When you're busy all day the last thing you want to do is spend hours slaving over a hot stove.

当你忙碌了一整天后，你最不愿意做的事就是花好几个钟头在灼热的火炉边辛苦地劳作。

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Yes--the way I'd like a hot stove if I was to set on it long enough.

是的——就像我喜欢很长时间坐在热炉子上那样。

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He burned his hand on a hot stove.

他的手在炉子上烫伤了。

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With a few exceptions, those alluring cool soups still have to be cooked over a hot stove by somebody, somewhere, sometime, somehow.

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Instead of standing in a gray paved parking lot grilling hot dogs and hamburgers on a stove, how about going to a park with green grass and having a good old-fashioned picnic with the family?

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For those of you looking for a diversion to keep you occupied throughout hot stove season, check out my new column, The Beat Report.

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