美国饮食文化.ppt

美国饮食文化
The eating culture of America
美国的餐饮多元化,大城市中有世界各地风味的餐馆。欧洲餐厅以法国和意大利餐馆为主,这些地方环境很好,价格也较高;中餐馆遍布全美,以广东餐馆为主,多售卖海鲜类菜肴,价格适中;其他还有日本、印度、中东、拉美和东南亚餐馆。比较富有美国当地特色的则是快餐,如以麦当劳为代表的汉堡包餐厅、以肯德基为代表的炸鸡餐厅,此外还有出售披萨、三明治和热狗的快餐店。在正规餐厅里就餐后要付10—20%的小费,而在快餐厅里就不必付小费了。总体来说,吃快餐比较节省开支。
饮食文化
The species of food 食物种类
Eating Custom and Practice 用餐习惯
Fast Food 快餐食品
Fast-food chains,American-style, are currently on the increase all over the 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), pepper, salt, ketchup(蕃茄酱),pickles(泡菜)and napkins(usually paper napkins) on the you can’t see any knives and forks , this means you are supposed to eat with your 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 you’ve finished, you yourself throw away everything except the tray.
Many fast-food places have drive-in 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 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 ”( take away).In some states there is no sales tax on food consumed.