英语专业毕业论文从美国快餐的发展看快餐文化对世界的影响.docx

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英语专业毕业论文从美国快餐的发展看快餐文化对世界的影响

AnalysisonFastFoodCultureandItsDouble-sideEffectstotheworldfromtheDevelopmentofAmericanFastFood

Abstract

Indifferentculturalbackgrounds,eachnationhasitsuniquedifferentdiet.Withtheacceleratingpaceoflife,thereisanewdietarypatternhassoondominatedtheforefrontofthelifefashion----fastfood,whichenteredthousandsofhouseholds,byitsconvenienceandfastadvantages.

TheMcDonald'swasthefirstfastfoodrestaurantwhichhaseverbeenbuilt.Bythistime,theotherfamousfast-foodbrandsjustlikeKFC,PizzaHutwhicharetheworld'sthreetopfastfoodbrandsfromAmericahadbeenknownbyallthepeople,theyconstitutedapowerfulfastfoodworldanddevelopedrapidly.Peoplecouldfindthesefast-foodchainseasilyallovertheworld.However,High-caloriefastfoodasahigh-fatfoodisnotsuitableforeating.Thisboomingbusinessdoeshavedouble-sidedeffectsontheeconomyandthequalityofpeople’slife.

ThispapermainlystudiestheAmericanfastfood.Thefirstandsecondpartsanalyzedthehistoryoffastfood.Thethirdpartdiscussesthedevelopmentandthecultureoffastfood.Thefourthparttellpeoplethewhyfastfoodissopopular;Thefifthpartanalysesthefastfoodeffectsonthequalityofpeople’slifefromthepositivesideandthenegativeside.Thesixthpartisconclusion,whichpointsoutthathowtolookonthefastfoodandthefastfoodculturecorrectly,inthehopeofhelpingthereaderstounderstandthefastfoodandfastfoodcultureinabetterwayandtoabsorbthebenefitelementsforthebetterdevelopmentofhumanbodyandmind.

Keywords:

fastfood;foodculture;double-sidedeffects

快餐文化及世界的双重影响

---浅析美国快餐的发展

内容摘要

在不同的文化背景下，每个民族的饮食也迥然不同。

随着现在生活节奏的加快，一种新的饮食方式很快占据了生活时尚的前沿，那就是快餐，快餐以其快捷、方便的优势迅速的走人千家万户。

麦当劳是快餐业的首家快餐店。

之后，来自美国的世界三大品牌肯德基，麦当劳，必胜客快餐店也众所周知，他们构成了一个强而有力的快餐帝国并迅速发展。

人们可以在世界的任何地方看到他们的影子。

然而，快餐作为一种高热量高脂肪的食品又影响着人们的健康。

这种蓬勃发展的商业不仅对经济，同时也对人们的生活质量产生着双重影响。

本文主要研究了美国的快餐。

第一，二部分简述快餐历史;第三部分论述快餐的发展;第四部分介绍快餐文化大受欢迎的原因；在此基础上文章第五部分进一步论述了饮食文化对人们生活的积极和消极影响;文章最后一部分指出应正确看待快餐和快餐文化。

希望通过本文的论述能够帮助读者更好认识快餐及快餐文化，吸收其中的有利成分促进人们身心的健康发展。

关键词：

快餐；饮食文化；双重影响

AnalysisonFastFoodCultureandItsDouble-sideEffectstotheworldfromtheDevelopmentofAmericanFastFood

Thesisstatement

ThispaperanalyzedthebriefhistoryofAmericanfastfoodanditsdouble-sideeffectsofdietonpeoplehealthy,andanalyzedthefastfoodandfastfoodculture.

