2009年考研英语议论文范文系列（三）

Fast Food (212 words)

    Fast food, such as hamburgers, fried chicken, is as much a part of modern life as the automobile and the computer.  It is rapidly becoming popular al over the world.  Nowadays, time is money.  More and more people find it difficult to afford time to sit in restaurants enjoying long, leisurely lunches, or at home waiting for a breakfast or a meal to be prepared.  So nobody would deny the fact that fast food is a blessing for busy people, as it helps them make more efficient use of time. 

    On the other hand, there are still those who complain that fast food has little nutritional value.  They worry that if people get used to living on fast food, their health will suffer.  In addition, the opponents of fast food even worry about the decline in traditional cuisine the fast food industry will bring about.  They say that the traditional cuisine will disappear if the trend toward fast food continues. 

    So far as I am concerned, I would like to take a more balanced position.  For one thing, few people eat fast food all the time.  For another thing, comparing our traditional food with western fast food, we do realize that our traditional cooking is really very appetizing, though a bit time-consuming.