هل تتناول الغداء أثناء العمل؟

Welcome to BBC Xtra English.
Today Liliane and John ask the question, "Do you have a proper lunch break?"

Quite often people say that they are too busy to take a proper lunch break.

Perhaps they just have a sandwich at their desk. And some people even skip lunch.

This could be because of the pressures of work. People have too much to do and not enough time for lunch.

Simon Lovel is a fitness instructor in the UK. He says that if you don't have lunch, you should try to eat healthy snacks all day. Lots of fruit and vegetables.

This snack diet is good for you but it doesn't make people slow down and have a proper meal.

Isn't a lunch break more than just eating food? Isn't it a chance to be sociable with colleagues?

Do you think it is important to have a proper lunch break? Write to us in English

هل تعتقد أنه من المهم أن يحصل الإنسان على راحة أثناء العمل لتناول الغداء؟ اكتبوا لنا بالإنجليزية

Yassir wites from Sudan:

Of course. Can't work properly unless you take lunch .

Hussein writes from New Zealand:

It's very important,cuz people need some rest after some hours frome work, but just small meal cuz they will feel sleepy if they have big meal .

Hany writes from Egypt:

Very good story

< Abubaker writes from U.A.E.

I think the lunch break is very important to have some time to get some energy and rest. Especially with the kind of work like my job(aircraft accident firefighting) and the duty hours(12hours) we have.It's to long so I think it's important to have a break for lunch and to renew our energy.

Tarig writes from Sudan

I think the lunch break is very important for workers to change the routine type of the day ,to get the energy, and to refresh themselves before they continue the work

Yasser writes from Egypt

It is very important to have a proper lunch break making people active and sociable.

Mohamed writes from Egypt:

The body all day needs pwer. First the food , all the kinds because this contains the vitamins. The body needs sports too. I think food is very important in the day but not too much because it can make you fat.

Amged writes from Libya:

The lunch break is very important for healthy. " if you do not take the lunch break, you can not work good. " this is my opinion thank you

Babiker writes from Sudan

I think the proper lunch break is important because our bodies need that.

Sadig writes from Sudan

This is very nice English snacks!!, I do get good benefits from it , thank you very much BBC.

Abdelbagi writes from Sudan:

Yes, very important to have rest for lunch.

Refaat writes from Syria:

Well I think It is very important for us to have a lunch break because it is a chance to be sociable,colleagues, and gives us a power to work . Thank's a lot .

Megrani writes from Algeria:

I think it is very important to return to the diet, which relies on cooked food instead of fast food . Take time off from work time for lunch

Omneya writes from Egypt:

I think it's importante to have break but to have snacks , cup of tea or coffee like that. Because having lunch at the break , make the person lazy and want to sleep .

Mohammad writes from Saudi Arabia

This subject is interesting because the subject talk about the lunch in the work and that's important for everybody.

Soumaya writes from Sudan

Hi/ Yes,ithink it's a very imortant thing,it just to be relax so,you can do a perfect work and to perform your work in time

Aadel writes from Saudi Arabia:

Sure I must have lunch,specially if it is a healthy & kind of snack meal, not much nor little as every meal should be.

أنقر هنا للاستماع للكلمات

proper

فعلية

break

راحة

skip

يهملون أو يتجاهلون

pressures

ضغوط

fitness instructor

مدرب اللياقة البدنية

snacks

أكلات خفيفة

diet

حمية

slow down

التقاط الأنفاس

sociable

تكوين علاقات اجتماعية

colleagues

زملاء العمل

شروط وبنود الاستخدام