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It seems that on every street corner in the world, there is a fast-food restaurant. People everywhere are busy, 【小题1】 they do not want to wait for their food. Around the world, $240 billion a year 【小题2】 (spend) on fast food. Yet, even though fast food has become quite popular, there are many myths about it.
The first myth is that fast food is a recent 【小题3】 (invent). This is not true. 【小题4】 (many) than 2,000 years ago, the people of Rome lined up in the street to buy quick 【小题5】 (meal) at small stands. One type of their most popular fast food looked a lot 【小题6】 a modern hamburger. All through history, people have always eaten fast food.
The second myth is that all fast food is American. While many modern fast-food restaurants are American, some very 【小题7】 (tradition) Chinese food is nearly fast food. This includes mantou, noodles and Chinese dumplings. In fact, one of the most popular fast-food chains (连锁店) in the USA 【小题8】 (be) a Chinese food chain, Panda Express. It has more than 1,600 restaurants in America.
Finally, many people think that fast food is always bad for them. This is true for a lot of fast food. 【小题9】, nearly every fast-food restaurant has some healthy food on its menu, and some fast-food restaurants only make healthy food. The problem is not fast food, but the choices we make. We can choose 【小题10】 (eat) healthy food, even at fast-food restaurants.