Question: What are the differences between cooking now and in the past? Analysis: When answering, you should discuss some major differences between modern cooking and past cooking, and can provide one or two specific examples or reasons to support your view. You can compare in terms of cooking methods, ingredients, kitchen technology, and the spread of cooking knowledge, for example, mentioning that now with the development of the Internet, people can easily learn a variety of cooking methods and recipes, which was impossible in the past.