1. That day Mother did not light the stove.
    那天母亲没有生炉子。

2. Arrange an auxiliary cooking and heating source that can be used outside. One alternative is a portable camp stove with small cans of gas.
    放置一个备用的户外烹调和取暖用具，或者准备一个便携式露营灶和几小罐煤气。

3. You wonder if eating a dozen chocolate-chip (碎片) cookies, wearing a house coat until 4, combing your hair at 5, cleaning behind the stove (twice) and crying in a job-agency parking lot qualify as symptoms of stress or maybe loss of self-worth.
    你不知道这些情况是否可以归类于因紧张、或许还有失去自身价值所引起的症状：一连吃下十几块巧克力曲奇、下午4点钟还穿着居家便服、5点钟才梳头发、在炉子后面东扫西抹 (两遍），以及在职业介绍所的停车场上哭泣。

4. It was furnished with some old tables, a blackboard, and an old stove.
    房子里有几张旧桌子,一块黑板和一个旧火炉.

5. In fact, I do weep a little, standing there by the stove holding one of the instruments, so white, so precisely rolled, that could cause my daughter's death.
    事实上，站在厨房煤气灶旁边, 我确实哭过。我手里捏着一支雪白雪白的香烟，制作得非常精致。那可是会致我女儿于死地的东西啊。