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[00:00.00]Lesson 53 hot
第53课 带电的，充电的
[00:06.46]Hot snake
触电的蛇
[00:10.39]Water is boiling hot.
水滚烫。
[00:13.43]I love a hot bath in the cold weather.
天冷时我喜欢洗个热水澡。
[00:18.30]fireman
消防队员
[00:22.24]At last firemen have put out a big forest fire in California.
消防员们终于扑灭了加利福尼亚的一场森林大火。
[00:29.10]A fireman was missing in the fire.
消防队员在火灾中失踪。
[00:33.45]The firemen fought bravely with the fire.
消防队员奋战大火。
[00:37.01]cause
引起
[00:41.23]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。
[00:53.04]What caused the accident?
是什么引起的这场事故？
[00:58.32]The cause of the plane crash has not been identified.
飞机失事的原因还未确定。
[01:03.19]examine
检查
[01:07.07]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。
[01:17.57]The doctor examined the patient carefully.
医生仔细地给病人作检查。
[01:22.04]He examined the engine and found everything was O.K.
他检查了引擎，发现一切正常。
[01:28.95]accidentally
意外地，偶然地
[01:33.50]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。
[01:39.42]He learned the truth accidentally.
他偶尔得知了真相。
[01:45.04]The patient accidentlly learned that he had got a cancer.
病人意外地得知自己得了癌症。
[01:49.39]remains
尸体，残骸
[01:54.29]He noticed the remains of a snake which was wound round the electric wires of a 16,000-volt power line.
他发现了一条死蛇缠绕在16，000 伏高压线上。
[02:07.38]The divers found the remains of the ancient ship.
潜水员找到了古代船只的残骸。
[02:12.13]A new city was built on the remains of the buildings.
在建筑物的废墟上建起了一座新城。
[02:17.74]wire
电线
[02:21.37]The snake then wound itself round the wires.
于是蛇就缠住了几根电线。
[02:27.15]This is the insulated wire.
这是绝缘线。
[02:31.44]The wire broke in the storm.
电线在暴风雨中短路了。
[02:34.76]volt
伏特
[02:38.45]Volt was named after its discoveror.
伏特是由它的发现者命名的。
[02:44.14]A 16,000-volt power line is very dangerous.
16.000伏高压线很危险。
[02:49.55]power line
电力线
[02:52.42]The power line of this city is very complex.
该城市的电力线很复杂。
[02:59.33]The power line of the city has a well maintanence.
这个城市的电力线维修得很好。
[03:04.30]solve
解决
[03:09.26]In this way,he was able to solve the mystery.
就这样，他解开了（起火）之迷。
[03:14.02]With his experience,he solved the problem quickly.
借助经验，他很快解决了问题。
[03:20.06]At the moment,no one solved the puzzle.
此刻，没有人解决这个难题。
[03:24.53]mystery
谜
[03:28.16]It is a mystery to me why he lives in solitude.
他为什么隐居，这对我是个迷。
[03:31.40]Nature has a lot of mysteries.
自然界有很多奥秘。
[03:37.05]snatch
抓住
[03:39.55]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。
[03:50.24]A hawk snatched up a rabbit from the grass.
老鹰从草地上抓起一只兔子。
[03:55.52]He snatched up the vase before it dropoped.
他在花瓶掉下来之前一把抓住了它。
[04:00.95]spark
电火花
[04:03.13]When it did so,it sent spoarks 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。
[04:15.03]Striking two stones can produce spoark.
擦打两块石头可以产生火花。
[04:19.51]Some forest fires are caused by sparks.
一些森林火灾是由电火花引起的。