Directions:
Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of
the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.
The Negative Sides of Fast Food
With today's fast lifestyle, it is very hard
to keep up with the traditional way of taking care of all human needs. Eating
habits are no exception. According to an article in Success magazine(November
1994), America today eats more fast food than ever before. Ninety-six out of
every one hundred Americans eat fast food on some kind of regular basis. There
are many side effects related to this popular eating habit.
The food sold in most fast food restaurants
may not be all that good for us. Everything in the restaurant has to look,
taste, and smell the same way. In order for the food to still taste fresh, a
lot of chemicals have to be added. As if that were not enough, the main element
that the fast food market advertises and competes for is not good food or fresh
ingredients, but lowest prices.
People who have the habit of eating fast
food rarely even try to change their diet. Instead, people tend to get more and
more used to the convenience and taste of fast food. According to a survey, out
of every ten fast food eaters, only four will eat the same amount or less, and
the other six will double their “loads” of fast food within four years; and out
of every ten people who finally get to control their eating disorder, six will
come back to eating fast food within six years. These
alarming figures seem to be contrary to today's convenient ways of cooking at
home. Easy-to-make dishes like those for microwaves, soups etc., would appear
to be the solution for the fast food problem, but obviously the real problem is
not the trouble of cooking at home, but the addicting simplicity of fast food.
