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Questions 8-13
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原文
The machines grew more refined and the idea spread, By the 1930s, Adolph Levitt's machines were earning him $25 million a year, mostly from deliveries all over the US. One article noted that the doughnut machine had diminished the prejudice that had been directed at the ‘grease-soaked product' by making it into a light, puffy product of a machine.’
By the 1934 World’s Fair in Chicago, doughnuts were billed as *the food hit of the Century of Progress." A doughnut cost less than five cents, within reach of the era's countless poor. Occasionally, the treats were served with messages to lift the spirits: ‘As you go through life make this your goal: Watch the doughnut, not the hole.’
It was in the 1930s, too, that the Frenchman Joe LeBeau traveled from Louisiana to Kentucky to sell his secret recipe, along with the brand name Krispy Kreme, to a local store owner who then hired his own nephew Vernon Rudolph, and put him to work selling the treats to local homes. A few years later, Rudolph founded his own Krispy Kreme enterprise in North Carolina, There he was successful as a wholesale doughnut supplier, but added to his earnings by selling doughnuts to passers-by as well.
Doughnuts were as popular in World War II (1939-1945) as they had been at any other time, Volunteer nurses, later known as ‘Doughnut Dollies’, passed them out. The famous composer Irving Berlin romanticized the doughnut even further in his 1942 army musical that revolves around a soldier who falls in love while eating doughnuts.
By the late 1950s, there were Krispy Kreme doughnut outlets in 12 states, and a new Massachusetts company called Dunkin' Donuts had been going strong since it was founded in 1950. Smaller companies like one called Ring King Jr were driven out of business because they couldn't compete with the efficiency of the large chains. For a while in New York City, the popularity of the doughnut seemed to be going into decline. This was mostly due to being challenged by the bagel, a boiled bread of similar shape and size to a doughnut, which some thought of as a more sophisticated treat, But college students and others throughout the country never lost enthusiasm for the doughnut.
Today, the doughnut is thriving. In the US alone, about 10 billion doughnuts are made every year, and American doughnut chains do well in at least 37 countries outside the US. It's not surprising, then, that one continues to hear pop songs about doughnuts, or see reprints of the famous children's book Homer Price which features a doughnut-making machine which has gone crazy.