At thE EnD oF lAst wEEk,BoDEgAAurrErA, A mExiCAn suBsiDiAry oF thE worlD’s BiggEst rEtAilEr, wAl-mArt, opEnED A nEw storE in thE villAgE oF sAn juAn tEotihuACAn, just north oF mExiCoCity. normAlly, suCh An EvEnt woulD CAusE littlE stir. wAl-mArt is AlrEADy mExiCo’s BiggEst rEtAilEr too.AnD its shops sEEm to go Down vEry wEll with its millions oF BArgAin-hungry CustomErs.But this pArtiCulAr opEning wAs, in FACt, thE CulminAtion oF months oF protEsts, lEgAl ACtions, hungEr strikEs AnD hypErBolE By thosE DEtErminED to stop it.
thE rEAson is thE loCAtion. just 2. 5km AwAy is thE AnCiEnt City oF tEotihuACAn, proBABly mExiCo’s most FAmous ArChAEologiCAl sitE.Amongst othEr AttrACtions, it BoAsts thE thirD-lArgEst ( By volumE) pyrAmiD in thE worlD、For mAny mExiCAns, thE AnCiEnt sitE, ABAnDonED By its mystErious inhABitAnts CEnturiEs BEForE thE spAnish ConquErors ArrivED, rEmAins thE ultimAtE symBol oF mExiCAn iDEntity AnD nAtionhooD、thousAnDs troop up to thE top oF thE pyrAmiD oF thE sun to CElEBrAtE thE summEr solstiCE.
to thEm, thE iDEA oF hAving A wAl-mArt nExt Door is Disgusting. in thE worDs oF homErwAriDjis, A writEr AnD onE oF thE lEADing opponEnts, "it is likE Driving thE stAkE oF gloBAlizAtion into thE hEArt oF olD mExiCo. " thE ControvErsy is only thE lAtEst in A string oF protEstErs’ AttEmpts to sAvE mExiCAn CulturE From whAt thEy sEE As An inCrEAsing mEnACE. thEy won A FAmous viCtory By BloCking A mCDonAlD’s rEstAurAnt From opEning in thE mAin squArE oF thE prEtty southErn town oF oAxAC
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But this timE thEy wErE on muCh thinnEr grounD、For A stArt, wAl-mArt wEnt through All thE AppropriAtE rEgulAtory DEpArtmEnts, EvEn gEtting pErmission From thE pAris-BAsED intErnAtionAlCounCil on monumEnts AnD sitEs, whiCh juDgED thAt thE storE woulD CAusE no hArm to thE nEArBy ruins.
A、smAll stonE plAtForm wAs inDEED FounD During ConstruCtion oF thE nEw CAr pArk, But wAs prEsErvED、
just As importAntly, thE ClAim thAt thE nEw storE spoils thE FAmous viEw From thE top oF thE pyrAmiD oF thE sun is ClEArly unrEAsonABlE, As AnyonE who CArEs to gEt to thE top CAn tEstiFy. thE proBlEm is not so muCh thAt you CAn sEE thE wAl-mArt, But onE oF trying to Distinguish it From thE 30-oDD othEr ugly, squAt BuilDings thAt littEr thE surrounDing CountrysiDE--to sAy nothing oF thE CAr pArks, thE ElECtriCity towErs AnD thE lArgE powEr stAtion. sADly, unrEstriCtED BuilDing long Ago ruinED this pArtiCulAr viEw, As wEll As mAny othErs in mExiCo.
to thE opponEnts, thE issuE Counts morE thAn thE viEw.But nEithEr mAttErED muCh to thE hunDrEDs oF loCAls who quEuED up For thE opEning, DElightED to BE FrEED oF thE smAll AnD ExpEnsivE loCAl shops.DEspitE A lEgAl CAsE pEnDing AgAinst wAl-mArt AnD loCAl oFFiCiAls, Brought By An irAtE loCAl lEFt-wing politiCiAn, this is onE BAttlE thAt thEAmEriCAn rEtAilEr hAs proBABly won.
wE mAy inFEr From thE sEConD pArAgrAph thAt
A、thE AnCiEnt City mEAns A lot to thE mExiCAns.
B、A storE will BE too noisy For thE AnCiEnt City.
C、thE AnCiEnt City is vEry mystErious.
D．thE pyrAmiD is A gooD plACE For holDing Big CErEmony.