Most people who work in London get a break of about an hour for lunch.
36 they mostly live too far from home to go back there
37 lunch, they have to
38 other arrangements for their midday meal.
Many large companies have a canteen (自助食堂) for their employees. In
39 canteens the food served is simple but
40 , and there is some
41 of choice. But the number of dishes
42 usually small. The employees themselves fetch their dishes
43 a counter at which they are 44. There they can find a tray on
45 to carry their knives, forks, spoons, plates, cups, saucers,
46, of course, their food. A meal in a canteen is inexpensive and may
47 of soup, fish and chips or meat and two vegetables,
48 fruit or pudding of some
49 as dessert. Some companies that do not run a canteen
50 their staff with luncheon-vouchers (午餐券), which many restaurants will accept in
51 of money.
As there are so many people
52 work in London, there are numerous cafes and restaurants in every area that is not purely residential. A meal
53 cost anything from a modest sum to quite a few pounds,
54 on the restaurant and the food chosen.
55 , one can generally get a meal, or at least a snack, in a pub. In recent years there has also been a big increase in the number of ‘take-away’ food shops of all kinds.
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