英语作文的提高，除了多写以外，研习题目与范文也是个很重要的方面。

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TOPIC: 3 Nowadays, food has become easier to prepare. Has this change improved the way people live? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

新东方李笑来老师的分析：
总体上，“食物变得悦来越容易准备”是一种进步，所以自然会带来improvement。使人们的生活方式发生了一些变化：

好的：

节省时间，越来越方便，一定程度上把妇女从繁杂的家务中解放出来

也有不好的变化：

准备食物是一种中药的家庭活动，可是食物变得容易准备一定程度上使2家人在一起的时间减少了，比如“速冻饺子”【quick_frozen dumpling】

快餐业的高速发展的一个直接结果是，人们普遍变胖了，尤其是孩子

奇怪的是，我找来的范文和老师的思路几乎都不怎么一样。但是没关系，作文本来就没有确定的答案，别人的东西只能拿来参考和分析，我们还是要形成需要自己的风格。

下面让我们来看看范文：

Nowadays, wherever we turn our gaze, we can see different types of food that are easier to prepare. For instance, we can buy frozen foods 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 meals. I would accept that this so-called improvement has changed our lives, but I believe that there are some drawbacks as well.说现象，提观点，两面派观点，认为有好处有坏处。

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作料材料 mixed in it that makes it "easy-to-cook". If we take time to read the ingredients, we would definitely come across words like preservatives防腐剂 or artificial flavorings调味料. It was just a couple of days ago that I came across a newspaper article which stated that someone was poisoned because he ate this type of food. He was hospitalized for almost a month.方便的食物中有不利健康的添加剂

Not having to cook has also taken the fun out of cooking. Cooking is an art, but in today's world, this is no more true. People are so busy with their work that they just rely on this simple foods. The invention and production of this foods have made people lazy not only for cooking but also for a well family get-together. It was not like former times when families would sit together and eat freshly baked food. Instead, they are getting these artificial things with minimal nutrients营养 in them.没有做饭的过程也带走了做饭的乐趣

Cooking in the yesteryears was much better than today's. People would spend more time in the kitchen, preparing the food in the way that they liked it. This brought families closer together and also contributed to the high quality and nutrition of the food. Granted, people are busier nowadays and do not have as much time as they did in the past, but I believe that people have forgotten the importance of healthy, fresh food and of the time a family spends together preparing the food. So, I would say that having food that is easy to prepare has had many disadvantages.总结，认为食物容易准备有很多坏处

(Essay ID: 325 . Sample essay provided by Erin Billy of www.TestMagic.com)

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文章开头虽然认为这种现象有好有坏，但是主要是在讲不利点，其中几个食物方面的词汇要注意积累。结构是平常的提出观点，2-3个方面，总结观点。

读范文，做记号，想到什么就写什么，所谓研习就这么简单。蠢蠢欲动了吗？下面就轮到你拉！从下面选一篇范文来写写“研习”吧。最后别忘了把你研习的成果运用到自己的作文中去，要多练习，这才是关键！！

范文一：

It can not 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. Not only have the recipes of certain food types have been altered, but also absolutely new ones have been created.

Examples include yet are not restricted to beef hamburgers, potato chips, and cola drinks. All of these changes contribute to making food preparation as fast and easy as possible. It cannot be neglected that modern cooking facilities play a dramatic role in this trend.

Some people regard this trend as a spoiler of our lives. Their argument focuses on two main points. First, many newly emerged types of food have not the essence of a "complete meal" as defined by 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 "addicted" to the common duet of burgers and cola. Second, the advantage of gathering family members around a meal at home is lost. Fast prepared food types are usually eaten outside home. With the absence of regular family meetings, relationships are likely to be weaker.

Others think that fast prepared food types do improve our style of life. This opinion comes especially from busy 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 wasted by them. Wives will have more time to take 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 business without worrying about food arrangements. In general, people will have a greater opportunity to take care of their minds and hearts. Reports estimate the time spent on food arrangements as a large percentage of our lives.

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.

(Essay ID: 328 . Sample essay provided by Erin Billy of www.TestMagic.com)

范文二：

The twentieth century has brought with it many advances. With those advances, human lives have changed dramatically. 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 portable, 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.

Needless 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 can use new fat substitutes and cooking sprays to cut fat and calories. This reduces the risk of heart disease and high cholesterol. Additionally, we can buy fruits and vegetables fresh, frozen or canned. They're easy to prepare, so many of us eat more of those nutritious 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 whipping 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.

(Essay ID: 75 )

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