lesson 53

hot adj 帶電的，充電的
fireman n 消防隊員
cause v；n 引起；原因
examine v 檢查
accidentally adv 意外地，偶然地
remains n 尸體，殘骸
wire n 電線
volt n 伏特
power line 電力線
solve v 解決
mystery n 謎
snatch v 抓住
spark n 電火花
hot熱的，hot-hot-hot：麻辣燙
hot-wings：辣雞翅
hot-tempered：火暴（脾氣）的
hot line：熱線
hot topic：熱門話題
hot cake：熱蛋糕
hot dog：熱狗
it sells like a hot cake/cakes
hot新鮮的
best seller：暢銷的東西
hot potato棘手的問題
hot news最熱點的新聞
hot snake觸電的蛇
hydrant：消防栓
fire extinguisher：滅火器
extinguish＝put out：滅火
cause sth：引起麻煩
Carelessness causes accidents。粗心導致事故
Pride causes failure驕傲使人失敗
cause sb to do sth
illness caused him to lose his temper
because：因為 be cause
reason：理由，cause：原因
cause：強調事情發生的直接原因
reason：其他各種的理由
examine the soil
check：核實，核對
accident－》accidental－》accidentally
accident：事故
unexpectedly：出乎意料地
remains指dead body
solve the mystery
solve the problem
mystery（無法接受地，解釋不了的）
catch：
hold
snatch：（突然抓起來）
seize：抓住（用力）seize my arm

text

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撲滅火
a fire一場（堆）火
since then 從那時起到現在為止

have been trying to
現在完成時強調的是很有可能
broken glass被打碎的玻璃片
cigarette ends煙頭
be sure that：對...很有把握
quite sure：相當的把握性
rather：相當
fairly
quite（＝completely）－》rather－》fairly
程度一個比一個輕
quite a few頗有幾個（相當多的）
start a fire＝cause a fire
accidentally（by chance）：偶然地
unexpectedly
cause：直接原因
notice：注意別人沒注意的東西
wind one's way：蜿蜒而行
wind：盤旋，纏繞
in this way：以這種方式
explanation：解釋
do so：這么做
i refuse to do so我拒絕這么做
send＋賓補
down to the ground
get a electric shock

now that既然

special difficulties

quiet adj 安靜的
quite adv 相當地，非常地，很
cause/reason
reason：理由，cause：原因（直接）
cause v
1、cause sth：導致，引起
2、cause sb to do sth：導致某人做某事
reason v
reason with sb：勸說（以道理）
beg for sth：乞求什么東西
drop/fall
drop vt
fall vi

multiple choice
6、key phrase：be able to＝can，succeed in doing
11、in this way以這種方式
like 在英文中不表示方式
區分同位語從句與定語從句地區別：
如果that做了主語或者賓語，是定語從句
如果that既不作主語也不作賓語，是同位語從句