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The First McDonald's
Restaurant
Even though
the first McDonald's restaurant sold only
hamburgers
and
French
fries
,
it
still
became
a
cultural
symbol.
Now, in the
Southern
California city of
Downey, people are
trying
to
save
the
first
McDonald's
restaurant
in
ld's, though, says the
building should be torn
down.
Built in 1953, the restaurant in
Downey, California, is
the oldest of
all the
Golden
Arches
in America, and has
the
earliest McDonald's building
design.
Many
people
have
good
memories
of
that
old
McDonald' people are
angry that the building is now in
danger
of being
destroyed
, along with their
memories.
McDonald's explains
that the building was
damaged
in an
earthquake
, and therefore
needs to be torn down. Many people
in
the town of Downey don't agree with this line of
thinking,
though.
One
woman says,
the earthquake as an
excuse. It's a big lie.
Another
Downey
resident
remarks,
don't
respect
the
public
at
all.
They
haven't
even
tried.
They
could do
some small repairs
and make
it a good
restaurant
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again.
McDonald's managers say the restaurant is losing
money
at
that
location
.
There
is
no
room
for
a
drive-thru
window,
or
for
seating
the
earthquake,
they
say
it
was
impossible to managers want to build a
copy of this
building at another
location instead.
Building
inspectors
, on the other
hand, say that the
structure
can
be
repaired,
but
that
it
will
be
expensive.
Many
people say that McDonald's can
certainly
afford
to pay that
amount
.Some think that
McDonald's real reason for wanting to
close down the restaurant has nothing
to do with money.
Modern
McDonald's
restaurants
often
have
a
sign
claiming
that
a
man
named
Ray
Kroc
opened
the
first
McDonald's
restaurant
in Illinois
in 1955.
The
truth, however, is
that Mr. Kroc
actually
learned
the
fast
food
business
from
Dick
and
Mac
McDonald
in
,
Mr.
Kroc
bought
their
, many people in
Downey think McDonald's is
trying to
change history, though the company
denies
this.
To
local
historians,
this
explanation
makes
total
sense.
One
historian said,
did not invent
McDonald's. The McDonald brothers did.
These days, a group of historians want the
building to
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be added to the National
Register
of Historic Places
so that
the
city
of
Downey
will
be
able
to
stop
McDonald's
from
tearing
the
building
down.
The
McDonald's
managers
are
very
angry,
and
have
abandoned
the structure.
Everyone
hopes
that
the
McDonald's
managers
and
the
people of
Downey will soon find
peace
.
The building is still
there, but
boards
cover the so, people
drive by
to remember their McDonald's,
taking pictures of a moment in
history
before it gets taken away.
第一家麦当劳餐馆
虽说第一家麦当劳餐馆只售汉堡包和薯条,
它还是成为了一种文化象征。
如
今,在加州南部唐尼市,人们正努力保住历史上第一家麦当劳餐馆。
然而,麦当
劳却称这幢房子应该拆掉。
坐落于加州唐尼的这家餐馆建于
1953
年,是美国所有带双拱形金色标志的
建筑中历史最久
的,它的设计也是麦当劳最早的建筑设计。
许多人对那家老餐馆有着美好的回忆。
这些人想到餐馆连同他们美好的回
忆
一起将被摧毁,感到很气愤。
麦当劳方面解释说,
那家老店在一次地震中遭到损坏,
因此必须拆掉。
不过,
唐尼的许多人却不同意这
种说法。
有位女士说:
p>
“我认为这件事太可怕了。他们在利用那次地震作借口。这是
一个极
大的谎言。
另一位唐尼市居
民说:
“我非常难过。他们一点也不尊重公众的意见,甚至
都没
试着这样做。他们可以稍加修理,使它再成为一家好餐馆。
”
麦当劳的经理们说餐馆设在那个位置一直在亏本。那儿
没有地方可以开辟
“免下车外卖窗口”
,里面也没有地方安排座
位。他们说,那次地震后这个餐馆
就没办法修了。不过那些经理们想在其他位置按原餐馆
再仿造一家。
但是房屋检修
人员说该建筑是可以修理的,
不过费用很高。
许多人说这个费<
/p>
用麦当劳当然承受得起。有人认为麦当劳想关闭这家餐馆的真正原因与金钱无
关。
现代的麦当
劳餐馆常常有一个牌子,声称有个叫雷·克罗克的男人于
1955
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年在伊利诺伊州创办了
首家麦当劳餐馆。
然而事实是,
克罗克先生的快餐生意实
际上是从唐尼市的迪克·
麦当劳和麦克·
麦当
劳那里学来的。
后来克罗克先生买
下了他们的餐馆。
因此,
尽管公司竭力否认,
唐尼镇的许多人还是认
为麦当劳是
想篡改历史。
<
/p>
在当地的历史学家看来,这种解释颇有道理。有位历史学家说:
“
历史不容
篡改。雷·克罗克没有创建麦当劳。创建麦当劳的是麦氏兄弟。
”
这些天来,一群
历史学家希望将该处建筑列入国家历史文物保护单位名册,
这样,
唐尼镇就能使麦当劳免遭拆除。
麦当劳的经理们非常恼火,
因
而将房屋弃
置一旁。
人人都希望麦当劳经理们与唐尼的居民很快达成一致。
房子仍在,
p>
但窗子用
木板封了起来。
即便如此,
人们仍开车前来纪念他们的麦当劳,
想抢在它被拆除
< br>前拍照留念,留下历史上的珍贵一刻。
Our
Changing
Lifestyle:
Trends
and Fads
These
days,
lifestyles
have
a
tendency
to
change
so
fast.
