Fast Food Culture VS Traditional Reading.docVIP

Fast Food Culture VS Traditional Reading Different kinds of fast food restaurants such as McDonald’s, KFC, Pizza Hut, Yoshinoya or Dicos jump into our eyes every now and then when we walk on the streets. When the information revolution, the development of mass media and achievements in science and technology have doubtlessly ushered us in a rapidly progressing society where we can’t escape from the fast pace of the modern society and where time is gold for everyone, these popularized fast food restaurants throughout every corner of the whole world surely have saved much time for us. As the product of the high speed society, fast food restaurants have gained large market globally. Fast food always comes out in the form of convenience. Wherever you go, you can take fast food along with and have lunch on a bus or subway. In addition, some fast food restaurants may offer free delivery for purchases over a minimum amount. Comparing to spending time making a meal at home or waiting for a long time in a slow-service restaurant, most people would prefer to have such fast food. It is obviously distinct that we have generally gotten used to them. And the fast food wind also blows to our cultural life and people call it “fast-food culture”. “Culture” is packaged in the form of “fast food” and then sold to consumers. In fact, it embodies the popularization, rapidity and also amusement orientation of culture. In times of stress, there is no ground for blame that people need some “fast-food plays”, “fast-food magazines” or “fast-food newspapers” to refresh themselves. And as the rhythm of people’s living is speeding up, they hope to read something in a short time, they are so busy that it is impossible for them to find some masterpieces and then make up their mind to read it. Like what W. Somerset Maugham has written in one of his article On Reading, changing times and changing tastes have robed those masterpieces of their savor and it is hard to read them now without an effo