西方快餐文化及其对中国人生活的影响_英语论文

Western Fast Food Culture and its Influences on Chinese People’s Life

摘要

文化渗透并影响着人们的行为。近年来，随着“肯德基”、“麦当劳”等以追求速度和效率的西式餐饮文化涌入中国，快餐文化已经成为社会文化重要的潮流，快餐文化也在影响和改变着国人的生活方式。本文试图从文化的角度出发，通过对快餐文化产生的背景和条件加以分析，阐述快餐文化产生的原因，指出其基本特征，分析它对人们生活所产生的影响。

关键词：快餐文化；特点；影响

Abstract

Culture infiltrates and influences people’s behaviors. In recent years, with the influx of fast food restaurants such as McDonalds and KFC in China, the fast food culture is becoming an important social and cultural trend in young people’s lives and it is becoming more influential and changing the lifestyles of Chinese citizens. First, this thesis tries to analyze the background and conditions that fast food culture appears through the cultural angle. Then state the reasons for the production of fast food culture and point out the basic characteristics of fast food culture. At last, the thesis will analyze the influence of fast food culture on people’s daily life.

Keywords: fast food culture; characteristics; influence

Contents

1. Introduction 1

2. Literature Review 1

2.1 Definition of fast food 1

2.2 Definition of culture 2

2.3 Definition of fast food culture 3

3. The formation cause and the development of fast food culture 4

3.1 Historical reason 4

3.2 Economic reason 5

3.3 Social Reasons 6

4. Characteristics of fast food culture 7

4.1 Popularity 8

4.2 Commercial 8

4.3 Transience 9

5. Influences of fast food culture 9

5.1 Influence on people’s health 9

5.2 Influence on Chinese food culture 11

5.3 Influence on marriage 12

6. Conclusion 14

Works Cited 15