It
is
more
than just clothing and hairstyles that
are in style one year and out of
date
the next; it's a whole way of living.
One year, people wear hats and blue
jeans; they drink white wine
and eat at
Japanese restaurants; for exercise they run
several miles a
next
year,
however,
everything
has
changed:women
wear
long
skirts;
people
drink
expensive
water
from
France,
and
eat
at
Italian
restaurants;
everyone seems
to be exercising at health
clubs
.
Almost nothing in
modern life gets away from the influence of
fashion:
food,
music,
exercise,
books,
languages,
movies,
furniture
,
and
even names go in
and out
of interests that people follow can
change very quickly.
In the
United States,
even
people
can be
Americans
enjoy
following
the
lives
of
famous
people:
actors
,
sports
heroes
,
well-
known artists,
politicians
,
and the Americans also pay a
lot of
attention to people who have no special ability at
all. In 1981,
for example, an unknown
elderly woman
appeared
in a
TV
advertisement
in
which
she
looked
at
a
very
small
hamburger
and
complained
loudly,
the
beef
?
magazines
< br> and newspapers, and on TV was immediately popular.
She was
fame
does not last people
are famous for a very short
time
—
they are
fads.
What
causes
such
fads
to
come
and
go?
Although
clothing
designers
influence fads in
fashion because they want to make money, this
desire
for money
doesn't explain fads in other
areas
, such as language. For
example,
why
have
teenagers
in
the
past
twenty-
five
years
used
—
at
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different
times
—
the words
groovy
or
awesome
in conversation
instead of
simply
saying
wonderful
?
According
to
an
expert
in
popular
culture,
people
who follow fads are not
foolish
or
vain
; they simply want to be
part of
something new and
creative
.
Fads are not limited
to the United States, however.
Fads are
common
in
any
country
that
has
a
strong
economy
(e.g.
Britain,
Japan,
and
Germany).However,
in
the
United
States,
there
is
an
additional
reason
for
fads:
most Americans seem to feel
that
something
is wrong if
there
isn't
frequent
change in
their lives.
It's
sometimes
difficult
to
see
the
difference
between
a
fad
and
a
trend.A
fad
lasts
a
very
short
time
and
is
not
very
important.
A
social
trend, however,
survives
a long time and
becomes a true part of modern
use of
personal computers, for example, is a trend; a
fad,
on the other hand, could be the
use of certain types of computer games.
Who knows what changes
in lifestyle will happen next?
我们不断变化的生活方式:潮流和时尚
如今,生活方式有种迅速变化的趋势。迅速变化的不仅仅只是
一年流行而第
二年就过时的服饰和发型,而是整个生活方式。
曾几何时,人们戴帽子,穿牛仔裤,喝白葡萄酒,到日
本餐馆就餐,每天跑
几英里健身。但到了第二年,所有这一切都变了:妇女们穿长裙,人
们喝昂贵的
法国进口水,到意大利餐馆就餐,似乎每个人都在健身俱乐部里锻炼身体。<
/p>
现代生活中几乎没有什么能逃
过时尚的影响:食品、音乐、运动、书籍、语
言、电影、家具,甚至名字都会经历时髦或
者过时的过程。人们追随的兴趣爱好
会很快地改变。
在美国,
甚至人也可以变得时
尚或者过时。
美国人喜欢追随名人的生活方式:
演员、体育明星
、著名艺人、政治家等。但是美国人也十分注意一点特殊才能都
没有的人。比如,
1981
年,一位名不见经传的老妇人出现在一个电视广告里,她
p>
看着一只很小的汉堡包,大声抱怨道:
“牛肉呢?”
