Possible Primary Sources

Movie: Food, INC.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eKYyD14d_0



The first material I choose is a movie trailer and its poster. Actually, this movie is more like a documentary. The trailer shows that movie is mainly talking about the truth hiding under the American food industry. The unique thing about this movie is that I rarely find a movie that is not story-based; on the contrary, it is made to exposure some subtle relationship between the food companies and government. The reason why I choose this movie trailer as a source for my PSA is when talking about food, the first thing comes to people's mind is the taste, which is the most important factor to attract customers. However, people barely think about the nutrition, because there are also several factors might influence their decisions, like the price and quantity. So this movie is also a good source to best present the American foodway.



They Say: Schools Near Fast Food Makes Fat Kids
Posted by JeanneSager
http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/2008/12/26/they-say-schools-near-fast-food-makes-fat-kids.aspx


This is an online report posted by Jeanne Sager. I was drawn by this picture that looks funny, but in fact, this picture shows an aspect of our concern about children obesity. The interesting thing in this picture is that these two big boys are eating McDonald's, and it seems that they want more fast food while they are staring at some something in front of them. I choose this online article because it is a serious social concern about children eating not healthy, and I want to dig deeper to know the way they became fat and the solutions. Also I like the problem that reporter found: schools near fast food makes fat kids. I only noticed that children are getting fat because of eating too much fast food before I read this report; I never thought the location of school would also affect this problem. That's why I choose this online report as a possible primary source.

I love Dim Sum

Hi, I am Yuwen Sun, originally from Beijing, China. I am so excited that I can talk about the food in this English course, because everyone knows there are all kinds of fascinating food in China, and I would love to introduce them. Also I think OSU students also love Chinese food, since I can easily find more than five Chinese restaurants along the North High Street, and some school cafeterias provide Chinese food, too.

I want to say something about my favorite meal,

which is not easily found in Columbus, the Dim Sum.

This kind of food was originally from Guangdong Province in southern China and Hong Kong. It was create for breakfast, so based on its cradle and its particularly eating period, people named it Cantonese Morning Tea. I love this kind of food because there are various dim sums I can choose, and those are delicious. But I have my own favorite dim sum among all these food: it is Shrimp Dumpling. The Shrimp Dumpling contains a fresh shrimp with other seven different ingredients, which make this little round dumpling tastier. I remember the first I encounter this dish, three semitransparent and stuffed dumplings sit in a small bamboo steamer, the hot air rushed to come out while open the lid, the smell was good and attracting. It was the first day of a new year; all the family members got up early and went to have morning tea. I still miss that harmony atmosphere. After years, relatives went to different places for their own goals, and it is really hard for them to get together for a dinner, maybe only once at new year’s eve. I think making family get together to have a dinner was the purpose of creating this traditional food, and the tradition continues.