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1、学 海 无 涯 The First McDonald s RestaurantThe First McDonald s Restaurant Even though the first McDonald s restaurant sold only hamburgers and French friesfries it still became a cultural symbol Now in the SouthernSouthern California city of Downey people are trying to save the first McDonald s restaur
2、ant in history McDonald s though says the building should be torn down Built in 1953 the restaurant in Downey California is the oldest of all the GoldenGolden ArchesArches in America and has the earliest McDonald s building design Many people have good memories of that old McDonald s These people ar
3、e angry that the building is now in dangerdanger of being destroyeddestroyed along with their memories McDonald s explains that the building was damageddamaged in an earthquakeearthquake and therefore needs to be torn down Many people in the town of Downey don t agree with this line of thinking thou
4、gh One woman says I think it s terrible They are using the earthquake as an excuse It s a big lie Another Downey residentresident remarks I am so upset They don t respect the publicpublic at all They haven t even tried They could do some small repairs and make it a good restaurant 学 海 无 涯 again McDo
5、nald s managers say the restaurant is losing money at that locationlocation There is no room for a drive thru window or for seating inside After the earthquake they say it was impossible to fix The managers want to build a copy of this building at another location instead Building inspectorsinspecto
6、rs on the other hand say that the structurestructure can be repaired but that it will be expensive Many people say that McDonald s can certainly affordafford to pay that amountamount Some think that McDonald s real reason for wanting to close down the restaurant has nothing to do with money Modern M
7、cDonald s restaurants often have a sign claimingclaiming that a man named Ray Kroc opened the first McDonald s restaurant in Illinois in 1955 The truth however is that Mr Kroc actuallyactually learned the fast food business from Dick and Mac McDonald in Downey Later Mr Kroc bought their restaurants
8、Thus many people in Downey think McDonald s is trying to change history though the company deniesdenies this To locallocal historians this explanationexplanation makes total sense One historian said We should not rewrite the past Ray Kroc did not invent McDonald s The McDonald brothers did These day
9、s a group of historians want the building to 学 海 无 涯 be added to the National RegisterRegister 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 abandonedabandoned the structure Everyone hopes
10、that the McDonald s managers and the people of Downey will soon find peacepeace The building is still there but boardsboards cover the windows Even 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
11、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 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
12、 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 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 学 海 无 涯 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
13、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 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 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 前拍照留念 留下历史上的珍贵一刻 Our Changing Lifestyle Trends an
14、d Our Changing Lifestyle Trends and FadsFads These days lifestyles have a tendencytendency 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
15、eat at Japanese restaurants for exercise they run several miles a day The 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 clubsclubs Almost nothing in modern life gets aw
16、ay from the influence of fashion food music exercise books languages movies furniturefurniture and even names go in and out of fashion The interests that people follow can change very quickly In the United States even people can be in or out Americans enjoy following the lives of famous people actorsactors sports heroesheroes well known artists politicianspoliticians and the like But Americans also pay a lot of attention to people who have no special ability at all In 1981 for example an unknown
