【正确答案】[范文] Food Preparation Methods Improve Our Life The twentieth century has brought with it many advances. With those advances, human life has changed dramatically. In some ways life is worse, but mostly it is better. Changes in food preparation methods, for example, have improved our life greatly. The convenience of preparing food today is amazing. Even stoves have gotten too slow for us. Microwave cooking is much easier. We can press a few buttons and a meal is completely cooked in just a short time. People used to spend hours preparing an oven-cooked meal, and now they can allocate that time to other better things. Plus, there are all kinds of portable, prepackaged foods we can buy. Heat them in the microwave in the office, and lunch at work is quick and easy. Our life pace is fast, but people still like good food. New food preparation technology has given us more choices. Today, we can prepare food that is more convenient and of greater variety than ever before.