lesson 53
hot adj 带电的,充电的 fireman n 消防队员 cause v;n 引起;原因 examine v 检查 accidentally adv 意外地,偶然地 remains n 尸体,残骸 wire n 电线 volt n 伏特 power line 电力线 solve v 解决 mystery n 谜 snatch v 抓住 spark n 电火花 hot热的,hot-hot-hot:麻辣烫 hot-wings:辣鸡翅 hot-tempered:火暴(脾气)的 hot line:热线 hot topic:热门话题 hot cake:热蛋糕 hot dog:热狗 it sells like a hot cake/cakes hot新鲜的 best seller:畅销的东西 hot potato棘手的问题 hot news最热点的新闻 hot snake触电的蛇 hydrant:消防栓 fire extinguisher:灭火器 extinguish=put out:灭火 cause sth:引起麻烦 Carelessness causes accidents。粗心导致事故 Pride causes failure骄傲使人失败 cause sb to do sth illness caused him to lose his temper because:因为 be cause reason:理由,cause:原因 cause:强调事情发生的直接原因 reason:其他各种的理由 examine the soil check:核实,核对 accident-》accidental-》accidentally accident:事故 unexpectedly:出乎意料地 remains指dead body solve the mystery solve the problem mystery(无法接受地,解释不了的) catch: hold snatch:(突然抓起来) seize:抓住(用力)seize my arm
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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. Forest fire are often caused by broken glass or by cigarette ends which people carelessly throw away. Yesterday the fire- men 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. This morning, however, a fireman accidentally dis- covered the cause. 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.
put out a fire扑灭火 a fire一场(堆)火 since then 从那时起到现在为止
have been trying to 现在完成时强调的是很有可能 broken glass被打碎的玻璃片 cigarette ends烟头 be sure that:对...很有把握 quite sure:相当的把握性 rather:相当 fairly quite(=completely)-》rather-》fairly 程度一个比一个轻 quite a few颇有几个(相当多的) start a fire=cause a fire accidentally(by chance):偶然地 unexpectedly cause:直接原因 notice:注意别人没注意的东西 wind one's way:蜿蜒而行 wind:盘旋,缠绕 in this way:以这种方式 explanation:解释 do so:这么做 i refuse to do so我拒绝这么做 send+宾补 down to the ground get a electric shock
now that既然
special difficulties
quiet adj 安静的 quite adv 相当地,非常地,很 cause/reason reason:理由,cause:原因(直接) cause v 1、cause sth:导致,引起 2、cause sb to do sth:导致某人做某事 reason v reason with sb:劝说(以道理) beg for sth:乞求什么东西 drop/fall drop vt fall vi
multiple choice 6、key phrase:be able to=can,succeed in doing 11、in this way以这种方式 like 在英文中不表示方式 区分同位语从句与定语从句地区别: 如果that做了主语或者宾语,是定语从句 如果that既不作主语也不作宾语,是同位语从句
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