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McDonald’s Opens restaurant in New Delhi
NEW DELHI, INDIA —McDonald’s is opening its first restaurant in New Delhi, India. It is the only McDonald’s in the world with no beef on the menu. You can’t eat Big Macs here, but there are mutton Maharajah Macs. These hamburgers are made from Indian sheep, and the fries are made from Indian potatoes. The soda comes from an Indian bottler(灌装公司).
Many old and young people come to the new restaurant. Mr. Sahani , who is 75 years old, says he comes all the way from a town which is 90 miles south of New Delhi. “I like it because McDonald’s has not brought things from overseas. All the food comes from India.”
A 19-year-old boy, Pankresh, says, “If the food is good, I don’t care where it comes from.”
A rich Indian man, Vikram Bakshi, owns half of the restaurant. The McDonald’s company owns the other half. Bakshi says the restaurant serves mutton because 80% of Indians are Hindu. Hindus don’t eat beef. They also believe that it is wrong to kill cows.
The menu at the New Delhi McDonald’s has some other Indian food. For the Indians who don’t eat any meat at all, there are Vegetable McNuggets. They are made with rice, peas, carrots, red pepper and apices.
McDonald’s has 20,000 restaurants in more than 95 countries. It fits its menu to each culture(文化).
In Thailand, people can eat Samurai Pork Burgers with a sweet sauce(酱) on top. In Japan they can try burgers topped with a fried egg.
( ) 1. Mr. Bakshi _______.
A. works as waiter in this McDonald’s B. owns 50% of the restaurant
C. comes to the restaurant to eat D. lives 90 miles south of New Delhi
( ) 2. The food at the New Delhi McDonald’s come from _______.
A. the USA B. many different countries C. India D. Japan
( ) 3. The McNuggets at this McDonald’s are made from _______.
A. chicken B. mutton C. vegetables D. pork
( ) 4. Many Indians do not eat beef because _______.
A. they don’t like the taste B. Hindus believe it is bad to kill cows
C. beef is very expensive in India D. Hindus are afraid of cows
( ) 5. McDonald’s serves ________.
A. only American food B. only all-beef hamburgers
C. food that the people from different countries like D. mutton meals in Thailand
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A little old man and his wife walked 1. into McDonald’s on one cold winter evening. They took a table near the back wall, and then the little old man walked to the cashier(收银处) 2. food. After a while, he got the food back.
There 3. one hamburger, some French fries and one drink. The little old man carefully divided the hamburger in half and the French fries into two piles. Then he neatly 4. the half of the food in front of his wife. Both he and 5. wife took a sip(一小口) of the drink. “How poor the old couple was!” the people around them might think. As the old man started to eat his hamburger and his French fries, his wife sat there 6. him. They took turns to drink. A young man 7. over and offered to buy another meal for 8.. But they refused politely and said they got used to sharing(分享) everything.
Then a young lady asked the wife. “Excuse me, Madam. Why aren’t you eating? You 9. that you shared everything. Then, could you 10. me what you are waiting for?” She answered in a smile, “The teeth.”