■ DirectionYou have 20 minutes to plan and write your response. Your response will be judged on the basis of The quality of writing and on how well your response presents the points in the lecture and the relationship to the reading passage. Typically, an effective response will be 150 to 225 words.■ QuestionSummarize the points made in the lecture you just heard, explaining how they cast doubt on the points made in the reading

Topic ▼

In modern society traditional food is being replaced by fast food. This trend has a negative impact on both individuals and society.

Do you agree or disagree with this statement?

Your Answer ▼

It is true that these days many people’s eating habits change because they do not have enough time to make traditional food at home. This phenomenon has a harmful effect on both individuals and society. I agree with this issue.

To begin with, nowadays many people should easily change their eating habits from traditional food to fast food. In other words, they do not sufficiently spend their time eating food. So, they prefer to eat fast food compared to the traditional food, which helps workers to save their time. For example, many statistics have consistently that when eating time compares fast food with traditionally prepared meal, eating fast food can save a lot of time. It is obvious that due to heavy workload from their work or study, many people do not spend their time making traditional food at home. As a result, because of their tremendous work or study, many people cannot ensure their eating time. This has very negative effects on community and individuals.

Moreover, our body health is negatively affected by eating fast food because fast food contains worse ingredient like sugar and fat. Compared to the traditionally prepared food, fast food does not include nutrient resources like vitamins. This food only contains a lot of sugar and fat in order to stimulate people’s tongue. It is obvious that eating this food cause serious illness such as heart diseases due to the sugar and fat. Subsequently, they can spend a lot of time treating the illness in the hospital. As a result, when people change their eating habits from traditional food to fast food, they lose their health and use their money to care some illnesses.

In conclusion, changing eating habits bring about serious impacts on both individuals and society because they cannot enjoy their eating time and maintain their health. As a result, I totally agree with this issue that has a harmful effect on community and society.