1.原文

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2. 参考译文

3. New words and expressions

★hot

• hot adj. 热的；新鲜的；棘手的；带电的, 充电的
• hot-hot-hot 麻辣烫；
• hot-wings 辣鸡翅；
• hot dog 热狗
• hot-tempere火暴(脾气)的
• hot line 热线；
• hot topic 热门话题
• hot cake 热蛋糕
• It sells like a hot cake/cakes. 表示一个东西的畅销, 热销
• best seller 畅销的东西
• hot potato 棘手的问题
• hot news 最热点的新闻

★fireman n. 消防队员

• hydrant n. 消防栓, 消防龙头
• fire ext 灭火器 (extinguisher n. 熄灭者, 灭火器)
• extinguish＝put out 灭火

★cause

• ① v. 引起 Pride causes failure.
  cause sb. to do sth. 引起某人做某事, 导致某人做某事
• ② n. 原因，强调事情发生的直接原因(一个)
  because 因为 reason 理由，其他各种的理由(很多个)

★examine v. 检查check v. 核实, 核对

★accidentally adv. 意外地, 偶然地 (但更趋向于 “偶然的意思)

• accident－>accidental－>accidentallyaccident n. 事故
• unexpectedly adv. 出乎意料地(更趋向于 “意外” 的意思)

★remains n. 尸体, 残骸 指

• dead body

★solve v. 解决

• solve the mystery
• solve the problem

★snatch v. 抓住

• catch v. 抓，如抓鱼
• hold v. 握着
• snatch v. (突然抓起来)强调动作的突然性
• seize v. 抓住(用力)

★wind

• ① vt. 缠绕，卷在…上(常与around/round连用)Did you wind this piece of wire round the tree?
• ② vt. 蜿蜒，盘旋wind one’s way 蜿蜒而行

4. 课文讲解

1、Hot snake 触电的蛇

• get a electric shock 触电

2、At last firemen have put out a big forest fire in California. at last 最后，终于

• put out a fire 扑灭火 (put out扑灭，熄灭，关掉)
• a fire 一场(堆)火

3、Since then, they have been trying to find out how the fire began.

• since then 从那时起，到现在为止
• find out (经过研究、努力等)找出，发现，查出……(这里find out的宾语是个从句)

4、Forest fires are often caused by broken glass or by cigarette ends which people carelessly throw away.

• broken glass 被打碎的玻璃片
• cigarette ends 烟头

5、They were also quite sure that a cigarette end did not start the fire.

• be sure that 对……很有把握；
• quite sure 相当的把握性
• rather adv. 相当
• fairly adv. 相当, 公正地, 诚实地
• 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(start vt. 使……发生，引起)

6、This morning, however, a firemen accidentally discovered the cause.

• accidentally =by chance 偶然地discover本身含有偶然发现(某个已经存在的东西)的含义

7、He noticed the remains of a snake which was wound round the electric wires of a 16,000-volt power line.

• notice 注意别人没注意的东西
• the remains表示“尸体，残骸”，必须用复数形式：
• 16,000-volt power line 连字符“-” 一旦加在两个词之间, 这个词之间就失去了加复数的资格, 能够加连字符的概念一定是做定语

8、A bird had snatched up the snake from the ground and then dropped it on to the wires.

• had done 先发生的事
• drop 无意掉下去的

5.Summary writing

1 Now that fireman have put out a big forest fire in California ,they have been trying to discover its cause.

• now that 既然

2 evidence n. 证据

• 区分同位语与定语从句： that做了主语或者宾语, 是定语从句； that既不作主语也不作宾语, 是同位语从句fact , evidence 的后面往往是加同为语从句
• 5 (In) winding itself around the wires the snake had sent sparks to the ground and it caused the fire.
• 介词“in”“on”放在动词“-ing”前面的理解方式和没有“in”“on”的理解方式一样

6. Key structures

7. Special Difficulties

Throw to，Throw at and Throw away
throw作及物动词主要含义为“投，掷，抛，扔”。
throw to (sb.) 扔给(某人)throw at 对准某一目标扔throw away 扔掉，丢弃
Cause and Reason
cause ① n. 原因，起因； Do you know the cause of the war?② v. 使……产生/发生，引起
cause sth. 导致, 引起
cause sb. to do sth. 导致某人做某事
reason ① n. 理由，原因
What was the reason for the delay?
作“原因”讲时，reason与cause可以互换，但reason与介词for连用；而cause则与介词of连用。
reason后面通常跟why引导的从句：
That was the reason why the meeting was put off.
② v. 推理劝导，说服reason with sb. 劝说(以道理)
Drop and Fall
drop vi.&vt. (使)掉下，(使)落下，放(强调的是不小心掉下来)fall vi. 落下，(雨、雪)下，降，跌倒，摔倒(强调的是掉下来的概念, 动作)