Example of Discussion

1. Opening

Assalamuaiaikum Wr Wb, good morning

Esquire Mrs. Retno of English teacher and beloved friends. First, let us be grateful to the God because have given us blessing. So we can group in this room to do an English debating contest in this wonder day. Ok, the theme of our debate is fast food. Fast food is the term given to food that can be prepared and served very quickly. While any meal with low preparation time can be considered to be fast food, typically the term refers to food sold in a restaurant or store with low quality preparation and served to the customer in a package from for takeout/takeaway. Fast food has advantages and disadvantages. That case will be debated in this forum.

2. Introducing

In this debate section, we have 2 groups. They are affirmative group and negative group. The affirmative group that support our massive and negative group who become the challenger. And I’m Muhyi as the moderator who lead this debate activity. And he is……… as time keeper.

3. Mossie

From my description above, we can make a mossie. Its fast food can give negative influence. Mainly for our healthy.

4. Rules

This is the rules that must be obeyed by both groups in this debate activity is:

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d. dst….

Ok, affirmative and negative group, are you ready?

Now, debate can begins. Please the first speaker from affirmative group…

Affirmative 1 :“Good morning everybody, today we will held a debate with topic fast food. Before it allow me to introduce my group. We are from affirmative group with member are Teguh Imam Handoko as affirmative 1, M. Prasetyo as affirmative 2, and Kukuh wicaksono as affirmative 3. Fast food is the term given to food that can be prepared and served very quickly. While any meal with low preparation time can be considered to be fast food, typically the term refers to food sold in a restaurant or store with low quality preparation and served to the customer in a package from for takeout/takeaway. Fast food has advantages. The further argument will be presented by M. Prasetyo .

Affirmative 2 : “advantages of fast food

                        We know, with busy activity people can’t cook by them self. So, they go to the restaurant or go to another store which sells many of food or go to the fast food counter. So they can eat without cook and they thing cooking is wasting time.  So, I get some advantages of fast food. That is:

1.      It saves time

2.      Fast food does rise health concern (some options on the menu that could be healthier)

3.      We can find many menus of many foods.

4.      The cost of fast food is pretty cheap.

5.      Cooking a meal requires one to make a trip to the supermarket to buy the ingredient for the dish. So, it wastes time.

6.      More efficient then making a meal by yourself.

7.      We just call to a restaurant to order or to buy some foods as fast as you can.

8.      We only wait for the meal, not doing anything. We can do the other activity while we are waiting for the meal.

9.      You can eat where ever you are.

Affirmative 3 : “Fast food has a lot of advantages there are saves time, cheap price, efficient, and simple process. Fast food is very useful for a businessman and other people.”

Moderator       : Ok. That is the argument from affirmative group. Now I will permit negative group to give the argument. Time is yours

Negative 1       : “Good morning everybody, today my group will rebate the argument of the affirmative group. Before it, I will introduce my group. We are from negative group. The first member is me, Ratih Kusuma Dewi as negative 1, Ely fitriana as negative 2, and the last Tintani Bunga as negative 3. Based on the information that we get in http://www.fastfoodnation.co.uk/, most of fast food consist of fat and sugar. And based research in America came to the conclusion back in 2003, the combination of fat and sugar in junk food and fast food was possibly a contributing factor to soaring rates of obesity in the country and globally. To the further argument will be presented by Ely Fitriana.”

