(HL-정치/사회/경제) Please Speak English at This Ice Cream Shop

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You can order plenty of sweet, tasty treats at Leon’s Frozen Custard in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The restaurant’s many offerings include hot fudge sundaes, banana splits and root beer floats. But you cannot order anything in Spanish. Leon’s Frozen Custard opened in 1942. At that time, not too many people in Milwaukee spoke Spanish. But now many people in the neighborhood close to Leon’s do. Milwaukee is the largest city in Wisconsin. It is about 140 kilometers north of Chicago, Illinois. This week, people started talking about the restaurant on Facebook. In fact, Leon’s language policy was one of the top trending topics on Wednesday and Thursday. That is because the owner of the restaurant, Ron Schneider, wants his workers to speak English all the time -- even if both the employee and customer are Spanish speakers.
* plenty of ~ = 많은 ~/ sweet = 단 것, 사탕 및 초콜릿류/ tasty treat = 맛있는 것(간식)/ hot fudge sundae = 핫퍼지 선데(버터·우유·설탕·초콜릿 따위로 만든 뜨거운 시럽을 얹은 아이스크림)/ banana split = 바나나 스플릿(바나나를 길게 가르고 그 속에 아이스크림, 견과류 등을 채운 디저트)/ root beer float = 바닐라 아이스크림 위에 루트 비어(생강과 다른 식물 뿌리로 만든 탄산음료)를 부어 만든 디저트/ trending = 주된, 유행이 되는     

When news of the policy came out, Schneider told a television station that he would “prefer if the employees would simply speak English, and encourage those customers who can to speak English.”Schneider said he is not discriminating against customers who cannot speak English. He just wants English to be the language spoken at his business. But people reacting on Facebook are not so sure. Alex Dominguez said, “so much for racism not being dead.” Gretchen Theisen said that being able to speak the language of your customers is an asset. Another Milwaukee resident wondered what business was like in the 1940s when Leon’s Frozen Custard first opened. In those days, Milwaukee was home to many German and Polish immigrants who did not speak English. But many people also agree with Schneider’s policy. Ron Hofmann said “this is America our official language is English, so speak it or learn to speak it.”
* come out = 나오다/ prefer = ~을 (더) 선호하다[원하다/택하다/좋아하다]/ employee = 종업원, 고용인/ encourage = 권장[장려]하다/ discriminate against ~ = ~을 냉대[차별 대우]하다/ so much for ~ = ~에 대해서는 그쯤 하기로 하고[그만해 두고]/ racism = 인종 차별(주의); (폭력적인) 인종 차별 행위/ in those days = 그 때[당시]는/ home to ~ = ~의 고향/ immigrant = 이민자[이주민]/ official language = 공용어, 공식어

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