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在我成长的城市，zài | wǒ | chéng zhǎng | de | chéng shìIn the city where I grew up,在我10岁生日那天，zài | wǒ | shí suì | shēng rì | nà tiānon my 10th birthday,麦当劳在那里的第一家店开业，mài dāng láo | zài | nà lǐ | de | dì yī jiā | diàn | kāi yèthe first McDonald’s restaurant there opened—所以我对麦当劳有一点点情结。suǒ yǐ | wǒ | duì | mài dāng láo | yǒu | yī diǎn diǎn | qíng jiéso I have a little sentimental attachment to McDonald’s.那天我爸爸在电台为我点了一个祝福，nà tiān | wǒ | bà bà | zài | diàn tái | wèi | wǒ | diǎn | le | yī gè | zhù fúOn that day, my dad requested a birthday greeting for me on the radio,我们一家守在收音机前，wǒ men | yī jiā | shǒu zài | shōu yīn jī | qiánand our whole family waited in front of the radio等着听到我们的点播，děng zhe | tīng dào | wǒ men | de | diǎn bōto hear our request.主持人说，祝这个小朋友十岁生日快乐！zhǔ chí rén | shuō | zhù | zhè ge | xiǎo péng yǒu | shí suì | shēng rì | kuài lèThe host said: "Happy 10th birthday to this kid !"这个小朋友现在已经是两个小朋友的妈妈了。zhè ge | xiǎo péng yǒu | xiàn zài | yǐ jīng | shì | liǎng gè | xiǎo péng yǒu | de | mā ma | leThat kid is now the mother of two kids.然后我们一起去餐厅吃饭，rán hòu | wǒ men | yī qǐ | qù | cān tīng | chī fànThen we went to a restaurant for dinner together,然后又去新开业的麦当劳，rán hòu | yòu | qù | xīn | kāi yè | de | mài dāng láoand afterward, we went to the newly opened McDonald’s.当时我们买了什么，我已经忘记了，dāng shí | wǒ men | mǎi le | shén me | wǒ | yǐ jīng | wàng jì | leI’ve forgotten what we bought back then,但那是一个有仪式感的生日。dàn | nà | shì | yī gè | yǒu | yí shì gǎn | de | shēng rìbut it was a birthday full of ritual sense.那时候麦当劳的价格还比较高，nà shí hou | mài dāng láo | de | jià gé | hái | bǐ jiào | gāoAt that time, McDonald’s prices were still relatively high,现在早已是平价餐厅了。xiàn zài | zǎo yǐ | shì | píng jià | cān tīng | lebut now it’s long been an affordable restaurant.大学的时候，dà xué | de | shí houWhen I was at university,我很喜欢买麦当劳的儿童套餐，wǒ | hěn | xǐ huān | mǎi | mài dāng láo | de | ér tóng | tào cānI loved buying McDonald’s Happy Meals,你应该能猜到为什么，nǐ | yīng gāi | néng | cāi dào | wèi shén meand you can probably guess why—因为会送玩具，yīn wèi | huì | sòng | wán jùbecause they come with toys.算是一种收集的乐趣吧。suàn shì | yī zhǒng | shōu jí | de | lè qù | baIt’s a kind of collecting pleasure.现在，在中国大陆，xiàn zài | zài | zhōng guó | dà lùNow, in mainland China,已经有大约7300家麦当劳餐厅，yǐ jīng | yǒu | dà yuē | 7300 | jiā | mài dāng láo | cān tīngthere are
