Fast Food ¿ìÁëÊó~Fast-food chains£¬American-style£¬ are currently on the increase all over the world£®Most 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£¨Îü¹Ü£©£¬ peper£¬ salt£¬ ketchup£¨Þ¬Çѽ´£©£¬pickles£¨Åݲˣ©and napkins£¨usually paper napkins£© on the way£®If yo can‘t see any knives and forks £¬ this means you are supposed to eat with your hands£®If you can’t see any straws£¬ that‘s because they are hiding in the straw dispenser£¨·ÖÅäÆ÷£© that you have to fiddle£¨²¦Åª£© with the bottom of it to get a straw£¨one at a time£©to emerge£®When you’ve finished£¬ you yourself throw away everything except the tray£®Many fast-food places have drive-in facilities£®You place your order from your car via£¨Í¨¹ý£© 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 ”£¨i£®e£®to take away£©£®In some states there is no sales tax on food consumed£®
Types of Fast Food Restaurants ¿ìÈæ¼ÂÜý¡õ樋he most widespread type of fast-food restaurant is that serving hamburgers£¬ such as the chains of MacDonald£®All the different chains have their own specialties £®Arby‘s restaurants serve large roast beef£¬ ham and cheese£¬ and turkey£¨»ð¼¦£© “sandwidhes”£® Some restaurant chians specialize in serving steaks quickly and cheaply£® And then there’s Kntucky Fried Chicken£®
Chips ÓÍÕ¨ÍÁ¶¹Æ¬Chips in Amercis are called “French fries”or “fries ”for short£®£¨Note that in the USA “chips” mean crisps£©£®“French fries”are normally thinner than chips£®Amercians generally put ketchup on their chips £¬and you will not normally find vigegar£¨´×£©£®
Pizzas£¨Òâ´óÀû ʽ£©ºæÑæ±ýThere are many specialty pizza restaurants in America£¬ and many of them take telephone orders and deliver pizzas to your home£¬ which can often be convenient£®They come in different sizes£¬ and a large one can be big enought for a party of four people£®If you want ot share a pizza but can‘t agree on the ingredients £¬ it is possible to order two different sets of toppings £¬one set on each half£®
Ice-Cream ±ùä¿ÁÜShops selling large number of different flavors of ice-cream are very common in America£® If you are not sure what flavor you want £¬generaly 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”£¨ÆÕͨÐÍ׶ÐÎÎ or in a “sugar cone”£¨Ìð´àÐÍ׶ÐÎÎ£®
Soft Drinks ÈíÒûÁÏFast-food restaurants do not serve alcohol£®The soft drinks most often sold are Coca-Cola and Pepsi¡ª¡ªCola£¬ plus fizzy drinks £¨which are like leminade£©and root beer£¨which is like cough medicine£©£®Fizzy drinks are known as “carbonated beverages”£¨Ì¼ËáÒûÁÏ£© 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 drink£®If 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£®£©