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Unit Five
Passage I
Toledo:
A Problem of Menus
Passage II
Toast at a Wedding
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Passage I
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Toledo: A Problem of Menus
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"Anna's is a rare place that recharges the soul" -- The San Francisco Bay Guardian"The contrast between University Avenue and the inside of Anna's is a difference of time as well as of location." -- The Daily California.
A restaurant in Berkeley
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ANNA’S Menu
~ APPETIZERS ~
Greek Appetizer Plate Thai Shrimp ~ GUMBO ~OUR WEEKEND EVENING SPECIALLouisiana Gumbo ~ SAVORIES ~Roasted Bar-B-Q Chicken ~ SALADS ~Mediterranean ~ IN THE BOWL ~Brazilian Black Bean Soup ~ SANDWICHES ~Vegetarian ~ DESSERTS ~Black Magic Chocolate Cake
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(para. 1)  I escaped but projected myself into an even worse situation for I chose what seemed to be the best restaurant in Toledo, where I announced quickly and in a clear voice that I wanted the tourist menu.  
(para. 2) The waiter handed me a menu which offered a choice of five soups, eleven egg or fish dishes, seven meat courses and six desserts, but of the twenty-nine dishes thus available, twenty-six carried a surcharge
Toledo: A Problem of Menus
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if ordered on the tourist menu. Technically, one could order a dinner that would cost the price advertised by the government, but if he did so he would have two soups, one cheap fish and no dessert. Madrid had laid down the law, but Toledo was carrying it out.  
(para. 3) I ordered three dishes, each of which carried a surcharge: soup, roasted chicken, steak. The soup was delicious and the wine was nice and I sat back to enjoy the meal.
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(Para. 4) Unfortunately, I