Percakapan bahasa inggris tentang kesehatanini membicarakan tentang dampak buruk dari kebiasaan mengkonsumsi makanan cepat saji bagi kesehatan. Setelah seharian sekolah, 3 siswa ini membicarakan rencana mereka setelah sekolah yang cukup melelahkan. Mereka memutuskan untuk mencari makanan dan Bobi menyarankan untuk memilih warung makanan cepat saji yang kelihatannya cukup enak. Untungnya Ratih memiliki pemahaman tentang dampak buruk kebiasaan makan makanan cepat saji sehingga ratih tidak setuju apalagi Fitri juga punya pendapat yang menganggap hamburger adalah makanan yang lebih lezat. Dengan sabar Ratih menjelaskan penyakit-penyakit apa yang berpotensi muncul jika kebiasaan mengkonsumsi makanan cepat saji diantaranya kegemukan, darah tinggi dan tunggu banyak lagi penyakit lainnya. Di akhir percakapan bahasa inggris tentang kesehatan ini Bobi dan Fitri menyadarinya dan bersedia mencari makanan yang lebih sehat.
Percakapan Bahasa Inggris tentang Kesehatan – 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~
Glossaries (kosa kata) 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)