The History of Food Delivery
食物外送的崛起
In the 1990s, the internet began to change what people thought about delivery. Online delivery services began with the website World Wide Waiter in 1995. Over the next 15 years, online orders slowly caught up with phone orders. As smartphones became popular, pizza chains started to create their own apps. Nowadays, there are many different apps available worldwide. Just by tapping your screen, you can order almost any food imaginable.
在 1990 年代，網路開始改變人們對外送的看法。線上外送服務是於 1995 年從環球服務員這個網站開始的。在接下來的十五年，線上訂單慢慢追上電話訂單。隨著智慧型手機的普及，披薩連鎖店開始創建自己的應用程式。現今，世界各地有許多不同的應用程式可供使用。只要點一下螢幕，你就可以下訂幾乎任何你想像得到的食物。
生活必備字詞：
catch up with... 趕上∕追上……；達到與……相同水準∕品質
chain n. 連鎖店
imaginable a. 可想像得到的
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