carloscn
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2 months ago 词汇
- hot adj 带电的
- fireman n 消防人员
- cause v 引起，起因 | n 事业
- start v 引发
- accidentally adv 意外地
- remains n 尸体，残骸
- electric wire 电线
- volt n 伏特 voltage 电压
- power line 电线
- solve the mystery 解谜
- snatch v 抓住
- Spark n 火花 | electric arc 电弧
- be ware that 意识到 = I know that
Hot Snake
At last firemen have put out a big forest fire in California.
Since then, they have been trying to find out how the fire began. /ˈsɪɡəret/ 香烟 Forest fires are often caused by broken glass or by cigarette ends which people carelessly throw away.
Yesterday the firemen examined the ground carefully, but were not able to find any broken glass.
They were also quite sure that a cigarette end did not start the fire. /ˌæksɪˈdentəli/ 意外地，偶然地 This morning, however, a firemen accidentally discovered the cause. /wuːnd/ He noticed the remains of a snake which was wound round the electric wires of a 16,000-volt power line.
In this way, he was able to solve the mystery.
The explanation was simple but very unusual.
A bird had snatched up the snake from the ground and then dropped it on to the wires.
The snake then wound itself round the wires.
When it did so, it sent sparks down to the ground and these immediately started a fire.