【2017年整理】大学与体验英语视听说二册一单元.ppt

ROIP ensures quality control and cleanliness in McDonald’s restaurants. It must work, otherwise customers wouldn’t keep coming back. In Golden Arches East (1997) James L. Watson shows how McDonald’s led the way in raising standards of toilet and bathroom cleanliness in Hong Kong in the 1970s. So McDonald’s has made a major contribution to global hygiene. McDonald’s is a meritocracy. It has one of the highest corporate employee retention rates of any company because it provides employees with great opportunities to be promoted on the basis of what they have achieved. That’s a model China should emulate. Of course, there has been a lot of criticism of McDonald’s – successful organizations always attract criticism – but McDonald’s has responded quickly and effectively to such criticism, whether it be about food quality, animal welfare or environmentally friendly farming. No country with a McDonald’s outlet has ever gone to war with any other country which also has a McDonald’s outlet. Evaluation only. Created with Aspose.Slides for .NET 3.5 Client Profile 5.2.0.0. Copyright 2004-2011 Aspose Pty Ltd. McDonald’s is junk food: the fries and fried meat are unhealthy. No wonder so many people in the west have problems of obesity! In Fast Food Nation (2001), Eric Scholosser shows how the USA has become the fattest nation on earth. Does China want to go down that road too? McDonald’s food is high in sugar, fat and salt, i.e. it is deliberately addictive. It manipulates our minds and desires and is a major cause of diabetes. McDonald’s contributes significantly to global warming. Enormous amounts of meat are consumed in hamburgers. This necessitates extensive cattle farming. One of the major causes of global warming is the methane emitted by cattle. McDonald’s contributes significantly to world poverty. It takes of grain to produce of beef – no wonder food prices are rising all over the world! And vast areas of land are bought up in poor countries for cash crops or ca