篇一
A kitchen,is a room or part of a room (sometimes called "kitchen area" or a "kitchenette") ud for food preparation including cooking,and sometimes also for eating and entertaining guests,if the kitchen is large enough and designed to be ud that way.
A modern kitchen in the affluent parts of the western world is typically equipped with a stove and possibly a microwave oven.It also has a sink with hot and cold running water available for cleaning food,for providing water to cook with,as well as for washing dishes,although some modern kitchens have a dishwasher.One or more units in which to store food,and to store utensils,pots and dishes,are also usually prent in or near a kitchen,either in the form of an adjacent pantry room,or more commonly as kitchen cabinets and a refrigerator which often has a freezer compartment too.
Although the main function of a kitchen is suppod to be cooking or preparing food,the kitc
hen can be the center of other activities as well,especially within homes,depending on the size,furnishings,and equipment.If,as sometimes happens,the home does not have a laundry room,but instead has a washing machine and possibly a dryer in a clot in the kitchen,then washing and drying laundry may also be done in the same room.The kitchen may also be the place where the family eats,provided it is large enough and has a table and chairs.Sometimes,the kitchen is the most comforting room in a hou,where family and visitors tend to congregate.In this respect a large modern kitchen is still the psychological "hearth" of the home.
篇二
The traditional belief is that a woman's place is the home and that a woman ought not to go out to work after marriage. Now once again we hear such words.
People hold the view ba their argument on the two assumptions. First， since jobs now are scarce and unemployment rates higher， if women returned to the kitchen， there would be more jobs available to men. Second， the majority of female workers earn a littl
e， only one-fifth of their male counterparts， who may earn a little more if their wives stay at home devoted wholly to children and houwork. But they fail to notice that deprived of work， most women will suffer unspeakable boredom and miry. For most women， work is not only a means of earning a living， but more important， the focus of their lives and the source of satisfaction， and the abnce of work tends to exert a harmful effect on their psychological well-being. Furthermore， withdraw from employment to complete domesticity means the loss of certain social status that women have now enjoyed after many years of struggle. It should be recognized that the current frequent occurrences of brutality， dertion and divorce are to some extent attributed to the fact they have no say in the matter of finance.
