An Aga is a heavy iron cooker — a big stove — that sits in the kitchen and stays warm. The old ones look a bit like the farmhouse cookers people used a century ago: thick doors, hot plates on top, and heat that never really goes away.

An Aga is a heavy iron cookerAga是一種很重的鑄鐵爐 — a big stove一台大爐子 — that sits in the kitchen and stays warm放在廚房裡、一直保持溫熱. The old ones look a bit like the farmhouse cookers people used a century ago舊款看起來有點像一百年前農舍用的爐灶: thick doors厚重的爐門, hot plates on top上面有熱盤, and heat that never really goes away熱度幾乎不會消退.

Today's Agas usually run on electricity, oil, or gas, and they cost a lot of money. In Britain especially, they are a class signal: middle-class people who live in the country, or who like the idea of country life and a large kitchen, often want one. You heat food slowly in them, and the kitchen stays cosy.

Today's Agas usually run on electricity, oil, or gas現在的Aga通常用電、油或瓦斯, and they cost a lot of money而且很貴. In Britain especially尤其在英國, they are a class signal它們是一種階級的象徵: middle-class people who live in the country, or who like the idea of country life and a large kitchen, often want one住鄉下、或嚮往鄉村生活和大廚房的中產階級常常想要一台. You heat food slowly in them用它慢慢煮食物, and the kitchen stays cosy廚房也保持溫馨.

People say an Aga as if it were a type of thing, but it started as a brand name. Though actually, the letters AGA come from a Swedish company, Aktiebolaget Gasaccumulator (the stock company Gas Accumulator) — not from the Turkish title ağa, which is a different word that just happens to look similar.

People say an Aga as if it were a type of thing大家說「an Aga」的時候，好像它是一種東西的通稱, but it started as a brand name但它其實原本是一個品牌名. Though actually不過其實, the letters AGA come from a Swedish company, Aktiebolaget Gasaccumulator (the stock company Gas Accumulator)AGA這幾個字母來自一家瑞典公司Aktiebolaget Gasaccumulator（意思是「瓦斯儲存股份公司」） — not from the Turkish title ağa而不是來自土耳其的頭銜 ağa, which is a different word that just happens to look similar那是剛好長得很像的另一個字.