2002年高考英语北京卷 - 阅读理解E

Since 1989, Dave Thomas, who died at age 69, was one of the most recognizable faces on TV. He appeared in more than 800 commercials for the hamburger chain named for his daughter. "As long as it works," he said in 1991, "I'll continue to do those commercials."
1989年以来，电视上最知名的面孔之一戴夫·托马斯（69岁去世）为了以他女儿名字命名的汉堡连锁店，出现在800多个商业广告中。他在1991年说，“只要有效果，我就会继续做这些广告。”

Even though he was successful, Thomas remained troubled by his childhood. "He still won't let anyone see his feet, which are out of shape because he never had proper-fitting shoes," Wendy said in 1993. Born to a single mother, he was adopted as a baby by Rex and Auleva Thomas of Kalamazoo in Michigan. After Auleva died when he was 5, Thomas spent years on the road as Rex traveled around seeking construction work. "He fed me," Thomas said, "and if I got out of line, he'd beat me."
尽管托马斯很成功，但他仍为童年烦恼。温迪在1993年说：“他仍然不让任何人看到他的脚，因为他从来没有合适的鞋子，他的脚已经变形了”。出生于单亲母亲家庭，小时候被密歇根州卡拉马祖的雷克斯·托马斯和奥列娃·托马斯收养。在他5岁时，奥列娃去世，雷克斯四处寻找建筑工作，托马斯在马路上度过了几年。“他养育我，”托马斯说，“如果我不听话，他会打我。”

Moving out on his own at 15, Thomas worked, first as a waiter, in many restaurants. But he had something much better in mind. "I thought if I owned a restaurant," he said, "I could eat for free." A 1956 meeting with Harland Sanders led Thomas to a career as the manager of a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant that made him a millionaire in 1968.
15岁时托马斯独自搬出去，开始在许多餐馆当服务员。但他有更好的想法。“我想如果我开了一家餐馆，”他说，“我就可以免费吃饭了。”1956年与哈兰·桑德斯的一次会面让托马斯成为了一家肯塔基炸鸡店的经理，并于1968年成为百万富翁。

In 1969, after breaking with Sanders, Thomas started the first Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburgers, in Columbus, Ohio, which set itself apart by serving made-to-order burgers. With 6,000 restaurants worldwide, the chain now makes $ 6 billion a year in sales.
1969年，在与桑德斯散伙后，托马斯在俄亥俄州哥伦布创办了第一家温迪老式汉堡店，特色是提供定制汉堡。该连锁店目前在全球拥有6000家餐厅，年销售额为60亿美元。

Although troubled by his own experience with adoption, Thomas, married since 1954 to Lorraine, 66, and with four grown kids besides Wendy, felt it could offer a future for other children. He started the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption in 1992.
尽管托马斯对自己的领养经历感到不安，不过自1954年起就与洛林结婚，除了温迪之外，他还有四个成年子女，他觉得可以为其他孩子提供一个未来。1992年，他创立了戴夫·托马斯收养基金会。

In 1993, Thomas, who had left school at 15, graduated from Coconut Creek High School in Florida. He even took Lorraine to the graduation dance party. The kids voted him Most Likely to Succeed.
15岁时离开学校的托马斯1993年从佛罗里达州可可溪高中毕业。他甚至带洛林去参加毕业舞会，孩子们认为他最有可能成功。

"The Dave you saw on TV was the real Dave," says friend Pat Williams. "He wasn't a great actor or a great speaker. He was just Joe Everybody."
“你在电视上看到的戴夫就是真正的戴夫，”朋友帕特·威廉姆斯说。“他不是一个伟大的演员或演说家，他只是一个普通人。”