Speaking: slow food or fast food

SLOW FOOD or FAST FOOD?

What do you stand for? The fat,  tasty and cheap meal or the fine dining and expensive one? 

This simple and straightforward question throws into crisis my students most of the times.They're often undecided about it even though I always try to make up their minds and push them towards healthy, traditional, clean and fresh food...though it's a tough job!

At least we can discuss a little bit about the issue!

Let's go flipped!

Look at the following pictures :

• What different situations do they show?
• In your personal opinion, what are the main differences between fast food and slow food?
• Which one do you prefer? Why?
• How often do you eat at fast foods?
• What do you usually eat at fast foods?
• Have you ever eaten at fine dining restaurants ? If yes, how was your experience?
• What is the story and philosophy of the “ Slow Food” movement?
  
  
  

Want to find out more? You can read something about FAST FOOD here...and  about SLOW FOOD here.


Some speaking suggestions about the topic. Courtesy of Fioravanti Christian and Sabado Adriana class 5G. (Thank you kids for sharing! )
 


Speaking suggestions for obiettivi minimi (Courtesy of Prof. MR Gilardi)

I prefer fast food because I like…/because it is cheap/ because...

I prefer slow food because I like eating healthy food/ because I prefer traditional , fresh, organic food

• How often do you eat at fast foods? Quanto spesso mangi ai fast food?

I never (= mai) eat fast food

I eat fast food once a week (= una volta a settimana)

I eat fast food twice a month (= due volte al mese)

I often eat fast food together with my friends

• What do you usually eat at fast foods? Cosa mangi di solito ai fast food?

I usually eat hamburger / French fries (= patatine fritte)/ hot dog /...

• Have you ever eaten at fine dining restaurants ? If yes, how was your experience? Hai mai mangiato in ristoranti di livello? Se sì, come è stata l’esperienza?

-No, I haven’t. I’ve never eaten at fine dining restaurants.

-Yes, I have. It was a beautiful experience because food was tastier/excellent/delicious etc...

-Yes, I have but I didn’t like it very much because it was really expensive/ it was too stylish/chic/ I didn't feel comfortable etc...
-Personally I think that eating at...

What is the story and philosophy of the “ Slow Food” movement? Qual è la storia e la filosofia del movimento Slow Food? (open production - vedi link)

describing pictures:

Picture 1

In this picture I can see some fast food logos, for example Taco Bell, Pizza Hut.They are in the foreground, whereas in the background I see the sky  and a modern building.

Picture 2

In this picture I can see a man. He is wearing a red T-shirt. His mouth is full of French fries.

This photo is the movie poster of “Supersize me”. At the top you can read “I’m……………….” , the typical sentence of...

We also wish to thank Breaking News English.com for sharing such a fantastic lesson plan to be carried out at home as a flipped class or at school.