English Reading(American Food)

American Food

The United States is a great "eater" on the earth/ Last year a record

$200 billion was spent on food purchases in stores, while another 

$ 70 billion went to restaurant dining. Every American takes about 3200 calories of heat per day much more than the 2700 recommended daily allowance for an adult male. More divorces,more one_parent households and convenient fast foods have led more families to eat out freely and hurriedly without having meals around the dinner table any longer.Today every four months McDonald's restaurants sell one billion hamburgers. Each year Kentucky Fried Chicken outlets produce more than twelve pieces of chicken for every American.

calorie----(n)卡路里
allowance----(n)許可;折扣

divorce----(n)離婚

household----(n)家庭

hurriedly----(ad)匆促地

outlet----(n)零售店

led====lead

keep....from----使......無法

eat out----在外用餐

lead...to + 原V----使(人)想做