It seems that on every street comer in the world, there is a fast-food restaurant. People everywhere are 1 , so they do not want to wait for their food. Around the world, $240 billion a year 2 on fast food. Yet, 3 fast food has become quite popular, there are many myths(荒诞的说法) 4 it
The first myth is that fast food is a recent 5 . This is not true. More than 2, 000 years 6 , the people of Rome lined up in the street to buy quick meals at small stands. One type of their most popular fast food 7 a lot like a modern hamburger. All through history, people have always eaten fast food.
The second myth is that all fast food is 8 . While many modern fast-food restaurants are American some very traditional Chinese food is nearly fast food. This 9 mantou, noodles and Chinese dumplings. 10 , one of the most popular fast food chains(连锁店) in the US is a Chinese food chain, Panda Express. 11 has more than 1, 600 restaurants in America.
Finally, many people think that fast food is always bad for them. This is true of a lot of fast food. However, nearly every fast-food restaurant has some healthy food on its 12 , and some fast-food restaurants 13 make healthy food. The problem is not fast food, 14 the choices we make. We can choose 15 healthy food, even at fast food restaurants.