Negative 2       : “Ok, friends, thanks for the chance. Fast food is one of the most favorite foods. For example: pizza, hamburger, spaghetti, ad many kind of junk food. It is delicious, of course. But it has many disadvantages for our body, if we consume it too much. The greatest disadvantage of fast food is the effect that it has on one’s health. It is a fact that fast food is unhealthier than home-cooked meal, as they contain higher amount of salts, fats, and calories. Given the sedentary lifestyle that we lead today, the excess fats and calories that we take in fast food is not used completely but these accumulate in our body as fats deposits that cause complication like cardiovascular disease and other related disease of the heart. And then salt can have a detrimental effect on health because when levels in the body are too high, it can cause you to retain water, which some experts believe is also linked to high blood pressure disease, stroke, and disease of the joints. Some fast food is also loaded with sugar, and unfortunately for doughnut aficionados, there is no nutritional benefit. And then the combination of fats and sugar can cause obesity. The other disadvantage of fast food is the price. Eating at fast food outlets is economical only for single person. If we visit the outlets with our family the price is so expensive. Joining fast food also make the family meal time is short. The fast food centers are quickly eating in to the quality time so we have no enough time to share our experience with other member of our family. I think enough and thank you.”

Negative 3       : “Ok friends I will conclude the argument of our group. Fast food has many disadvantages for our body. It causes many diseases for our body. For example; high blood pressure, diseases at the joint, heart attack, stroke, and obesity. Beside that fast food contains small nutrients, so our body will not get enough nutrients for growing.”

Moderator       : “ ok. the argument from affirmative n negative group is finish. Next section is question. To group one, time is yours.

Question:

Affirmative 1 : “I will ask to negative 1, what is your background so you said that fast food is unhealthy?”

Moderator       : thank you from the question. Now is the time to negative group to answer the question.

Negative 1       : “Based on the information that I get in internet, fast food is unhealthy because it consist more fat that caused obesity. The nutrients are also so small, so we don’t get enough nutrients. Beside that, fast food contains chemical substance that caused many diseases.”

Moderator       : “The first problem is finish. Any question again? Oh yes. negative 2 time is yours.”

Negative 1       : “If you defend your argument, what do you think about the effect emerge by fast food for our body?”

Moderator       : I permitted affirmative 3 to answer the question

Affirmative 3 : “All junk food is fast food, but fast food is uncertainly junk food. So it’s not bad if we consume it, such as salad. Salad consist many vegetables that contain many vitamin and mineral that useful for our body. So it is wrong if fast food caused bad effect as you say before.”

Moderator       : next question. Oh yes..time is yours

Affirmative 3 : “Why does fast food can’t make our body tall?”

Moderator       : thank you from the question. Now is the time to negative group to answer the question.

Negative 2       : “Because fast food contains fat and sugar. And based on my argument the combination of fat and sugar can cause obesity. Because of obesity we can’t growth vertically, so our body is short.”

Moderator       : That’s great answer. Any question again?

Negative 3       : “You said that fast food serves quicker than cooking by yourself. Must we sacrifice our health with it?”

Moderator       :  I think that’s a good question. So, I will give a chance to affirmative group to answer that question.

Affirmative 2 : “In my opinion, for businessman, worker, employer or the busier people, fast food is the main choice than cooking by themselves. Because they have no time to cooking. Not all fast food is unhealthy. There are some kinds of fast food those useful and loaded nutrients for our body. It depends on the consumer.”

Moderator       : Thanks for your answer. Is there anyone else to ask a question?

Affirmative 2 : “How to choose low calories fast food?’

Moderator       : Group Negative, Please answer the question.

Negative 3       : “The steps to choose low calories fast food are:

1.            Make a list many kinds of fast food

2.            Going online and you will find websites that list the nutritional information of almost every fast food restaurant imaginable.

3.            Printout the nutritional information

4.            Highlights low calories options.

5.            Refer to your with often.

Moderator       : You have a problem with his opinion about the advantages of fast food?

Negative 2       : “Yes! Based on the argument, he said that we didn’t have to clean the kitchen or dishes. It can make us lazy, can’t it?

Moderator       : Ok, You can explain your answer to her.

Affirmative 1 : “I think that it can’t make us lazy. Because we aren’t consuming fast food everyday. In the other hands, we know that we are busy, it make us have no time to cooking and make a meal by my self and by your self. And the important is I don’t fee lazy to do anything.”

Moderator       : conclusion