Outline

Ⅰ.Introduction

Ⅱ.BriefHistoryofAmericanFastFood

A.TheOriginofFastFood

B.FamousBrandsofFastFood

1.McDonald’s

2.KFC

Ⅲ.TheDevelopmentofFastFoodIndustry

Ⅳ.TypesandCultureofFastFood

A.TypesofFastFood

B.Variants

C.FastFoodCulture

Ⅴ.Double-SideEffectsofFastFood

A.PositiveEffect

1.DevelopmentofEconomy

2.JobsandLaborIssues

3.Globalization

B.NegativeEffect

1.BloodPressure

2.EffectsofCholesterol

3.EffectsofTransFat

4.UnhealthyLifestyle

Ⅵ.Conclusion

AnalysisonFastFoodCultureandItsDouble-sideEffectstotheworldfromtheDevelopmentofAmericanFastFood

Ⅰ.Introduction

Fastfoodisbecomingmoreandmorepopulararoundtheworldtheseyears.Itisestimatedthattherearemorethan100branchesofMcDonald’sandKFConlyinBeijing.Buttheword“fastfood”isverymodern,fashion,andhardtobefoundinmanydictionariesuntil1955.Suchaconceptionwasintroducedfromforeigncountries.Theappearancesofthefast-foodarouseanewthingnamed“fast-foodculture”,andalsothedebateaboutthisculturebypeople.

Inthecurrentsociety,thefastfoodculturehasalreadydevelopedtobeakindofcommonculturewhichbecomesamainstream.Comparewithdinner,thefast-foodisaseasoning,anewcurrent.Asifeatingbecomesanburdenwhilethespeedofpeople’sdailylivesrunningfasterandfaster,thusthefast-foodbecomesverypopulartothepeoplewhoworkeddayandnight.

Livinginasofast-pacedlifenearlyalmostnotimetospare,itisobviousthatpeoplearepayinglittleattentiontotheimportanceofhaveahealthylife.oneofwhichishygienicnutritiousfood.Burgers,pizza,friedstuffwithcheese,Frenchfriesandallsuchfooditemswhichcanbepreparedandservedquicklyarenamedasfast-foodandhavealargegroupofconsumersfromallagegroups.Fastfoodisbasicallyon-the-gofood,quicklymade,andservedwithinminutesforthepeoplewholeadfast-pacedlives.Fastfoodjointsandkioskseasyspotsforpeopletoeitherhavetheirfastfoodorjustgettheirtake-awaymealswhileontheirwaytoworkorgotoschool.Today,manypeopleeatfastfoodinsteadofhomemadefood.Thereasonisthatfastfoodisfast,cheapandconvenient.Fromthetermsofage,notonlytheyoungpeopleeatfastfood,butalsothemiddle-agedorsomeelderly;fromagenderperspective,notonlymeneatfastfood,butalsowomen;fromtheclasspointofview,notonlythepoor,butalsomiddle-levelwhite-collarworkers,aswellashigh-levelofficials.Inaword,fastfoodisverypopularfornearlyallthepeople.

Ontheonehand,fast-foodindustrycannotonlyimprovethedevelopmentofeconomic,butalsoprovidejobsforpeople.Itprovidesalargeprofitforthegovernment.Ontheotherhand,theemergenceoffastfoodhasanegativeeffectontheenvironmentandhumanhealth.BecausetheFrenchfriesarefriedbyanimalfatwithhighcholesterol,itendstoarousefatandriskofcardiovasculardisease.Sincefastfoodhasbecomeaculture,itcertainlyinfluencesthesocietyandpeople’slife.AsanalysisofthisphenomenoncandescrythatthepurposeoftheU.S.fast-foodproductionandsupplysystemispursuitof“efficiencyandprofits”,althoughthefastfoodoperatorsandfoodsuppliershavemadeafortune,theenvironment,animals,workers,consumershavetopayaheavyprice.Peoplecanonlystandinthedifferentpositiontodoadescriptionofthefactsandinhopingthattolookonthefastfoodandthefastfoodculturecorrectly.

