ChinatownisthenamegiventoanareainthemiddleofLondon.ItisjustbetweenLeicesterSquareandShaftsbury
Avenue.GerrardStreetisatthecenterandisthemostimportantstreetinthearea.ThereisalargeChinesecommun-ity(社区)withalotofChineserestaurants,Chinesesupermarketsandshopsinthisstreet.
Inthe1950s,itwasapoorareaandeverythingwasverycheap.Atthesametime,theworldricemarket
changedandthousandoffarmworkersinHongKonglosttheirjobs.TheybeganarrivinginLondontolookforwork.
Theyfoundjobsintherestaurantsinthisarea.ManyBritishpeoplelikeChinesefood,andtherestaurantswerepopular.
Theserestaurantworkersoftenworked17hoursadayandhadnotimetolearnEnglish.AsmoreChinesearrived,
moreshopsandbusinessesgrewup.Wivescameandjoinedtheirhusbandsandchildrencameandjoinedtheir
fathers.Thecommunitygrew,andChinatownwasborn.
Inthe1970sand1980s,British-bornChinesestartedtohaveabettereducationandthisbroughteconomic(经济的)successtothearea.ManyfamiliesmovedoutofChinatown,andtherewasmorespaceforbusinesses.Gerrard
Streetbecomeastreetonlyforvisitorsandwassoonapopularplacefortourists.
NoweveryoneknowsaboutLondon’sChinatown.DuringtheChineseNewYear,thestreetsareseenwithflagsandthousandsofChinesegointothe
streets.Formostoftheyear,though,LondonersandtouristsgotheremainlyforthefoodintheChineserestaurants.
TheybestrestaurantsaretheoneswheretheChineseeat.
65.IsthisChinatowninthemiddleofLondon?

A.ItisjustbetweenLeicesterSquareandShaftsbury
Avenue.GerrardStreetisatthecenterandisthemostimportantstreetinthearea.ThereisalargeChinesecommun-ity(社区)withalotofChineserestaurants,Chinesesupermarketsandshopsinthisstreet.
Inthe1950s,itwasapoorareaandeverythingwasverycheap.Atthesametime,theworldricemarket
changedandthousandoffarmworkersinHongKonglosttheirjobs.TheybeganarrivinginLondontolookforwork.
Theyfoundjobsintherestaurantsinthisarea.ManyBritishpeoplelikeChinesefood,andtherestaurantswerepopular.
Theserestaurantworkersoftenworked17hoursadayandhadnotimetolearnEnglish.AsmoreChinesearrived,
moreshopsandbusinessesgrewup.Wivescameandjoinedtheirhusbandsandchildrencameandjoinedtheir
fathers.Thecommunitygrew,andChinatownwasborn.
Inthe1970sand1980s,British-bornChinesestartedtohaveabettereducationandthisbroughteconomic(经济的)successtothearea.ManyfamiliesmovedoutofChinatown,andtherewasmorespaceforbusinesses.Gerrard
Streetbecomeastreetonlyforvisitorsandwassoonapopularplacefortourists.
NoweveryoneknowsaboutLondon’sChinatown.DuringtheChineseNewYear,thestreetsareseenwithflagsandthousandsofChinesegointothe
streets.Formostoftheyear,though,LondonersandtouristsgotheremainlyforthefoodintheChineserestaurants.
TheybestrestaurantsaretheoneswheretheChineseeat.
65.IsthisChinatowninthemiddleofLondon?

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Yes.