这三个字使她成了名。一时
之间,她在杂志、报纸和
电视上频频亮相,一下子大受欢迎,成了时尚。但是,
这种名声并不持久。
这种人只是在很短的一段时间里为众人所知——他们只是时
尚。
是什么使这种时尚来得快也去得快?尽管
时装设计师影响时装潮流为的是
赚钱,但这种赚钱的欲望并不能解释其他方面的时尚,例
如语言。比如,为什么
青少年在过去
25
年里的不同时代中,
谈话时使用
“
g
roovy
(
帅呆了)
”
或者
“
awesome
(太
棒了)
”这样的词,而不只说“
wonderful
(好极了)
”了呢?据一位流行文
化专家说,
p>
追随时尚的人并不是愚蠢或爱慕虚荣;
他们只是想成为富有创造性的
新事物的一部分。
不过,时尚并不只是美国才有。任何经济强国(如英国、日本、德国)都有
时尚。但是,在美国,时尚发生另有原因:大多数美国人似乎觉得,如果他们的
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生活没有发生频繁的变化,那一定有什么地方不对劲了。
有时候很难区别时尚和潮流。
时尚持续时间很短,
也不太重要。
但是一种社
< br>会潮流能长时间存在,
并且真正成为现代文化的一部分。
比如说,
使用个人电脑
是一种潮流,而使用某种电脑游戏只可能
成为一种时尚。
谁知道今后的生活方式又会发生什么样的变化呢?
My First Job
My first real long-term job, though,
was at a local
diner
called
Mel's
Place.
I
worked
there
for
seven
years
and
learned
so
many
lessons,
especially from a
fellow
waitress. Helen was
in her 60s, had red hair,
and
tons
of self-
respect
—
something I was
really
lacking
.I looked up
to
Helen because she was doing what she
loved
—
serving
people
—
and nobody
did it better. She made everyone smile
and feel good, customers and
fellow-
workers
alike
.
I also learned how important it is to take
pride
in life's little
achievements
:
when
I
helped
out
in
the
kitchen,
for
example,
nothing
made
me feel better than
preparing the eggs and serving them just the way
the
customers wanted.
Being
a
waitress
really
changed
my
life.
One
of
my
regular
customers,
Fred Hasbrook, a
salesman
, always ate the
same thing every day. As soon
as I saw
him walking towards the diner, I would put his
order in without
him even needing to
ask.
Thanks
to the
confidence
I picked
up from Helen, I dreamed of
having
my
own
restaurant
one
day.
Unfortunately,
when
I
called
my
parents
to ask them to
lend
me the money, they
said,
The
next
day,
Fred
saw
me
and
asked,
wrong,
Sunshine
?
You're
not smiling today.
I could do
so much more if somebody would just have
faith
in me.
He
walked
over
to
some
of
the
other
regulars
at
the
diner,
and
then
gave me $$50,000 the very next
day
—
along with a note that I
still have.
It reads,
it
come true.
I quickly went to a
bank, where the money was
invested
for me. In
the
meantime
, I
continued working at the diner, making plans for
the
restaurant I would one day , the
money was not invested well,
and I lost
it all.
At that time,
I found myself thinking about what it would be
like
to
be
a
stockbroker
,
and
decided
to
apply
for
a
job
at
the
bank.
Even
though
I
had
no
experience,
I
was
hired
and
ended
up
doing
quite
well.
Eventually
,
I
even
paid
Fred
and
my
customers
back
the
$$50,000,
plus
14-percent
annual
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years
later, I was able to open my own firm.
Recently, I received a thank-you
note from Fred that will
forever
be
printed
on
my
heart.
He
had
been
sick,
and
wrote
that
the
money
I
sent
him
had
helped
to
cover
his
mounting
medical
bills
.His
letter
read,
so glad I invested in
you.
I'm so glad I had
that first job.
