67．The word "starters" in
the last paragraph but four means ________.
A. the first course of the
meal B.
beginner
C. the first time
D. those who haven't had an English breakfast
D
With the
advent of fast food chains from the West such as McDonald’s, Kentucky Fried
Chicken and Pizza Hut, the Chinese are being introduced to a diet that markedly
increases the death rate from certain diseases in any population.
The main
killers in North America, the degenerative diseases such as heart attack and
stroke as well as colon cancer, will become a way of death, not death, not
life, in this country if the Chinese do not act quickly and compete with these
health destroying food chains.
Scientific
studies from all over the world show that a diet high in animal foods such as
pork, beef, including sugar, white flour, white noodles and even white rice,
undermines one’s health. Deposits of animal fat cling to the walls of arteries,
blocking the blood supply to various organs.
This causes
diseases in almost every organ, but in particular it damages two of the most
vital ones, the heart and brain.
Compare these
problems with the excellent health one may enjoy if one consumes good Chinese
food. The cook goes out every day, procures great-tasting, fresh vegetables,
then cooks them for just a few minutes so that their nutritional value is
preserved and afterwards serves them in a most artistic and elegant fashion.
Please cling to your traditional ways of eating. They are far superior to those
of the West.
Certainly the
fast food chains make lots of money, but who wants to fill the pockets of a
foreign food chain that proceeds to ruin the health of the Chinese people?
Another
reason Western fast food restaurants make money is that the food they serve,
which comes from assembly lines, will not attract bugs or spoil easily.
How the
Chinese could patronize these fast food places when Chinese cook such
delectable food, not just in this country but over the entire world, is beyond
my comprehension.
Western
restaurants are clean and tastefully decorated. Moreover, these restaurants
also do indeed have “good service and an inviting dining atmosphere”. However,
Chinese food chains could do likewise if they would organize themselves as the
Western chains do.
These lessons
in management and décor are the only ones worth learning from the invasion of
this country by the Western fast food chains. In other words only imitate the
style of the restaurants, not the content of the food or the menus in any way,
shape or form.
Do not let
the desire for money destroy the wonderful tradition that China has established
in producing absolutely fantastically tasty as well as healthful food.
