Food and Fitness: the American Obsession
Americans seem to be always in a hurry, which has become one (1) [1] ______
______as national impatience. This impatience is not only obvious in
the streets, but also evident in American eating habits. The (2)______ [2] ______
fast food chains like McDonalds and Kentucky, which can offer fast serv-
ice, can best express this impatience.
As for the popularity of these fast food chains; "fast" and" instant"
are the very reasons. The salad bar fulfils the first (3)______very well [3] ______
and is thus welcomed. "Take Out" food as an instant meal can be taken
wherever you like, so it is very popular in American and have actually be- [4] ______
come an American way of life. To heat the instant food, another invention
to (4)______the speed is the microwave oven. [5] ______
Americans eat abundant food in such an instant way that they tend to [6] ______
be (5)______. As a result, Americans become (6)______in an-
other problem--keeping beautiful and fit. Thus business to meet these
needs, like-books on diets and fitness, and Weight Watchers, develops [7] ______
very quickly and has made very great profits.
Apart from being (7)______, people would also like a firm body
and a young appearance, therefore, exercise has become another fixation in [8] ______
the last 10 years. Many people, young or old, take exercises very serious-
ly. And both outdoor exercise and indoor exercise are very popular, and to
meet the (8)______need of exercise a full line of exercise equipment [9] ______
is invented and offered.
It seems that Americans have spent no little time on diets and fitness,
but how is it so many Americans (9)______fat That’ s perhaps one of
the (10)______of American society. However, facing to all kinds of [10] ______
temptations, the optimistic Americans are slowly adapting the way they eat
and live for a longer and healthier life.