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英语新闻:多数英国女性厨艺不精

时间:2011-05-16 08:37:02

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One in six British women struggles to crack the art of cooking, a survey revealed today. More than half said their husband is a better cook.

今日发布的一项调查显示,六分之一的英国女性厨艺不精,超过半数的英国女性说她们的丈夫做饭比自己做得好。

The poll of 2,000 men and women commissioned(委任) by the Good Food channel found that the typical female can cook only seven dishes from scratch(从头开始) .

More than one in five women struggles with a basic curry(咖喱粉) , one in six cannot bake a cake and one in ten has never cooked a roast.

One in 20 even messes up boiling an egg or preparing a cooked breakfast.

Around half admitted that their mothers would have easily fixed1 up any of those dishes.

One in ten women can cook fewer than three meals without looking at a recipe(食谱,处方) book or asking for help.

Eight in ten admitted cooking the same dishes over and over again. Fussy2 children, hectic3 lifestyles and keeping costs down were blamed for them being ‘stuck in a rut’.

Good Food spokesman Roopa Gulati said: ‘The research shows how busy lifestyles and a lack of culinary(厨房的) know-how4 are impacting on the dishes we feel confident to cook.

‘Everyone is increasingly pushed for time, and women in particular are finding it harder than ever to balance work and home lives.

‘Many are resorting to quick fixes in the kitchen, rather than cooking from scratch.’

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1 fixed JsKzzj     
adj.固定的,不变的,准备好的;(计算机)固定的
参考例句:
  • Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗?
  • Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定,我们就不应该随意改变。
2 fussy Ff5z3     
adj.为琐事担忧的,过分装饰的,爱挑剔的
参考例句:
  • He is fussy about the way his food's cooked.他过分计较食物的烹调。
  • The little girl dislikes her fussy parents.小女孩讨厌她那过分操心的父母。
3 hectic jdZzk     
adj.肺病的;消耗热的;发热的;闹哄哄的
参考例句:
  • I spent a very hectic Sunday.我度过了一个忙乱的星期天。
  • The two days we spent there were enjoyable but hectic.我们在那里度过的两天愉快但闹哄哄的。
4 know-how TxeyA     
n.知识;技术;诀窍
参考例句:
  • He hasn't got the know-how to run a farm.他没有经营农场的专业知识。
  • I don't have much know-how about engines.发动机方面的技术知识我知之甚少。