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Welcome

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Unit 1 Symbols of Culture

• Section A The First McDonalds Restaurant
• Section B Disney Mirrors American Culture
• Section C Practical Writing Invitation
  Letters

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Unit 1

• Symbols of Culture
• Leading In
• Buildings

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Fast Food

• Do you like them? Why?
• 1 Fast
• 2 Great
• 3 Clean
• 4 Different Feeling
• 5 American Culture

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Section A The First McDonalds Restaurant

• I. Questions About the Text
• II. Sentence Structures
• III. New Words and Expressions

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Questions About the Text

• 1. Where and when was the first McDonalds
  built?
• 2. Why does McDonalds want to tear down the
  restaurant?
• 3. Why do some people want to save the first
  McDonalds?
• 4. What is McDonalds real purpose to tear down
  the restaurant?
• 5. What is the authors purpose of
• writing this article ?

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New Words and Expressions
tear down

• v. pull down, especially violently destroy
• We have a theatre in town but we are to tear
  it down next year to make room for the highway.

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golden

• a. (1) of the color of gold
• Do you refer to the one that has a golden
  yellow flower, a brown center and a strong stem?
• (2) made of gold
• The medal was golden, so it was sold for
  quite a lot of money

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danger

• n. the possibility of harm or loss
• A policeman could meet with danger any minute
  of his working day.
• in danger of likely to be hurt or damaged by
• The trees in the forest have been cut down in
  such great numbers that the forest is in danger
  of disappearing.

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line of thinking /thought

• a way or method of thinking about something
• I worry about this line of thinking because
  it is not good for children.

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Sentence Structure
They are using the earthquake as an excuse.

• Meaning The reason that the building was damaged
  in an earthquake was not a real one McDonalds
  managers are using it to hide the real reason for
  tearing down the building.

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resident

• n. a person who lives in a place
• This hotel serves meals to residents only.
• a. Living in a place
• In 1970 about one fifth of resident college
  and university students were women.

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There is no room for a drive-thru window, or for
seating inside.

• Meaning There is no space where people can buy
  food without getting out of their car. Nor is
  there space for people to sit and eat inside.

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inspect

• examine closely or in detail, especially in order
  to judge quality or correctness make an official
  visit to judge the quality
• Yesterday a man from the local education
  committee came to inspect our school.

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inspector

• n. an official who inspect something
• The tax inspector has a complete right to
  examine the company files.

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structure

• n. (1) something formed of many parts, especially
  a building,
• The steel structure looks very strange among
  the small wooden houses.
• (2) the way in which parts are formed into a
  whole,
• Scientists now know quite a lot about the
  structure of the human brain.
• vt. Arrange into a whole form, in which each
  part is related to others
• It is difficult for me to understand why
  things are structure in such a way in their
  family.

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claim

• v. (1) declare to be true, state
• One should not claim to know what one doesnt
  know.
• (2) ask for, take, or state that one should
  have something to which one has a right
• On what grounds are you claiming compensation?
  You have to state reasons.
• n. (1)a statement that something that is true or
  real
• Lots of people say that never read
  advertisements, but this claim is hard to
  believe.
• (2) a demand or request for something which
  one has a right to have,
• The workers have come out on strike in
  support of their pay claim.

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register

• n. an official record or list
• All stores which sell guns must keep a
  register showing the details of each deal.
• v. put into an official record or list,
• They made sure that each book was numbered
  and registered.

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The building is still there, but boards cover the
windows. Even so people drive by to remember
their McDonalds.

• Meaning Although the windows of the restaurant
  are covered with boards, people still stop by to
  visit their McDonalds when driving past it.

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Taking pictures of a moment in history the
restaurant is gone.

• Meaning They take pictures to record a time in
  history before the restaurant is gone.

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Opinions About the Text

• 1. Are there the opinions about the McDonalds in
  the text?
• What are they?
• 2. Which attitude do you support?

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Summary

• I. Questions About the Text
• II. Sentence Structure
• III. New Words and Expressions

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