【轻松英文阅读】麦当劳炸薯条

 How much do you love McDonald’s fries? Do you love them so much that you would order a side order of fries to go with your fries? Well, that is no longer necessary at a McDonald’s in Japan since they added this new item to their menu, the mega potato. It is twice the size of a large order of fries, making it about three quarters of a pound. At over eleven hundred calories, it is the most calorie-laden item of any McDonald’s in the world.

 

The Huffington Post writes, “It’s an interesting move, considering that other parts of the world are trying to put the breaks on the obesity¹ epidemic².”

 

To be fair though, the company is marketing³ the product to be shared by two or more people.

 

The new mega potato went on sale on May 24 across Japan, and costs around five dollars.

1 obesity   

n.肥胖，肥大

参考例句：

• One effect of overeating may be obesity.吃得过多能导致肥胖。
• Sugar and fat can more easily lead to obesity than some other foods.糖和脂肪比其他食物更容易导致肥胖。

2 epidemic   

n.流行病；盛行；adj.流行性的，流传极广的

参考例句：

• That kind of epidemic disease has long been stamped out.那种传染病早已绝迹。
• The authorities tried to localise the epidemic.当局试图把流行病限制在局部范围。

3 marketing   

n.行销，在市场的买卖，买东西

参考例句：

• They are developing marketing network.他们正在发展销售网络。
• He often goes marketing.他经常去市场做生意。