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1、CRI英语听力2012年08月合辑（文本）：Meal-Delivery-Service-PopularRecentlymanyplacesinChinahavesufferedfromrainstormsandwiththeextremeweather,mealdeliveryserviceshavebecomemorepopular.Theynotonlybringsconsumersmoreconvenience,butdeliveriesalsosavecostsforrestaurants.Homedeliverybusinesse
2、saremorethanseveralmotorbikes,therearealsoprofessionalteamstobringmealsonwheels.WangWeihasmore.GeYanisthemanagerofachainrestaurantinBeijing.Shesaysduringtheseeminglyendlessrainydaysoverthepasttwoweeks,dozensofmealorderswerephonedindaily."Usuallywereceive15to20ordersatnoon,
3、butifit'srainyday,wecouldgetabout30orders."GeYansaysalthoughtheyprovidemeals,theydon'tprovideadeliveryservice,andalltheirdeliveriesaredonebymealdeliveryservicecompanies."Nomatterit'sinwinterorsummer,mealdeliveryservicecompaniesareequippedwithtailor-mademealdeliveryboxes,an
4、dapartfromthat,theyaremorefamiliarwiththedeliveryroutesaroundthecity."Hesayscustomerscontactdeliveryservicecompaniesandordertheirmealsaccordingtotherestauranttheywant.Thenthedeliveryservicecompanysendstheordertotherestaurant,andcomestogetthemealwhenit'sready.Aftertheydeliv
5、erthemeal,thedeliveryservicegetsafee.Usuallymealdeliveryservicecompanycharge6yuanfororderslowerthan200yuan,butmealsabove200yuanwillbedeliveredwithoutaservicecharge.However,itdoesn'tmeanthatthedeliverycompanymakesnoprofitfromtheorders,asthemealdeliverycompaniesalsogetmealsf
6、ortheiremployeesatdiscountedprices,whilecustomerspayfullprices.Manyrestaurantssaytheylikesuchorders,asnoseatorserviceintheirrestaurantisrequired,andthecostofcleaningdishesisalsosaved.Meanwhile,mealdeliveryservicesareeasyforcustomerswhoonlyhavetodialtoorder.AwomansurnamedZh
7、angistypical."Thepricesofhomedeliveryarenodifferentfromtherestaurants.Thedelivery-2-servicesavesmelotsoftrouble.Forinstance,IprobablyneedtotakeataxiifIgototherestaurantinperson,ormaybeIhavetowaitinlineoutsidetherestaurantifit'srushhour.NowadayswhenIaminthesubwayonthewayhom
8、efromwork,Icanorderusingmymobilephone."Themealdeliveryservicebusinessisrising.Butindustry
