English Conversation About Health

Junk Foods’ Effects for Your Health

[After school]

Fitri            : [Sigh] School really makes me  hungry. Let’s get something delicious to eat!

Ratih      : Good idea! It’s lunch time anyway. Do you have any idea of delicious foods for our lunch?

Bobi       : Hey, what about that food stall?

Ratih      : Huh? Wait a minute. That is fast food stall, isn’t it?

Bobi       : Yeah. Come on! My stomach can’t wait any longer.

Ratih      : Why fast food? Can we find healthier foods for our lunch?

Bobi       : Nope, I think there are no healthier food choices around. I heard that it sells delicious cheese burgers and French fries too. Let’s go! I can’t stand hearing my stomach roaring.

Fitri        : Come on, Ratih. Hamburger sounds delicious.

Ratih      : [sigh]

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Ratih      : Oh my, Bobi. You ordered two large cheese hamburgers, French fries, and coke. Are you going to eat all these junk foods?

Bobi       : Of course! I’m a man. I need more foods.

Ratih      : Do you ever think what kind of danger that will come for you by eating these foods?

Bobi       : Um… overly full?

Ratih      : No….. Bobi. These foods will bring bad effects for your precious health.

Bobi       : Huh? What are the bad effects anyway?

Ratih      : I join the “healthy life” club that attempts to motivate its members to live a healthy lifestyle. We were taught to stay away from junk foods since junk foods like foods you are going to eat now are known to be very bad for health.

Bobi       : Why is that?

Ratih      : You know that these foods contain high calories, fats, and sugar, but are really low in nutritional value. Due to the high calories, the more you eat these foods the bigger your body will be. It is called obesity. These foods are also high in salt. If you really love eating these foods, they will lead you to a risk of high blood pressure.

Fitri        : Wow, can it get worse then?

Ratih      : Of course! Moreover, if you consume these junk foods day in, day out, then the saturated fats will accumulate in your body, especially in your blood vessels. Day after day the fats will pile up in your blood vessels and eventually block your blood stream and make it clogged. If this happens on the blood vessels on your brain, you will then get a brain stroke. The worst one is if you have high blood pressure and the fats block the blood stream on your heart, then you can get a fatal heart strike that can lead you to death.

Bobi       : [Gulp] is that…. Is that true?

Ratih      : there is no use if I tell fake stories.

Bobi       : Alright, I think you’re right. I have to start to go with a healthy lifestyle.

Fitri        : Whoa, thanks for that information, Ratih. You really opened our eyes.

Bobi       : So, what should I do with all these foods? I haven’t even eaten them yet.

Ratih      : I heard you have dogs. Maybe they will like it.

Bobi       : [sigh] Oh, great~

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Glossaries Percakapan Bahasa Inggris tentang Kesehatan

Delicious: enak

Food stall: kios/warung makanan

Fast food: makanan cepat saji

Health: kesehatan

Health: sehat (Healthier: lebih sehat)

Choices: pilihan

Around: di sekitar (suatu tempat)

Cheese burger: burger keju

French fries: kentang goring

I can’t stand: aku tidak tahan (akan sesuatu)

Roaring: meraung-raung (My stomach is roaring: Perut saya bersuara keras karena kelaparan)

Junk food: makanan sampah (makanan cepat saji tidak sehat)

Come for you: mendatangi kamu

Overly full: terlalu kenyang

Bad effect: dampak buruk

Precious: berharga

Motivate: mendorong, memotivasi

Attempt: berusaha

Since: sejak, karena

(to be) known: diketahui, dikenal

Nutritional value: nilai gizi

Obesity: obesitas/kegemukan

Salt: garam

Risk of high blood pressure: risiko tekanan darah tinggi

Get worse: menjadi lebih buruk

Moreover: selain itu

Consume: mengkonsumsi

Day in, day out: setiap hari

Saturated fats: lemak jenuh

Accumulate: berakumulasi, menumpuk

Blood vessels: pembuluh darah

Day after day: hari demi hari

Pile up: menumpuk

Blood stream: aliran darah

Clogged: tersumbat

Brain stroke: penyakit stroke otak

Worst one: yang terburuk

Fatal heart strike: serangan jantung yang fatal

Lead to: membuat, mengarahkan

There is no use: tidak ada gunanya

Fake stories: cerita bohong

Opened our eyes: (idiom) membuka mata kami (menyadarkan kami)