! H e coul d not bel ieve 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 littl e. Even though her customers might get thin after eating Yong Hui’s food, they were not eating 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 doing 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 me and m y m enu, ” she shouted. “Please excuse m e, ” he calml y expl ained,“I wanted to know where al m y custom ers had gone l ast week. I fol owed one of them and found them in 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 sing the benefi ts of my food. Why don’t you sit down and try a meal ?” Yong H ui agreed to stay and soon 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 ice cream , Yong H ui began to l ook il . “I feel sick with al l this fat and heavy fod, ”she said, “I miss m y vegetabl es and fruit. ”Wang Peng was enjoying a second pl ate of dum plings so he si ghed. “Yes, ”he added, “and I woul d miss m y dum pl ings and fatty pork. Don’t you get tired quickl y?” “Wel , I do have to rest a l ot, ”adm itted Yong H ui. “But don’t you think it woul d be better if you were a bit thiner? I’m sure you woul d feel m uch heal thier.” They began to tal k about m enus and bal anced diets. “According to m y research, neither your restaurant nor mine offers a balanced diet, ”expl ained Wang Peng. “I don’t offer enough fibre and you don’t offer enough body–buil di ng and energy–gi ving foods. Perhaps we ought to bine our i deas and provi de a bal anced menu wi th foods ful l of energy and fibre. ”So that is what they did. They served