NCE02053 hot snake 触电的蛇
hot 带电的
fireman 消防队员
firemen 消防队员
cause vt. 引起,n. 原因
cigarette end 烟头
examine vt. 检查
accidentally adv. 意外地；偶然地
remains n. 残余；遗骸
wire n. 电线；
electric wire n. 电线
volt n. 伏特
power line 电力线
solve vt. 解决
mystery n. 秘密，谜
solve the mystery 解开谜团
snatch vt. 抓住
spark n. 火花
hot snake 触电的蛇
At last firemen have put out 消防队员们终于扑灭了
a big forest fire in California 加利福尼亚的一场森林大火
Since then 从那时以来
they have been trying to find out 他们一直试图找出
how the fire began 起火的原因
Forest fires are often caused by broken glass or cigarette ends 玻璃碎片和烟头经常引起火灾
which people carelessly throw away 烟头常常是人民不小心丢弃的
the heavy rain caused the flood 大雨引起了洪水
what caused his failure 是什么导致了他的失败
a glass 一只玻璃杯
a glass of water ,please 请给我一杯水
glasses 眼镜
do you know the man wearing glasses over there 你知道那个戴眼镜的人吗?
Yesterday the firemen examined the ground carefully 消防队员们仔细的检查了起火地方的地面
but were not able to find any broken glass 但没有发现任何碎玻璃
They were also quite sure that 他们还十分肯定
a cigarette end did not start the fire 火灾也不是由烟头引起的
start 引发
the smoke started him coughing 烟使他咳嗽起来
This morning，however 然而今天上午
a fireman accidentally discovered the cause 一个消防队员偶然发现了起火的原因
He noticed the remains of a snake 他注意到蛇的遗迹
which was wound round the electric wires of a 16000—volt power line 缠绕在16,000伏高压线上
the snake then wound itself round the wires . 于是蛇就缠住了几根电线
clouds wind the mountains . 云绕山间
she wound her injured leg with a bandage 她用绷带包扎受伤的腿
wind wound wound 绕
In this way 这样
he was able to solve the mystery 他解开了起火之谜
The explanation was simple but very unusual 解释很简单， 却异乎寻常
A bird had snatched up the snake from the ground 一只鸟把蛇从地上抓起来
and then dropped it on to the wires 然后把它扔到了电线上
The snake then wound itself round the wires 于是蛇就缠住了几根电线
When it did so 当它这样做时
it sent sparks down to the ground 把火花飞溅了地面
and these immediately started a fire 这些火花立刻招来了一场大火
