四川省江油市七年級英語下冊《Unit8I’d like some noodles 》背景文字3 人教新目標(biāo)版

生活在美國無所不在的快餐點隨著美國人生活節(jié)奏的加快，快餐食品便應(yīng)運而生其快餐連鎖店遍及世界各地，其中影響最大的當(dāng)屬麥當(dāng)勞快餐連鎖店供應(yīng)的快餐食品有：漢堡包、烤牛肉、牛排、火腿、三明治、肯德雞、油炸土豆片、烘餡餅、冰淇淋以及各種碳酸飲料等Fast Food 快餐食品Fast-food chains，American-style， are currently on the increase all over the worldMost of these places work on a similar principle There is a long counter ， above which is displayed a list（often with pictures） of the items available， and behind which several people（often students working for the minimum wage）are serving Individual queues form in front of each assistant You receive what you order more or less immediately and take it on a tray to a table， picking up thing like straws（吸管）， peper， salt， ketchup（蕃茄醬），pickles（泡菜）and napkins（usually paper napkins） on the wayIf you cant see any knives and forks ， this means you are supposed to eat with your handsIf you cant see any straws， thats because they are hiding in the straw dispenser（分配器） that you have to fiddle（撥弄） with the bottom of it to get a straw（one at a time）to emergeWhen youve finished， you yourself throw away everything except the trayMany fast-food places have drive-in facilitiesYou place your order from your car via（通過） a microphone and then drive round to a special window to pay and pick it up You may even encounter places where a waitress bring your meal out， and you sit and eat it in the car from a tray hooked over the door through the open window You may be asked if your order is “for here” or “to go ”（ieto take away）In some states there is no sales tax on food consumedTypes of Fast Food Restaurants 快餐店的種類The most widespread type of fast-food restaurant is that serving hamburgers， such as the chains of MacDonaldAll the different chains have their own specialties Arbys restaurants serve large roast beef， ham and cheese， and turkey（火雞） “sandwiches” Some restaurant chains specialize in serving steaks quickly and cheaply And then theres Kentucky Fried ChickenPizzas（意大利式）烘焰餅There are many specialty pizza restaurants in America， and many of them take telephone orders and deliver pizzas to your home， which can often be convenientThey come in different sizes， and a large one can be big enough for a party of four peopleIf you want to share a pizza but cant agree on the ingredients ， it is possible to order two different sets of toppings ，one set on each halfIce-Cream 冰淇淋Shops selling large number of different flavors of ice-cream are very common in America If you are not sure what flavor you want ，generally you can sample a small spoonful of a particular flavor to see if you like it You can either have your ice-cream in a “plain cone”（普通型錐形物） or in a “sugar cone”（甜脆型錐形物）Soft Drinks 軟飲料Fast-food restaurants do not serve alcoholThe soft drinks most often sold are Coca-Cola and PepsiCola， plus fizzy drinks （which are like lemonade）and root beer（which is like cough medicine）Fizzy drinks are known as “carbonated beverages”（碳酸飲料） or ，more colloquially，“soda”，“pop”，“soda pop”，and “soft drinks” All these drinks come with lots of ice In fact， you will probably find as much ice as drink in your drinkIf you ask for a soft drink without ice， they will think you are funny but will probably oblige（They may charge you a bit extra， for ice is cheaper than Coke） 2