TOEFL® topic to eat at home or eat at restaurants

[Trung]

Essay: Some people prefer to eat at food stands or restaurants. Other people prefer to prepare and eat food at home. Which do you prefer? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
Today, as society is developing more and more, most people usually have to cope with many difficulties and problems in their work. So, they must spend a lot of time to solve plenty of work problems in their daily lives and they don’t have a lot of time to prepare and eat food at home. Therefore, many people prefer to eat at restaurants, because it will save a lot of time and allow them to do other work and it is easier than cooking at home. However, in my opinion, I believe it is much cheaper and healthier to eat at home, and it can be more convenient, too. There are three reasons to support my idea as follows.
To begin with, when we eat at restaurants, we must spend a lot of money to pay for food there. If we prepare and eat food at home, we can save a lot of money. By buying food which we need and making our choice at supermarket. For example, when I invite my friend to have dinner at restaurant, I must pay for each dish about $15 or more. If I buy this food at the supermarket to cook at home, I can save a lot of money and that’s enough to feed the whole family at home.
Secondly, eating at home is better for my health. Meals at restaurants are often high in fat and calories. However, when we cook at home, we can monitor and control what we eat. We can cook with low-fat and low-calorie ingredients. Besides, when we can prepare to cook at home, we can buy a lot of fresh food and have much nutrient value. It provides good health for me and my family. For example, every morning, I usually spend a short period of time to go to supermarket in order to buy some fresh food and healthy food before going to work. That will bring a lot of benefit for my family such as my parents will have good health and be long-lived when they eat it.
Finally, it may seem more convenient to eat at a restaurant, because we don’t have to shop, cook or clean up. However, cooking at home can actually be more convenient, because as we spend a lot of time to solve much of our work, we can get stressed and feel tired after a day’s hard work. So, cooking will help me reduce stress and become more comfortable. Besides, when I eat at home, I can talk with my parents and share many difficult problems about my work with them.
In conclusion, I prefer to eat at home, because it is cheaper and healthier for me. Besides, I can hear a lot of wholesome advice from my parents and become more comfortable during family meal.

TOEFL listening discussions: A conversation between a professor and his student

[Kitosdad]

Essay: Some people prefer to eat at food stands or restaurants. Other people prefer to prepare and eat food at home. Which do you prefer? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
Today, as society is developing more and more, most people usually have to cope with many difficulties and problems in their work. So, they must spend a lot of time to solve plenty of work problems in their daily lives and they DO NOT have a lot of time to prepare and eat food at home. Therefore, many people prefer to eat at restaurants, because it will save a lot of time and allow them to do other work(,)
and it is easier than cooking at home. However, in my opinion, I believe it is much cheaper and healthier to eat at home, and it can be more convenient, too. There are three reasons to support my idea as follows.

To begin with, when we eat at restaurants, we must spend a lot of money to pay for food there. If we prepare and eat food at home, we can save a lot of money by buying food which we need(,) and making our choice at supermarket. For example, when I invite my friend to have dinner a A restaurant, I must pay for each dish about $15 or more. If I buy this food at the supermarket to cook at home, I can save a lot of money and that IS enough to feed the whole family at home.

Secondly, eating at home is better for my health. Meals at restaurants are often high in fat and calories. However, when we cook at home, we can monitor and control what we eat. We can cook with low-fat and low-calorie ingredients. Besides, when we can prepare to cook at home, we can buy a lot of fresh food and have much nutrient value. It provides good health for me and my family. For example, every morning, I usually spend a short period of time IN goING to THE supermarket in order to buy some fresh food and healthy food before going to work. That will bring a lot of benefit for my family(,) such as my parents WHO will have good health and be longER-livING when they eat it.

Finally, it may seem more convenient to eat at a restaurant, because we don’t have to shop, cook or clean up. However, cooking at home can actually be more convenient, because as we spend a lot of time to solve much of our work, we can get stressed and feel tired after a day’s hard work. So, cooking will help me reduce stress and become more comfortable. Besides, when I eat at home, I can talk with my parents and share many difficult problems about my work with them.

In conclusion, I prefer to eat at home, because it is cheaper and healthier for me. Besides, I can hear a lot of wholesome advice from my parents and become more comfortable during OUR family meal.
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Very good Trung.

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