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 HYPERLINK / 美联英语提供：华裔夫妇在美国打造中式快餐王国 分享一个免费试听课，名额有限，碰碰运气吧 HYPERLINK /test/xingzuo.html?tid=16-73675-0 /test/xingzuo.html?tid=16-73675-0 Andrew and Peggy Cherng, now 65 and 62, respectively, opened their first Chinese restaurant in 1973 with $60,000 from savings and a Small Business Administration loan, plus relatives who worked for free. Today Panda Restaurant Group is the nations leader in Asian fast-casual eateries, exceeding $1.7 billion in revenue in 2012. Their Rosemead, Calif., company now manages a total of 1,500 Panda Express, Panda Inn, and Hibachi-San restaurants in 42 states and Mexico City, and it is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. The co-CEOs story: 靠着储蓄金和美国联邦小企业署的贷款凑起来的6万美元以及自家亲戚们的免费劳动，现年65岁的程正昌和62岁的蒋佩琪这对夫妇在1973年开办了他们自己的第一家中餐厅。如今，熊猫餐饮集团（Panda Restaurant Group）已经成为美国亚洲休闲快餐业的领军企业，2012年的营收超过17亿美元。这家总部位于加利福尼亚罗斯米德市的集团公司旗下管理着1,500多家熊猫快餐厅（Panda Express）、聚丰园餐厅（Panda Inn）和Hibachi-San日本料理餐厅，遍布全美42个州以及墨西哥首都墨西哥城。今年是熊猫餐饮集团成立40周年。这对夫妻档CEO分享了他们的创业故事： Andrew Cherng: I was born in Yangzhou, China, two years after World War II started. I was 5 when my family escaped to Taiwan. Eight years later, we moved to Japan. 程正昌：二战开始之后的第二年，我出生在中国的扬州。5岁时，我们举家逃往台湾，8年之后，又移居日本。 Peggy Cherng: I was born in Burma, and my family went to Hong Kong, where I grew up. I came to the United States for college and met Andrew at Baker University in Baldwin, Kans. 蒋佩琪：我出生在缅甸，后来随着全家定居香港并在那里长大。之后到美国读大学，在堪萨斯州鲍德温的贝克大学（Baker University）学习时遇到了程正昌。 Andrew: We went on to the University of Missouri, where I got a masters degree in applied mathematics. Peggy stayed a couple of years longer to get her Ph.D. in electrical engineering. Every holiday I had, I worked in New York, waiting tables in a restaurant. My father was a chef but hadnt owned his own business. I didnt like that. In my heart of hearts, I knew I wanted to be in business. 程：我们后来又一起去了密苏里大学（the University of Missouri），我在那儿攻读应用数学硕士。佩琪比我多上了几年，拿到了电子工程学博士学位。当时我在纽约上班，每个节假日去餐厅吃饭都要排队等座。我父亲本身就是厨师但却一直未能拥有自己的餐厅。我不想那样，从内心来说，我知道我想要拥有自己的事业。 Peg