states there is no sales tax on food consumed．
Soft Drinks 软饮料
❖ Fast-food restaurants do not serve alcohol．The soft drinks most often sold are Coca-Cola and Pepsi——Cola， plus fizzy drinks （which are like lemonade）and root beer （which is like cough medicine）．Fizzy drinks are known as “carbonated beverages” （碳酸饮料） or ，more colloquially，“soda”， “pop”，“soda pop”，and “soft drinks”．
❖ The system is that if it is absolutely necessary to use a knife, people take the fork in their left hand, and cut off a piece of meat or whatever it is in the normal manner. Then they put the knife down, transfer the fork to their right hand, and only then do they transport the food to their mouth. This is clearly ludicrous(滑稽可笑), but it is considered good manners.
❖ 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）， pepper， salt， ketchup（蕃茄酱），pickles（泡菜）and napkins（usually paper napkins） on the way．If you 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 （分配器） that you have to fiddle（拨弄） 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．
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
美国饮食文化
The eating culture of America
英美概况·8班e species of food 食物种类
Eating Custom and Practice 用餐 习惯
Fast Food 快餐食品
❖ Fast-food chains，Americanstyle， 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 ．
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Eating Custom and Practice 用餐习惯
❖ American eating is funny. They eat almost everything with a fork, and it appears that holding a knife in one's right hand longer than a few seconds is considered to be against good table manners.
❖ Many fast-food places have drive-in facilities．You place your order from your car via （通过） 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
❖ All these drinks come with lost 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．）