考研英语作文范文第3篇:快餐是否改善了生活

 　　Topic(题目)：

　　Nowadays, food has become easier to prepare. Has this change improved the way people live?Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

　　Model Essay(范文)：

　　The twentieth century has brought with it many advances. With those advances, human lives have changed dramatically¹. In some ways life is worse, but mostly it is better. Changes in food preparation methods, for example, have improved our lives greatly.

　　The convenience of preparing food today is amazing. Even stoves have gotten too slow for us. Microwave cooking is much easier. We can press a few buttons and a meal is completely cooked in just a short time. People used to spend hours preparing an oven-cooked meal, and now they can use that time for other, better things. Plus, there are all kinds of portable², prepackaged foods we can buy. Heat them in the office microwave, and lunch at work is quick and easy.

　　Food preparation today allows for more variety. With refrigerators and freezers, we can preserve a lot of different foods in our homes. Since technology makes cooking so much faster, people are willing to make several dishes for even a small meal. Parents are more likely to let children be picky, now that they can easily heat them up some prepackaged macaroni and cheese on the side. Needless³ to say, adults living in the same house may have very different eating habits as well. If they don’t want to cook a lot of different dishes, it’s common now to eat out at restaurants several times a week.

　　Healthful eating is also easier than ever now. When people cook, they use new fat substitutes⁴ and cooking sprays⁵ to cut fat and calories. This reduces the risk of heart disease⁶ and high cholesterol⁷. Additionally, we can buy fruits and vegetable fresh, frozen⁸ or canned. They are easy to prepare, so many of us eat more of those nutritious⁹ items daily. A hundred years ago, you couldn’t imagine the process of taking some frozen fruit and ice from the freezer, adding some low-fat yogurt from a plastic cup and some juice from a can in the refrigerator, and whipping¹⁰ up a low-fat smoothie in the blender!

　　Our lifestyle is fast, but people still like good food. What new food preparation technology has given us is more choices. Today, we can prepare food that is more convenient, healthier, and of greater variety than ever before in history.

1 dramatically   

ad.显著地

参考例句：

• His quality of life has improved dramatically since the operation. 手术后他的生活质量大大改善了。
• Our way of life has changed dramatically over the last ten years. 在过去10年里我们的生活方式发生了巨大的变化。

2 portable   

adj.轻便的，手提式的；n.便携的东西

参考例句：

• I have a portable typewriter.我有一个便携式打字机。
• There is a pretty portable pair of steps in one corner of the room.屋角放着一架小巧玲珑的折梯。

3 needless   

adj.不必，无须，不必要的，无用的

参考例句：

• Needless to say,I agree.无须说，我是同意的。
• It is needless to add that you are in want of a second.你需要一个助手，那是不必说的。

4 substitutes   

n.代替者( substitute的名词复数 )；替补（运动员）；替代物；[语法学]代用词v.代替，替换，代用( substitute的第三人称单数 )；做…的代理人，接替

参考例句：

• The extra players, or substitutes, wait until they are called. 额外的运动员或是预备去替换的人没被召唤时在里面等着。 来自辞典例句
• He substitutes as our teacher of English. 他代任我们的英语教师。 来自辞典例句

5 sprays   

n.喷雾( spray的名词复数 )；浪花；喷雾器；（用作装饰的）小树枝v.喷( spray的第三人称单数 )；向…扫射（或抛洒），往…上撒；尤指雄猫撒尿（以示领地占有）

参考例句：

• A supernova sprays space with many different elements. 超新星会向宇宙放射不同种类的元素。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Chemical thinners add another to the arsenal of sprays. 化学疏除剂已列入农药的宝库中。 来自辞典例句

6 disease   

n.疾病，弊端

参考例句：

• The doctors are trying to stamp out the disease.医生正在尽力消灭这种疾病。
• He fought against the disease for a long time.他同疾病做了长时间的斗争。

7 cholesterol   

n.（U）胆固醇

参考例句：

• There is cholesterol in the cell of body.人体细胞里有胆固醇。
• They are determining the serum-protein and cholesterol levels.他们正在测定血清蛋白和胆固醇的浓度。

8 frozen   

adj.冻结的，冰冻的

参考例句：

• He was frozen to death on a snowing night.在一个风雪的晚上，他被冻死了。
• The weather is cold and the ground is frozen.天寒地冻。

9 nutritious   

adj.有营养的，营养价值高的

参考例句：

• Fresh vegetables are very nutritious.新鲜蔬菜富于营养。
• Hummingbirds have discovered that nectar and pollen are very nutritious.蜂鸟发现花蜜和花粉是很有营养的。

10 whipping   

鞭打（作为惩罚）； 替罪羊，代人受过者

参考例句：

• He could not possibly have endured a whipping without a whimper. 他不可能一声不吭地忍受鞭打。
• The huntsman was whipping in his pack of hounds. 猎人正在用鞭子把他那群猎犬赶到一处。