快餐店(Fast food Restaurant)

　　everybody knows that a favorite food of the americans is the hamburger.

　　the favorite place to buy a hamburger is a fast-food restaurant. in these restaurants, people order their food, wait just a few minutes, then when the food is ready they carry it to their tables themselves. they can either eat in the restaurant or take the food out in a plastic box and eat it at home, at work, or in a park. at some restaurants people can drive up beside a window. they order the food, and a worker hands it to them through the window. then they drive off and eat in their cars or wherever they like.

　　hamburgers are not the only kind of food that fast-food restaurants serve. some serve fish or chicken, or sandwiches,and also soft drinks, coffee and so on.

　　fast food restaurants are very popular because the service is fast and the food is not too expensive. for many people,this is very important. in the united states, about 50 percent of married women with children work outside the home. they are often too busy or too tired to cook dinner for the family at night, and fast-food restaurants are a great help to them.

　　now there are fast-food restaurants in countries all over the world.