我的第一份工作
< br>我第一份真正长久的工作其实是在本地的一个叫“梅尔之家”的小餐馆当服
务员。
我在那儿干了七年,
学到很多东西,
尤
其是从一位女服务员海伦那里学到
了很多。海伦六十多岁,红头发,自尊心很强——这是
我当时真正缺乏的东西。
我敬佩海伦,因为她在做她所热爱的事——接待顾客——而且没
人比她做得更
好。她使每一个人,无论是顾客还是同事,都面带笑意,心情愉快。
我还学到了重要的一点,那就是为
生活中取得的小小成就感到自豪。比如,
我在厨房里帮忙的时候,
没有什么比完全按照顾客希望的方式做好鸡蛋、
给他们
端上更
让我感到高兴的了。
当女服
务员确实改变了我的一生。我的一个常客,弗雷德·哈斯布鲁克,是
个推销员,
他每天总是吃同样的东西。
我一看到他朝小餐馆走来,
< br>就会把他想点
的东西准备好,他甚至都不需要开口。
因为从海伦那里学到了自信,
我梦想着有一天能拥有自己的餐馆。
可惜,
当
< br>我打电话向我父母借钱时,他们说:
“我们实在没钱。
”
第二天,弗雷德见了我,问
道:
“出什么事了,阳光女孩?今天没见你笑。
”
我把我的梦想告诉了他,说:
“弗雷德,我知道,只要有人相信我,我还能做
很
多事情。
”
他向小餐馆的其他几个常客走去,
第二天就交给我
50,000
美元,
还有一张我
至今还保留着的纸条,上面写着:
“拥有梦想的好
人应该有机会让梦想成真。
”
我很快去了一家银行,
这家银行替我拿这笔钱做投资。
与此同时,
我一边继
续在小餐馆工作,一边盘算
着自己开店。让我难过的是,这笔钱投资失败,我血
本无回。
就在这时,
我开始考虑去试着
做一个股票经纪人,
于是决定申请一份银行的
工作。我虽然没有
经验,但还是被雇用了,并且做得非常好。后来,我甚至还把
50,000
美元还给了弗雷德和其他顾客,外加每年
14%
的利
息。五年后,我终于有
能力开了自己的公司。
最近,
我收到弗雷德的一封感
谢信,
这封信将永远地印在我的心上。
前一阵
< br>他病了,并说是我寄给他的钱帮他支付了拖欠的医疗费。他在信里说:
“我真高<
/p>
兴当时在你身上投资。
”
我真高兴当时做了那第一份工作。
Father Dearest
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My
father
and
I
were
watching
a
video
in
which
my
two-
year-old
nephew
,
Cameron,
ran
into
view
with
a
spoon
sticking
out
of
his
mouth.
trip,
and
that
spoon
will
go
right
into
his
throat
,
my
father
said
with
worry.
Like
most
parents,
Dad
has
always
tried
to
protect
his
a
doctor,
too,
he
is
especially
conscious
of
the
many
dangers
surrounding
us.
I
remember
having
dinner
at
a
friend's
house
once,
and
being
surprised
that
nobody
said
a
word
about
food
poisoning.
At
home,
you
wash your hands?
Restaurants, Dad warned,
presented many risks
—
from
careless
waiters
who
might
drop
hot
coffee
onto
your
head,
to
employees
who
didn't
wash their
hands.
Fashion, too,
could be dangerous, according to my father. A few
years ago, he took away my coat because
he said I hadn't had it made
I
asked
him
about
it,
Dad
put
the
coat
on
to
show
me
how
serious
the problem was.
—
it's
too
long,
even
on
me.
And
this
material
is
so
heavy
that
it would pull you down.
have
never
heard
of
anyone
being
injured
by
too
heavy
a
coat.
drawing his
hand across his knees.
Fashion
was
only
one
of
the
many
dangers
from
which
we
had
to
guard
ourselves.
To
this
day,
when
I
walk
within
yards
of
tree
branches
,
I
pause
and hear
Dad's voice:
Of
course,
as
children,
we
did
not
always
listen
to
Dad.
We
had
our
broken
bones,
car
accidents
,
and
illnesses
—
some
of
which
might
have
been
avoided
if we had followed
his advice.
When
my
brothers
and
sisters
and
I
talk
about
the
old
days,
we
recall
Dad's
telling
us
not
to
jump
too
hard
and
high
while
playing
sports
because
of
the
possibility
of
backbone
injury
,
and
the
driving
directions
he
gave
us with as few left
turns as possible. Now, we find ourselves giving
similar warnings: we phone my younger
brother to tell him that we read
about
someone
dying
from
poisoning,
or
my
younger
sister
to
warn
her
about
the
high lead
content
of certain
window
coverings
.
Now,
too,
Dad
has
a
new
generation
to
guide.
His
grandchildren
have
caught
on
quickly,
knowing
to
shake
their
fingers
and
say,
dangerous!
p>
bite
—
be
careful,
the holiday dinner table. As
everyone is leaving, we all laugh when my
niece
says goodbye to Dad:
After
each
weekend
visit
at
my
parents'
home,
I
have
my
father
drop
me
off
at
the
quiet
train
station
for
my
trip
back
to
Manhattan.
As
I
wait,
I can see his car in
the parking lot; I know that he is watching to see
that I board safely.
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