Topic 4. Has the ease of cooking improved people`s life?

Nowadays, wherever we turn our gaze, we can see different types of food that are easier to prepare. It
cannot be doubted that our eating style has encountered a revolutionary change in the last few
decades. It is the change in the type of food that has had the greatest influence. For instance, we can
buy frozen food in a supermarket and just prepare it in a couple of minutes, whereas before it could
have taken us maybe hours to prepare this kind of meal. Not only have the recipes of certain food types
have been altered, but also new ones have been created. Examples include yet are not restricted to
beef hamburgers, potato chips, readymade available yogurt, frozen meat and cold drinks. I would
accept that this so called improvement changed our lives, but I believe there are some drawbacks as
well.
It is true that these kinds of food do not involve hard work to prepare, but food that is easy to prepare
generally has some artificial ingredients mixed in it that makes it asy to prepare. ?If we take time to read
the ingredients, we would definitely come across the words like preservatives or artificial flavorings.
Many newly emerged types of food have not the essence of a omplete meal?as defined by the
nutritionists. To add to the problem, these food types are often served alone. In fact, there are many
medical reports warning people from depending upon such fast meals in their food. Other reports
indicate a high potential of malnutrition among those who are ddicted?to the common duet of burgers
and colas.
Not having to cook has also taken the fun out of cooking. Cooking is an art, but in today’s world, this is
no truer. People are so busy in their work that they just rely on these simple foods. The invention and
production of these foods have made people lazy not only for cooking but also for a well family gets
together. It was not like former times when families
would sit together and eat freshly baked food. With the absence of regular family get together,
relationships are likely to be weaker.
People think that fast prepared food types do improve our style of life. This opinion comes especially
from bust people, working wives, and younger people. They believe
that we have many things in life more important than eating. Time spent on food preparation is
considered waste by them. Wives will have more time to care of their families’ souls not just stomachs.
Family relationships will get stronger. Business men and women will have more time to concentrate on
their arrangements. In general, people will have a greater opportunity to take care of their minds and
hearts.
I agree with that food preparation should take its necessary time and care. Otherwise, the time saved in
food preparation can lead to longer times of headache or even of staying in hospitals suffering from
malnutrition.

Topic 5. Are books more important than experience?

Many people have said that not everything that is learned is contained in books, while many people
also say that we get most of our knowledge from books. In my point of view, the latter one is as
important as, if not more important than the former one, Although not everything is contained in books,
we have to learn most of the things in books. Among countless reasons, which influence the former
one, I explore the most conspicuous aspects as follows:
The main reason I agree with the argument is that knowledge contained in books is systematic. As we
know, almost all the books are the children of the marriage of the author’s thought with the real world. In
order to express themselves, they surely use a very systematic structure to form a book, which have a
specific note of their thought and experiences. With the systematic structure, we can learn things
gradually, by our own pace and we need not to worry that if we had miss some of the important details
because systematic structure never drop the essential points. What we only need to do is follow the
instructions directed by the author and grasps the content by our consideration.
There is another reason that deserve some words here, however, is that learning by reading books is
an efficient way of accumulating knowledge. In ancient world, no books existed, and people should
realize the world by exploring everything by themselves. This method apparently takes too much time
and energy. But with the ready-made knowledge provided by the books put in front of us, why not take
on it directly? It will save us a lot of time to take advantages of others’ thought and experiences than we
explore them by ourselves.