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Fast food, it turns out; isn't quite as fast as it used to be.

事實(shí)證明，快餐并不如過(guò)去那樣快了。

A new study finds that McDonald's posted its slowest drive-through times since this survey was first conducted fifteen years ago.

一項(xiàng)新的研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，麥當(dāng)勞發(fā)布了自15年前首次進(jìn)行這項(xiàng)調(diào)查以來(lái)最慢的“免下車”時(shí)間。

At McDonald's, customers will spend on average three minutes and nine seconds from the time they place their orders until they receive their food.

麥當(dāng)勞的顧客從下單到收到食物的平均時(shí)間為3分9秒。

That's about ten seconds more than the industry average—and a lot slower than a decade ago, according to the study, which was commissioned by QSR, an industry trade publication.

這比行業(yè)平均時(shí)間多出10秒——由行業(yè)刊物《QSR》委托進(jìn)行的研究表明，這比十年前慢了很多。

And McDonald's wasn't alone in slowing down: Other chains also saw their drive-through performance slow down.

麥當(dāng)勞并不是一家減速的：其他的連鎖店“免下車”時(shí)間也減短了。

Among the reasons for the slower service, today there are more choices on the menu, and the products themselves are more complex and take longer to prepare.

服務(wù)變慢的原因有：如今菜單上的選擇更多;產(chǎn)品本身更復(fù)雜，需要更長(zhǎng)時(shí)間準(zhǔn)備。

Speed, of course, is essential to the drive-through experience.

誠(chéng)然，速度對(duì)于“免下車”體驗(yàn)是很重要的。

And drive-throughs are hugely important to chains, such as McDonald's, Burger King and Taco Bell.

“免下車”對(duì)于像麥當(dāng)勞、漢堡王以及塔可鐘這樣的連鎖店來(lái)說(shuō)又是重中之重。

"Usually the drive-through accounts for sixty to seventy percent of all business that goes through a fast-food restaurant," notes Sam Oches, editor of QSR.

“通常，快餐店的免下車業(yè)務(wù)占快餐店所有業(yè)務(wù)的60%到70%，”《QSR》的編輯薩姆·奧什說(shuō)道。

Of course, consumers also want their orders prepared correctly and on that score, Oches says," accuracy is still really high."

當(dāng)然，顧客也希望訂單準(zhǔn)備正確，在這一點(diǎn)上，奧什說(shuō)，“準(zhǔn)確度仍然很高?！?/p>

Questions 3 to 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.

請(qǐng)根據(jù)你剛剛聽(tīng)到的新聞報(bào)道回答問(wèn)題3和問(wèn)題4。

Question 3.What is the news report mainly about?

問(wèn)題3: 這則報(bào)道的主要內(nèi)容是什么?

Question 4.What has slowed down McDonald's drive-through service?

問(wèn)題4: 是什么降低了麥當(dāng)勞的“免下車”服務(wù)速度?