[by:英语听力网|http://yingyu.chazidian.com||查字典英语网] [00:00.00]喜欢chazidian.com，就把chazidian.com复制到QQ个人资料中！Lesson 107 Television Day: Fire--friend and enemy [00:04.22]第107课 电视日: 火--既是朋友又是敌人 [00:08.44]Who doesn't love sitting beside a cosy fire on a cold winter's night? [00:12.13]谁不喜欢在寒冬夜晚坐在暖暖和和的火炉旁? [00:15.83]Who doesn't love to watch flames curling up a chimney? [00:18.43]谁不喜欢看火苗沿着烟囱缕缕升起? [00:21.03]Fire is one of man's greatest friends, [00:23.24]火是人类最好的朋友之一 [00:25.44]but also one of his greatest enemies. [00:27.44]又是人类最危险的敌人之一. [00:29.44]Many big fires are caused by carelessness [00:31.69]许多大火因不慎引起的. [00:33.93]A lighted cigarette thrown out of a car or train window [00:36.48]一个点着的烟蒂从汽车或从火车窗户扔出来 [00:39.03]or a broken bottle lying on dry grass can start a fire. [00:41.97]或者一个干草上的破瓶都可能引起一场火灾. [00:44.90]Sometimes,though,a fire can start on its own. [00:47.31]然而,有时火灾是自燃引起. [00:49.71]Wet hay can begin burning by itself. [00:51.91]潮湿的草会自燃. [00:54.10]This is how it happens [00:55.75]自燃是这么发生的: [00:57.39]the hay starts to rot and begins to give off heat which is trapped inside it. [01:00.73]先是草腐烂,并开始散发裹在里面的热量. [01:04.08]Finally,it bursts into flames. [01:06.08]最后草就着火了. [01:08.08]That's why farmers cut and store their hay when it's dry. [01:11.37]所以农民割完草要等草干才贮藏起来. [01:14.66]Fires have destroyed whole cities. [01:16.60]火毁掉过整座城市. [01:18.55]In the 17th century,a small fire which began in a baker's shop [01:21.66]17世纪一场小火从一家面包房开始 [01:24.77]burnt down nearly every building in London. [01:26.96]几乎把伦敦所有楼屋全化为灰烬. [01:29.16]Moscow was set on fire during the war against Napoleon. [01:32.06]在反抗拿破仑战争时,莫斯科起了火. [01:34.96]This fire continued burning for seven days. [01:37.31]这场火连续烧了7天. [01:39.66]And,of course,in 64 A.D. [01:42.26]当然在公元64年, [01:44.86]Nero fiddled while Rome burned! [01:47.10]当罗马城正大火燃烧时,尼罗却还在拉提琴呢. [01:49.35]Even today,in spite of modern fire-fighting methods, [01:52.14]即使今天已经有了现代化的灭火方法, [01:54.94]fire causes millions of pounds' worth of damage each year [01:57.84]每年造成数以百万英镑计的损失 [02:00.74]both in our cities and in the countryside. [02:03.04]在城乡的火灾. [02:05.34]It had been wisely said that fire is a good servant but a bad master. [02:09.58]有人说得好:火是个好的奴仆也是个坏主人.