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第 19 題
📖 題組：
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.
19. In what kind of magazine would you probably read this passage?
(A) Fashion magazine. (B) Art magazine.
(C) Travel magazine. (D) Health magazine.
- A Fashion magazine.
- B Art magazine.
- C Travel magazine.
- D Health magazine.
思路引導 VIP
如果你在閱讀時，發現作者不斷比較各國（如亞洲、歐洲、北美）在同一種生活場景下的不同做法，且強調這些資訊對去到當地的人很重要，你認為這類資訊最常出現在哪一種生活領域的報導中？
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