There is an open brick fireplace, with a hook from which hangs a kettle.

房间里有个敞开的砖砌壁炉，上方有个钩子，挂着一个水壶。

In a time when many houses had fireplaces, open fires would churn out smoke and soot, coating rooms with layers of muck and gunk.

在那个时代， 许多房子都有壁炉，明火会冒出浓烟和煤灰， 在房间里涂上一层层淤泥和黏糊糊的东西。