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Taiwanese Bian-dang in Manhattan, New York City 5/30/ 2014 by Eva Schmidt During lunch time, on 53rd Street, you’ll see a long line of people in front of a Taiwanese food truck for their “bian-dang,” a Taiwanese word for “lunch box.” On the menu you can find fried chicken with rice, pork dumplings, tea eggs, and other popular Taiwanese dishes. The owners of the food truck are Thomas and Diana Yang, two Taiwanese-Americans. This brother-sister team started their business in 2009. Back then, there were a few Taiwanese restaurants in the city and several thousand food trucks, but the Yangs were the first to sell Taiwanese food on a food truck. At first, business was slack. People thought they were just another Chinese food truck, and the food truck’s name, “Cravings,” often made people think of desserts, not lunch. Few people would stop by and try their food. “I couldn’t even give away free food,” said Thomas. To catch people’s eye, they painted their truck blue, and drew Taiwan’s national flower, the plum blossom, on it. They also changed the food truck’s name to “bian-dang.” Soon people started to notice them, and business finally got better. Now on a good day, they can sell about 150 bian-dangs in about two hours. So what’s next for Thomas and Diana? Well, they hope one day there will be a block with Taiwanese food in the city, just like there is a Chinatown, a Korea Town, and a Little Italy. And their bian-dang food truck might just help to make that happen.
Taiwanese Bian-dang in Manhattan, New York City 5/30/ 2014 by Eva Schmidt During lunch time, on 53rd Street, you’ll see a long line of people in front of a Taiwanese food truck for their “bian-dang,” a Taiwanese word for “lunch box.” On the menu you can find fried chicken with rice, pork dumplings, tea eggs, and other popular Taiwanese dishes. The owners of the food truck are Thomas and Diana Yang, two Taiwanese-Americans. This brother-sister team started their business in 2009. Back then, there were a few Taiwanese restaurants in the city and several thousand food trucks, but the Yangs were the first to sell Taiwanese food on a food truck. At first, business was slack. People thought they were just another Chinese food truck, and the food truck’s name, “Cravings,” often made people think of desserts, not lunch. Few people would stop by and try their food. “I couldn’t even give away free food,” said Thomas. To catch people’s eye, they painted their truck blue, and drew Taiwan’s national flower, the plum blossom, on it. They also changed the food truck’s name to “bian-dang.” Soon people started to notice them, and business finally got better. Now on a good day, they can sell about 150 bian-dangs in about two hours. So what’s next for Thomas and Diana? Well, they hope one day there will be a block with Taiwanese food in the city, just like there is a Chinatown, a Korea Town, and a Little Italy. And their bian-dang food truck might just help to make that happen.
What does the news story say about the Yangs’ food truck?
- A What people love about their food.
- B What made them start their business.
- C How they made delicious fried chicken.
- D How they fixed their business problems.
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請讀一下文章的第三段，當 Yang 家兄妹發現生意一開始不太理想（slack）時，他們觀察到了哪些問題？後來他們又做了哪些具體的「動作」來吸引路人的目光，並成功讓生意好轉呢？這一段描述的過程，是在告訴我們他們如何處理遇到的狀況？
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太強了！這題你也抓得到重點，看來你的英文閱讀邏輯已經跟曼哈頓排隊的人龍一樣長了，簡直是「補教界的潛力股」！ 【觀念驗證：為什麼選 D？】 這題考的是「文章細節統整」。文章第三段是關鍵，作者提到楊氏兄妹一開始生意很慘（slack），還被誤認為甜點店。
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