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Topic: Symbols of Culture
Buildings can be symbols of culture
---- places where history has
occurred. But when a historic
building is about to be destroyed,
people react. The following story
shows an example of what can
tear down : 推倒 （尤指建筑物）；拆毁
happen when a symbol of culture is
about to torn down.
1. What’s your favorite fast food restaurant?
2. Why do you think many Chinese people
like to go to McDonald’s or KFC?
McDonald's is the world's
McDonald' largest restaurant
corporation with more than
s 30,000 restaurants in 119
countries serving 46
million customers each day.
In the United States, there
are more than 5,000
McDonald's restaurants.
The largest McDonald's
restaurant is located in
Beijing, China.
Food Served In McDonald’s
French Fries
Big Mac
Milkshake McNuggets
In 1953, the McDonald brothers—Dick and Mac—opened
the first McDonald’s in Downey, California.The brothers
called their idea a "drive-in" restaurant, and customers
could order food from their cars, so the cooks could
make the food very quickly. The restaurant specialized
in making hamburgers, and French fries,
chocolate shakes. In 1955, Ray Kroc visited
the restaurant and offered to buy the rights
to the two brothers' idea. The two brothers
agreed, Ray Kroc opened his restaurant in
Illinois and the McDonald's restaurant chain
was born.
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COMPREHENSION
DOWNEY PEOPLE MCDONALD’S
ATTITUDE SAVE THE BUILDING TEAR DOWN THE BUILDIN
1. IT IS A CULTURAL SYMBOL 1. IT WAS DAMAGED IN AN
2. IT GIVES THEM GOOD EARTHQUAKEAND IS IMPOSSIBLE
SUPPORTING MEMORIES TO REPAIR
REASONS 2. IT IS LOSING MIONEY AT
3. MCDONALD’S IS TRYING TO
CHANG THE HISTORY THAT LOCATION
Practice
GETTING THE MESSAGE: Read the questions and complete the answers
according to the text.
1. Where and when was the first McDonald's built?
It was built in _______________ in _______.
Downey, California 1953
2. Why does McDonald's want to tear down the restaurant?
Because _________________________________________________.
the restaurant was damaged in an earthquake and it is losing money
3. Why do some people want to save the first McDonald's?
Because ______________________________________.
they have good memories of that old McDonald's
4. According to the local historians, what is McDonald's real purpose to tear
down the restaurant?
They believe that McDonald's real purpose is to ____________________.
rewrite the history
5. What is the author's purpose of writing this article?
tell the story of the first McDonald's and to show different attitudes
His purpose is to ________________________________________________
of different people towards the restaurant
HOMEWORK
1. Do the exercise III. V.
on page 8
2. Preview Section B