McDonald’s is the famous fast-food company that started in the United States and now has restaurants in cities all over the world, including Taiwan. You go there for hamburgers, fried chicken pieces, French fries, and sweet drinks; children often care as much about the toy with the meal as about the food. The yellow “M” on the building is easy to spot.

McDonald's麥當勞 is the famous fast-food company that started in the United States and now has restaurants in cities all over the world, including Taiwan是源自美國的知名速食公司，現在世界各地的城市都有它的餐廳，包括台灣。You go there for hamburgers, fried chicken pieces, French fries, and sweet drinks去那裡吃的是漢堡、雞塊、薯條和甜甜的飲料 children often care as much about the toy with the meal as about the food小朋友常常對餐點附的玩具跟食物一樣在意。The yellow "M" on the building is easy to spot建築物上黃色的「M」很好認。

People use the name for the company, the restaurant, and sometimes the food itself: “Let’s get McDonald’s.” It is informal, everyday talk. For many people it also stands for American-style fast food that tastes much the same everywhere — some love that, and some say the name with a little dislike, as if the food were rushed and empty.

People use the name for the company, the restaurant, and sometimes the food itself這個名字可以指公司、餐廳，有時候也指食物本身 "Let's get McDonald's."像「我們去吃麥當勞吧」這樣說。It is informal, everyday talk這是很口語、日常的說法。For many people it also stands for American-style fast food that tastes much the same everywhere對很多人來說，它也代表世界各地味道都差不多的美式速食 some love that有些人很愛這一點 and some say the name with a little dislike, as if the food were rushed and empty也有人講這名字時帶點嫌棄，好像食物很趕、很空洞。

Though actually, the first restaurants were a family business; the huge company came later, but the name still points back to that family.

Though actually不過其實 the first restaurants were a family business最早的餐廳是家族生意 the huge company came later後來才變成大公司 but the name still points back to that family但這個名字還是指向那個家族。

In careful writing you usually see McDonald’s with ’s; McDonalds without it is the same place, just a looser spelling.

In careful writing在講究一點的寫法裡 you usually see McDonald's with 's通常會看到有撇號's的McDonald's McDonalds without it沒有撇號的McDonalds is the same place是同一個地方 just a looser spelling只是比較隨意的拼法。