Sinh hoạt câu lạc bộ ngày 5/6/2010

GLN English Club –Fast food in Viet Nam

Saturday, June 5, 2010

No 12, Lane 8, Nguyen Thi Dinh Str, Trung Hoa Ward, Cau Giay

2:45-3:00: Breaking the ice

· Make friends with other people in the club

3:00-3:15: Warming up

· Listen to a song and fill in the blank: …

3:15-3:35: Discussing in pairs

Work in pairs to discuss these questions:

· Do you often use fast food? What kinds of fast food (rice, noodles,…) and where (in the restaurants or on the pedestrians)?

· Why do you use fast food? How do you feel about it?

· Can you evaluate the development of fast food in Viet Nam nowadays?

=> Some people will share their ideas (in about 10 minutes)

3:35-4:00: Discussing in groups

· What are the advantages and disadvantages of fast food?

=> Two groups called will debate in 10 minutes: Should we use fast food or not?

4:00-4:10: Watch a clip about fastfood

4:10-4:30: Expansion Activity

In Viet Nam, fast food is on the pedestrian is quite popular. It has been once banned by the government.

· What do you think about this? Should it be banned or not?

=> MC ends the discussion

Fast Food

In a modern society, fast food becomes more and more popular. The name of MC Donald and KFC are so familiar not only with American but also Vietnamese. The appearance of fast food is an important stamp of food industry. It is also the same to computer or internet. It has both positive and negative sides. It is necessary for us to understand more advantages and disadvantages of fastfood.

Firstly, in terms of the advantages, fast food helps us to save a lot of time. In a very fast pace of life today, there is nothing better than getting a ready meal. At the end of a hard working day, when one returns home all tired and hungry, a pizza or a humberger can be a godsend. We needn’t spend time preparing meals. We can spend this time relaxing by watching and eating fruits instead. Besides saving time, cost-saving is another advantage. For example, if one lives alone, it is cheaper to buy a meal in the supermarket than to cook.

However, there are also many disadvantages when you use fast food. Fast food may have the adverse effects on one’s health. It contains so much salt, fats and calories. Fast food is an important contributer to obesity. The result is that these accumulate in our body as fat deposits that cause complications such as cardiovascular diseases and others relating to the heart. In fact, a recent study has shown that people living to a fast food restaurant are at 13% higher risk of suffering from strokes than others. Another disadvantage is that fast food is making a large number of families spend less time together. Family meal time is something that considered an opportunity for all family members to share their experiences and to be closer to the others.

In general, fast food has both the advantages and the disadvantages. Therefore, before using it, we should think carefully whether you should or not in terms of time and others.