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Last month our company ran a small poll about lunch in the office.上个月我们公司针对办公室的午餐做了一次小型问卷调查。 Many people said the portion of rice was too small.很多人说米饭的分量太少了。 On one page there was a portrait of the old cook.其中一页上有一幅老厨师的肖像。 The writer used the picture to pose a simple question: is our food good enough?作者用这幅画提出了一个简单的问题：我们的饭菜够好吗？ I had to grip the paper hard because the wind was strong.风很大，我不得不紧紧抓住那张纸。

The result gave us an unexpected answer.结果给了我们一个意想不到的答案。 Most workers said they would bet on a new kitchen.大多数员工说他们愿意赌一个新厨房。 They were positive about paying a little more for better meals.他们愿意为更好的饭菜多付一点钱。 The room was too small to accommodate thirty people at one time.那个房间太小，一次容纳不下三十个人。 So we had to await a bigger space on the ground floor.所以我们只好等待一楼一个更大的空间。

Two months later, the new kitchen opened its doors.两个月后，新厨房开门营业了。 The queue was long, but the food was much better.队伍很长，但饭菜好多了。 My friend said he would bet his lunch that the soup would be the most popular.我朋友说他敢用他的午饭打赌，汤会是最受欢迎的。 I smiled and picked up my own portion of noodles.我笑了笑，拿起了我自己那份面条。