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8: 　 必修第二册 课时作业 7　 Food for thought Ⅰ. 阅读理解 " (2023·福建龙岩高三月考) Some countries build palaces or temples as monuments to their greatness. Singapore builds hawker (小商贩 ) centers. Put casually on a plate or banana leaf are the dishes such as Indian roti prata and Singapore laksa which are mixed with what is from Malaysia. And since one can eat one􀆳s fill in a hawker center at a reasonable price, it is no surprise that eight in ten Singaporeans visit such places at least once a week, according to a survey conducted by the National Environment Agency in 2018. Singapore is so proud of its street food that it hopes UNESCO will include it in its catalogue of humanity􀆳s most precious arts. The UN􀆳s heritage inspectors had better hurry. The average age of the chefs is 60, so sustaining the hawker trade in the long run is hard. When old chefs pass away, many take their recipes with them, says K. F. Seetoh. Only Singaporean citizens can work in hawker centers managed by the government. But young Singaporeans have little appetite for working in piping-hot stalls (摊 位) for long hours and little pay. The few young Singaporeans willing to put up with such conditions often live hand-to-mouth. When Yu Ting Gay and Alex Ho opened their Italian-Japanese fusion stall in 2017, they hoped to earn $ 1,474 a month each. Most of the time they made half that. “Our pockets were quite tight,” says Ms Yu. Older hawkers have an unfair advantage. Many of those pay discounted rents: $ 200 a month on a