Ⅱ.BriefhistoryofAmericanfastfood

A.TheOriginofFastFood

OneofthegreatpioneersofthefastfoodindustrywasamannamedCarlKarcher.HewasafarmboywhogrewupinOhio.Attheageof24,hemovedtoCalifornia,workingathisuncle’sfactory.LikemostAmericans,hewantedtoworkhardandhaveagreatlife.In1939,Carlwantedtogointobusinessforhimselfandpurchasedahotdogcart.Hebeganhis“curbservice”ofsellinghotdogsonthestreettocustomersastheydroveupintheircars.PeopledidnotwanttohavetogetoutoftheircarstoeatandsoCarl’sbusinessflourished.WithinfivemonthsafterCarlboughtthecart,hewasabletobuyasecondoneandcontinuehisdream.Beforelong,heopenedadrive-inrestaurantcalled“Carl’sDrive-InBarbeque”.Atthissametime,thisnewwayofeatinginone’scarwasbecomingthebiggestthingever.Itwasconsideredreallycooltogotoadrive-inrestaurantforaburgerorhotdog.Waitressesknownas“carhops”usuallydressedveryattractivelydeliveredthefoodtoeachcar.Forteenagers,thiswastheplacetobeespeciallyforguys.Andformthenon,fastfoodbecamemoreandmorepopular.

B.FamousBrandsofFastFood

1.McDonald’s

JesseG.Kirby,thefounderofanearlydrive-inrestaurantchainnamed“PigStand”inTexas,stated“Peoplewithcarsaresolazytheydon’twanttogetoutofthemtoeat!

”（快餐历史，2005）.EventherestoftheUnitedStateswascatchingontothis“drive-infever”.Onlyitwasaseasonalthingformanystatesduetothecoldweatherinthewinter.

Duringthattime，twobrothersnamedRichardandMauriceMcDonaldlefttheirhomeinNewHampshireandseekingjobsinsouthernCalifornia.Atfirsttheytriedopeningatheaterbutitwasnotasuccess.Thentheycaughtontothenewcrazeofeatingatdrive-inrestaurantsandtheyopenedonein1939,inPasadena,California,callingit“McDonald’sFamousHamburgers”.Informer,TheMcDonaldbrothersgrewtiredofhavingtohirenewcarhopsandshort-ordercooksallthetime,soattheendofthe1940’s,theyfiredeveryoneintheirrestaurant.Theyevenweretiredofreplacingglassware,dishesandsilverwaresotheydecidedtoclosetherestaurantandre-openedwitha“new”McDonald’s,onethatdidnotuseanydishes,silverwareorglasses.Everythingswitchedovertopaperandplastic.Therewasnolongeraneedforshort-ordercooksaseachemployeehiredonlyhadtolearnonespecifictask,i.e.maketheFrenchfriesormaketheburgersordeliverthefood,etc.Foodwasmadewitha“SpeedServiceSystem”designedbytheMcDonaldbrothersanditrevolutionizedtherestaurantbusiness.（

2.TheEmergencesandExpansionofKFC

KFC,shortedfromKentuckyFriedChicken,isachainoffastfoodrestaurantsbasedinLouisville,Kentucky.KFChasbeenawhollyownedsubsidiaryofYumBrandssince2002.ThecompanywasfoundedasKentuckyFriedChickenbyColonelHarlandSandersin1952.Thecompanyadoptedtheabbreviatedformofitsnamein1991.StartinginApril2007,thecompanybeganusingitsoriginalappellationofKentuckyFriedChickenagainforitssignage,packagingandadvertisementsintheUnitedStatesaspartofanewcorporatere-brandingprogram;newerandremodeledrestaurantswillhavethenewlogoandnamewhileolderstoreswillcontinuetousethe1991signage.Additionally,thecompanycontinuestousetheabbreviationKFCfreelyinitsadvertising.InternationallythecompanyisstillknownasKFC.

KFCprimarilysellschickeninformofpieces,wraps,salads,sandwichesandsoon.Whileatfirstitisonlyfocusonfriedchicken.KFCalsooffersalineofroastedchickenproducts,sidesanddesserts.OutsideofNorthAmerica,KFCoffersbeef-basedproductssuchasburgersorkebabs,pork-basedpro