Instant noodles are cheap and easy to eat.

方便面不但便宜，吃起来也方便。

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In the UK, people call instant noodles "pot noodles".

在英国，人们称方便面为“锅面”。

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Now instant noodles are celebrating their 61st birthday! Instant noodles were invented by a Japanese named Momofuku Ando.

现在正在庆祝方便面的61岁生日！方便面是由日本人安藤百福发明的。

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The Japanese voted instant noodles their most important 20th-century invention, Sony Walkmans notwithstanding.

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Since the mill produced more flour than the biscuit factory needed, they moved into instant noodles, a popular fast-food item in Nepal, procuring know-how from a Thai firm (hence the name Wai Wai).

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Their teacher, Alice Lee, hopes the experience will encourage the students to think twice about the food they waste - many of them throw away their school lunches and eat instant noodles from the tuck shop instead, she says.

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