Topic(题目)：
What do you consider to be the most importantroom in a house? Why is this room moreimportant to you than any other room? Usespecific reasons and examples to support youropinion.
Model Essay(范文)：
The kitchen is my favorite room in a house, because it is where families gather. To me, that isthe most important thing. So many of the memories people have of growing up revolve aroundthe kitchen. My childhood memories concern the kitchens in my grandparents ‘homes.
My mother’s family lived in a row house in the city. The rooms were all small, and that includedthe kitchen. In the summertime, when we’d visit, the back door of the house would be leftopen. People would be sitting on the back porch and in the kitchen, talking and laughing, whilemy grandmother made dinner. There was no air-conditioning, but I don’t ever remember feelingtoo hot. There was always a breeze coming through, along with the sounds of traffic and kidsplaying ball in the street.
My father’s family liver on a farm in the country, and their house had a huge kitchen withwindows on three sides. It seems like the windows were always open and the curtains blowingwith the breeze. The main door to the house was almost never used. Everyone came in throughthe kitchen, and sat at the big table in the middle of the room. When dinner was beingprepared, all the women would bustle around, while the men sat at the table talking about farmprices. Sometimes my grandmother wouldn’t even sit down during dinner, but would be refillingbowls of food and people’s glasses. From outside ,we could hear the cows in the field near thehouse.
These two kitchens are the background for some of my happiest memories. From the beginningof time, human beings have gathered together near the fire where the food was beingprepared. I hope that never changes.
重点单词 全部解释
revolve[ri'vɔlv]v. 旋转，考虑，循环
gather['gæðə]v. 聚集，聚拢，集合
n. 集合，聚集
row[rəu,rau]n. 排，船游，吵闹
vt. 划船，成排
kitchen['kitʃin]n. 厨房，(全套)炊具，灶间
specific[spi'sifik]adj. 特殊的，明确的，具有特效的
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