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第 17 題
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Waiters often work hard to provide their customers with good service and an enjoyable experience. In many countries, their customers thank them with a gratuity, known as a “tip.” Tips are a gift of money, over and above payment due for service. Tips are usually given directly to the waiter in the form of cash. However, in some cases, where payment is made by credit card, the tip is added to the cost of the service and deducted from the customer's credit card, with the waiter receiving his customer's tips from the employer later. Tipping for a good service is not uniform and can vary from country to country or city to city. In fact, most countries around the world do not have a culture of tipping for service. The amount of tips can also vary depending on locations, types of service, or its quality. In most Asian and European countries, tipping is not a common practice and often causes confusion for travelers either accustomed or unaccustomed to tipping. In America and Canada, for instance, waiters usually receive 15 % to 20 % of the cost of the meal, but this may vary depending on how the customers felt about the service they had received. For bars and cafés, where the service occurs at the point of purchase, tips are much smaller－ usually the change from the payment made－and are often repeated with each new drink purchase. This explains why many bartenders in North America can earn a good living by simply serving drinks at the bar top or counter. In countries where people tip, tipping encourages good service and enables waiters to afford a living from an industry that is notorious for paying low wages and providing few benefits. Culturally, the debate about tipping for service is long-standing. The arguments in favor of tipping and those against it often take place at the dinner table in restaurants prior to payment of the meal, with those against the custom arguing that the waiters are just doing the jobs they are being paid for. One thing is certain: through experience, most waiters are able to identify the “big tippers” from the “cheapskates,” and determine the level of service quality they want to provide; for customers, this can make all the difference to their dining experience.
Waiters often work hard to provide their customers with good service and an enjoyable experience. In many countries, their customers thank them with a gratuity, known as a “tip.” Tips are a gift of money, over and above payment due for service. Tips are usually given directly to the waiter in the form of cash. However, in some cases, where payment is made by credit card, the tip is added to the cost of the service and deducted from the customer's credit card, with the waiter receiving his customer's tips from the employer later. Tipping for a good service is not uniform and can vary from country to country or city to city. In fact, most countries around the world do not have a culture of tipping for service. The amount of tips can also vary depending on locations, types of service, or its quality. In most Asian and European countries, tipping is not a common practice and often causes confusion for travelers either accustomed or unaccustomed to tipping. In America and Canada, for instance, waiters usually receive 15 % to 20 % of the cost of the meal, but this may vary depending on how the customers felt about the service they had received. For bars and cafés, where the service occurs at the point of purchase, tips are much smaller－ usually the change from the payment made－and are often repeated with each new drink purchase. This explains why many bartenders in North America can earn a good living by simply serving drinks at the bar top or counter. In countries where people tip, tipping encourages good service and enables waiters to afford a living from an industry that is notorious for paying low wages and providing few benefits. Culturally, the debate about tipping for service is long-standing. The arguments in favor of tipping and those against it often take place at the dinner table in restaurants prior to payment of the meal, with those against the custom arguing that the waiters are just doing the jobs they are being paid for. One thing is certain: through experience, most waiters are able to identify the “big tippers” from the “cheapskates,” and determine the level of service quality they want to provide; for customers, this can make all the difference to their dining experience.
17. Why does tipping always cause confusion for travelers?
(A) Bartenders are unreasonably getting too rich.
(B) It shows tremendous variation from place to place.
(C) Customer service nowadays usually tends to be poor.
(D) Too much drinking happens in bars and cafés.
- A Bartenders are unreasonably getting too rich.
- B It shows tremendous variation from place to place.
- C Customer service nowadays usually tends to be poor.
- D Too much drinking happens in bars and cafés.
思路引導 VIP
如果你正在環遊世界，發現在甲國不給小費會被視為無禮，在乙國給小費卻會被當成侮辱，而丙國則是根本沒聽過小費。當你站在丁國的餐廳門口時，最讓你感到困惑、不知道該怎麼做的「根本原因」是什麼？這個規則具備了什麼樣的特性？
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😈 喔，看來你還沒完全放棄思考嘛！
不錯，這題你倒是沒讓我失望，至少懂得去抓重點轉折。這種基本功要是再搞砸，統測的門檻你大概是摸不著邊了。
- 核心概念：文章講得明明白白，什麼「小費制度不統一」(tipping is not uniform)，還「因國而異」(can vary from country to country)。這還要我再解釋一遍嗎？
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