新概念英語(yǔ)青少版第四冊(cè)第107課Television-Day-Fire-friend-and

新概念英語(yǔ)青少版第四冊(cè)第107課TelevisionDay:Fire,friendand...第107課電視日:火--既是朋友又是敵人

Whodoesn”tlovesittingbesideacosyfireonacoldwinter”snight?

誰(shuí)不喜愛(ài)在寒冬夜晚坐在暖溫和和的火爐旁?

Whodoesn”tlovetowatchflamescurlingupachimney?

誰(shuí)不喜愛(ài)看火苗沿著煙囪縷縷升起?

Fireisoneofman”sgreatestfriends,

火是人類的朋友之一

butalsooneofhisgreatestenemies.

又是人類最危急的敵人之一.

Manybigfiresarecausedbycarelessness

很多大火因不慎引起的.

Alightedcigarettethrownoutofacarortrainwindow

一個(gè)點(diǎn)著的煙蒂?gòu)钠?chē)或從火車(chē)窗戶扔出來(lái)

orabrokenbottlelyingondrygrasscanstartafire.

或者一個(gè)干草上的破瓶都可能引起一場(chǎng)火災(zāi).

Sometimes,though,afirecanstartonitsown.

然而,有時(shí)火災(zāi)是自燃引起.

Wethaycanbeginburningbyitself.

潮濕的草會(huì)自燃.

Thisishowithappens

自燃是這么發(fā)生的:

thehaystartstorotandbeginstogiveoffheatwhichistrappedinsideit.

先是草腐爛,并開(kāi)頭散發(fā)裹在里面的熱量.

Finally,itburstsintoflames.

最終草就著火了.

That”swhyfarmerscutandstoretheirhaywhenit”sdry.

所以農(nóng)夫割完草要等草干才貯藏起來(lái).

Fireshavedestroyedwholecities.

火毀掉過(guò)整座城市.

Inthe17thcentury,asmallfirewhichbeganinabaker”sshop

17世紀(jì)一場(chǎng)小火從一家面包房開(kāi)頭

burntdownnearlyeverybuildinginLondon.

幾乎把倫敦全部樓屋全化為灰燼.

MoscowwassetonfireduringthewaragainstNapoleon.

在抵抗拿破侖戰(zhàn)斗時(shí),莫斯科起了火.

Thisfirecontinuedburningforsevendays.

這場(chǎng)火連續(xù)燒了7天.

And,ofcourse,in64A.D.

固然在公元64年,

NerofiddledwhileRomeburned!

當(dāng)羅馬城正大火燃燒時(shí),尼羅卻還在拉提琴呢.

Eventoday,inspiteofmodernfire-fightingmethods,

即使今日已經(jīng)有了現(xiàn)代化的滅火方法,

firecausesmillionsofpounds”worthofdamageeachyear

每年造成數(shù)以百萬(wàn)英鎊計(jì)的損失

bothinourcitiesandinthecountryside.

在城鄉(xiāng)的火災(zāi).

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