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After finishing a meal at an American Chinese restaurant you probably expect to receive a handful of...
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After finishing a meal at an American Chinese restaurant you probably expect to receive a handful of fortune cookies after you pay the bill. Fortune cookies are in Chinese restaurants throughout the United States. It’s rather satisfying to crack open a cookie at the end of your meal and read your “lucky fortune” on the slip of paper inside.
The exact origin of the fortune cookie is unknown. It is thought that the tasty snack was the first introduced into San Francisco in 1914, after an immigrant began distributing the cookie with “thank you” notes in them. These “thank you” notes were intended as symbols of appreciation for friends who stood with him through the economic hardship and discrimination of his early life in America.
There is an alternate origin story. Los Angeles is regarded as the site of the fortune cookie’s invention. In this version of the story, David Jung, a Chinese immigrant residing in L. A., is thought to have created the cookie in order to uplift the spirits of the poor and homeless. In 1918, Jung handed out the cookies for free to the poor outside his shop and each cookie contained a strip of paper with an inspirational sentence printed on it.
Fortune cookies first began to gain popularity in mainstream American culture during WWII. Chinese restaurants would serve them in place of desserts, as desserts were not popular in traditional Chinese cuisine. Today fortune cookies are not tied to Chinese-American culture. In fact, the largest fortune cookie manufacturer is located in the United States and it produces 4.5 million fortune cookies a day —— an evidence to the modern-day popularity of the snack. However, an attempt to introduce the fortune cookie to China in 1992 was a failure, and the cookie was cited for being “too American.”
So the next time you break open a fortune cookie and read a fortune about the many successes you should expect in your future, remember that the conclusion to your Chinese restaurant meal may not be as Chinese as you think.
1.What do we know about fortune cookies?
A.They are as popular in China as in America.
B.They contain slips of paper with good wishes.
C.They first appeared in America during WWII.
D.They are often charged to the customers’ bill.
2.Why were fortune cookies introduced into San Francisco?
A.To make profit.
B.To express gratitude.
C.To uplift people’s spirits.
D.To help people out of hardship.
3.Which of the following sentences may be found in Jung’ s cookies?
A.The fortune you seek is in another cookie.
B.Every exit is an entrance to new experiences.
C.I’m being held prisoner by a Chinese bakery.
D.Only taste fortune cookies; disregard all others.
4.What can be a suitable title for the text?
A.A Symbol of Chinese Culture
B.Chinese Restaurants in America
C.Can fortune cookie tell your fortune?
D.Fortune cookie, Chinese or American?
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