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Printable eight-page lesson: The Story of McDonald's
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The Story of McDonald's
Part 1: Listen & Understand

Listen to the article about McDonald's, and then answer the questions below (click 'Let's Go' to check your answers.)

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Part 2: Grammar-in-Context

Read the article and choose the correct words to complete the sentences (click 'Let's Go' to check your answers.)
The Story of McDonald's
There are many restaurants in the world, but probably the most famous is McDonald's.  McDonald's (1) ____ more than 34,000 restaurants around the world in 119 countries, and they serve about 68 million customers every day.  The story of McDonald's began (2) ____ 1940 when two brothers, Richard and Maurice ('Mac') McDonald opened a new Restaurant called "McDonald's Famous Barbeque".  It (3) ____ a successful business, but the brothers wanted to (4) ____ more food and make more money, so in 1948 they made some changes.  For example, they (5) ____ a new way to (6) ____ and serve food (7) ____ - and McDonald's became one of the first fast food restaurants in the world.  (8) ____, they made the menu more simple: hamburgers, cheeseburgers, sodas, and milkshakes.  There (9) ____ no longer any waitresses to serve food, so customers ordered food by themselves at a counter.  In 1954, (10) ____ called Ray Kroc joined the company and later bout it for 2.7 million dollars.  The company is now worth many billions of dollars.  (11) ____ a McDonald's museum that is located in San Bernardino, California where the first McDonald's was built.  It's open daily (12) ____ 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

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