歌词
--- Lesson 53 Hot snake
触电的蛇
--- First listen and then answer the question.
^听录音，然后回答以下问题。
--- What caused the fire?
At last firemen have put out a big forest fire in California.
^消防队员们终于扑灭了加利福尼亚的一场森林大火。
Since then, they have been trying to find out how the fire began.
^从那时起，他们一直试图找出起火的原因。
Forest fires are often caused by broken glass or by cigarette ends which people carelessly throw away.
^森林火灾时常由破碎的玻璃或人们随手扔掉的香烟头引起。
Yesterday the firemen examined the ground carefully, but were not able to find any broken glass.
^昨天，消防队员仔细查看了地面，但未能发现碎玻璃。
They were also quite sure that a cigarette end did not start the fire.
^他们还十分肯定火灾也不是由烟头引起的。
This morning, however, a fireman accidentally discovered the cause.
^然而今天上午，一个消防队员偶然发现了起火的原因。
He noticed the remains of a snake which was wound round the electric wires of a 16,000-volt power line.
^他发现了缠绕在16,000伏高压线上的一条死蛇。
In this way, he was able to solve the mystery.
^就这样，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 and then dropped it on to the wires.
^一只鸟把蛇从地上抓起来，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, it sent sparks down to the ground and these immediately started a fire.
^当它这样做时，把火花送到了地面，这些火花立刻引起了一场大火。
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