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江苏省南京市鼓楼区
2021-2023年中考英语二模试题分类汇编
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2023年江苏省南京市鼓楼区中考二模英语试题
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Nowadays, whenever a customer wants to order food, it's at their fingertips with take-out apps like Meituan and Eleme. All a hungry person has to do is to open the app, scroll through an endless number of restaurant choices, and have the food delivered to their door. That convenience(便捷)and variety (多样性) has made such apps hugely welcome in China, Japan, North American countries and European countries, and especially during the COVID- 19 pandemic. Many users say food delivery apps make their life much easier while others think they're bad for local businesses. What do you think? Should take-out apps be banned (禁止)?
Yes—the convenience isn't worth it
Many restaurants complain that take-out apps are more trouble than they're worth. Some apps take a huge bite of the money from each sale—as much as 25%. Restaurants must either increase their prices or make less money, in an industry where profits(利润) are already slim. Also, they can't always keep up with the increasing number of orders they receive. That makes customers unsatisfied with their service and products. Meanwhile, delivery workers say they're not paid enough for a difficult, dangerous job in which they have to speed through busy streets. And what's more, food delivery causes very serious environmental problems. According to a report, only plastic waste of all deliveries in China came to 1, 600, 000 tons in 2020. Can you imagine what it's like in the whole world?
No—they offer an important service
Food apps bring restaurants more customers. Many of them might not know about their business otherwise. More customers means more orders, so even if the apps charge a fee (收 费), the restaurant still wins. During the past few years when people couldn't go out to eat, the apps helped businesses stay afloat (维持下去) and created millions of re