The U.S. is a huge country, almost everyone drives on weekdays, except for those who live in the east coast area which is samll but densely populated, like the New York city, therefore, "drive-thru" culture becomes particularly welcome.

美国由于幅员广大，除了东岸如纽约市等地窄人稠的都市外，大家平日都开车，因此"drive-thru"的饮食文化也格外地受欢迎V1@0sRsdionxsC。

literally speaking, "drive-thru" is "drive-through", in Chinese it means "开过去", "thru" is an informal form of the word "through", its Chinese version is "得来速".

从字义上来看，"drive-thru"即为"drive-through"，意指“开过去”，thru为through的口语非正式拼法，中译为“得来速”yD&|0tfqS7.=,TdAOY=O。

"drive-thru" means you can place an order through menu board and Window intercom; "queue" is used to describe the long line of cars waiting.

整个词指无须下车就可以透过menu board和窗口对讲机点餐的服务，而在等待点餐的长长车龙，我们则称为queue5JNl2J|0,D@。

The whole procesure can be divided into three steps, and served by three windows: Order — Pay — Pick Up

整个流程分为三个步骤, 三个窗口: 点餐 —— 结账 —— 领取食物

Step 1: Order

（点餐）

Waiter: Hi, how are you doing?

窗口人员：嗨, 你好吗？

Jas: Hi, good. Can I get a hamburger?

贾斯：可以给我一个汉堡吗？

Waiter: With onions?

窗口人员：需要洋葱吗？

Jas: No.

贾斯：不需要0&585&l_&aTxC!h*。

Waiter: Any fries?

窗口人员：要薯条吗？

Jas: No, that's it.

贾斯：不需要, 这样就够了%78ZVK=|Y#zz5-[ud。

Waiter: Do you eat in the car?

窗口人员：在车上吃吗？

Jas: Yeah, in the car.

贾斯：是的, 在车上吃_.INofz,)]b@o;hN]。（若回答在车上吃, 他们会将餐点放在一个无盖盒子内，让你方便拿P[IluDNk~[;yF2jqd。若不在车上吃，餐点则会放在纸袋里，方便收藏）

Waiter: Nothing to drink?

窗口人员：不需要配什么软饮料吗？

Jas: No, no.

贾斯：不, 不需要9G2!&)Uh9I_a.^GhoDcg。

Waiter: Alright. That will be $2.01.

窗口人员：好的, 这里是2.01美元!*iAXW#i=j0H。

Jas: Thank you.

贾斯：谢谢bIbdCIqC^bf2jku。

Step 2: Pay

（结账）

Waiter: Hi, how are you?

窗口人员：嗨, 你好吗？

Jas: Hi, good.

贾斯：嗨, 很好+VAagG^4#jvI+V。

Waiter: That's a hamburger with no onions, correct?

窗口人员：你点了一个汉堡, 不要洋葱，对吗？

Jas: Yep.

贾斯：是的6hm1kh[]a4QW^mY%0。

Waiter: $2.01, please.

窗口人员：2.01美元, 谢谢jOhtvEx_0OM5CLA^G。

Waiter: Here's your receipt, have a nice day.

窗口人员：这是你的收据，祝你有个愉快的一天AmuUh%efP%z。

Jas: Thank you.

贾斯：谢谢,FPNWGC@atZntai0。

Step 3: Pick Up

（领取食物）

Waiter: Hi, how are you? Hamburger with no onions?

窗口人员：嗨, 你好吗？你点了一个汉堡，不要洋葱，对吗？

Jas: Yeah.

贾斯：是的UqF#UcCSF%S。

Waiter: Hi, would you like ketchup? Just the chilies, rite?

窗口人员：嗨，你要番茄酱吗？只要辣酱，对吗？

Jas: Yeah, just the chilies.

贾斯：只要辣酱SbGR@fV8JA_#O;0(。

Waiter: Here you are.

窗口人员：这是你的食物!0;VnRgcz_WTb。

Jas: Thank you.

贾斯：谢谢GnSz5;!JM;2.oqbk。

Vocabulary

menu board: 菜单看板

queue: 长队, 行列t=p|]Iyk.AL)4q~k&[1x。形容队伍很长@kk+=5~kejb!OrDCY。

ketchup: 又称 tomato sauce, 即为“番茄酱”，源自马来文的“kĕchap”，后来变成英语里的ketchupwix;=B.Dj7T。

chilies: 单数chili，指红辣椒fQcl(l,5RrE5[RUWd!。这里的chilies为chili sauce的简称，意为“红番椒辣酱”t%DRC2-vxX。