1. When will the man go to the restaurant?
A.On Tuesday. | B.On Wednesday. | C.On Thursday. |
A.A couple. | B.Some friends. | C.His family. |
A.Provide personal information. |
B.Tell the waitress his arriving time. |
C.Ask for a table at the non-smoking area. |
2 . Frato’s Pizza looks like a typical family restaurant, with its black-and-white checkered floor and red chairs. But in the kitchen, the cooks are cooking for four other restaurants at the same time.
There is, of course, the delicious pizza that customers have come to expect from Frato’s when they walk through the door. But there are also spicy chicken gyros for Halal Kitchen, barbecue chicken tenders for Tenderlicious, salmon grilled cheese for Cheesy Deliciousness and Butterfinger milkshakes for Heavenly Shakes, all of which can only be ordered through online sites Grubhub, DoorDash and UberEats.
Owner Michael Kudrna launched the four spin-offs (分店) earlier this year in a matter of weeks as he races to keep his Chicago-area business ahead of a growing trend: restaurants designed only for delivery or take-out.
Thousands of restaurants are experimenting with these virtual spin-offs tucked (隐藏) inside their own kitchens. Others are opening “ghost kitchens”, where all food is prepared to go.
Both concepts have come out to take advantage of the rising popularity of ordering out instead of dining in. The trend also speaks to the growing power of third-party delivery companies, which have transformed the way many people find restaurants and raised expectations for speed and convenience.
The $26.8 billion online ordering market is the fastest-growing source of restaurant sales in the United States, according to David Portalatin, a food industry adviser for The NPD group. Digital orders, while still accounting for just 5% of all restaurant orders, are growing by some 20% each year. Restaurant visits, meanwhile, are remaining mostly flat.
In this case, UberEats has helped launch 4,000 such virtual restaurants worldwide and about half of them are in the U.S. and Canada, according to Kristen Adamowski, head of Uber’s virtual restaurant program.
Grubhub and UberEats say their virtual restaurant programs help small businesses compete in this landscape. Both actively reach out to restaurants with suggestions for online spin-offs based on data collected from customer searches — extending their influence from how people get their food to what should go on the menu.
Virtual restaurants also have the obvious benefit of testing new concepts without taking on the high rent or hiring more staff, said Rick Carmac, head of restaurant management at the Institute of Culinary Education in New York.
1. What is the purpose of paragraphs 1-3?A.To introduce a famous restaurant. | B.To list some examples of diverse food. |
C.To add some background information. | D.To introduce the topic of the passage. |
A.People find restaurants have changed. | B.Ordering out has become a trend. |
C.Customers expect speed and convenience. | D.The delivery companies grow quickly. |
A.Smooth. | B.Calm. | C.Inactive. | D.Boring. |
A.The Rise of Virtual Restaurants | B.The Benefit of Online Restaurants |
C.Restaurants Designed for Delivery | D.Booming Stores on the Internet |
A.Pan-fried salmon with pepper sauce, steamed vegetables with cheese sauce. |
B.Pan-fried salmon with pepper sauce, steamed vegetables with no sauce. |
C.Grilled salmon with pepper sauce, steamed vegetables with no sauce. |
D.Grilled salmon with pepper sauce, steamed vegetables with cheese sauce. |
1. What is the purpose of the talk?
A.To explain Western dining manners. |
B.To recommend a restaurant. |
C.To introduce restaurants in town. |
A.Last Tuesday. | B.Last Friday. | C.Last Sunday. |
A.From 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. |
B.From 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. |
C.From 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. |
A.The group members should be more than 20. |
B.It should be made in advance. |
C.The guests should leave before 10:00 p.m. |
5 . Dining alone is becoming more common, and there’s absolutely nothing to be embarrassed about if you want to take yourself out for a nice meal! Eating a meal on your own simply shows that you’re comfortable with yourself and confident that you’ll enjoy your own company.
Sit on the patio when the weather is nice to enjoy the fresh air. Being alone on the patio is also a way to feel less conspicuous if you’re a little nervous dining alone. Just think of how many times you’ve passed a cafe and seen a solo diner reading their book and enjoying a lunchtime break!
Eat slowly and relish the flavors of your meal. You might want to eat as quickly as possible so you can leave, especially if you’re feeling self-conscious about eating alone.
Take a deep breath if you start to feel self-conscious.
A.Put your cell phone away. |
B.Taste it in an active way. |
C.Give it a try and see how it feels. |
D.It’s much more common than you think. |
E.Try to slow down and focus on your food. |
F.Eating all by yourself may mean loneliness. |
G.Eating alone can spark feelings of insecurity and anxiety. |
Does Takeaway Exist in Ancient China?
As early as in the Song Dynasty, “takeout” services were already available. In Zhang Zcduan's popular painting Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival, there is a restaurant boy who has just come out of the shop with “to-go boxes” in his left hand and tableware (餐具) in his right, still
In ancient times, there were three ways to order food. The first is servant order. Send a family retainer (仆人) to go to a restaurant and make
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