Fire Fighters
消防員
There are about 5 ,000 fire fighters in Chicago.
芝加哥大約有5000名消防戰士。
Tim is one of them. He is on duty eight hours every day.
蒂姆就是其中之一。他每天工作8小時。
During his shift, he eats and sleeps at the firehouse.
在他換崗時,他會在駐地飲食和睡眠。
The fire fighters have to be ready to answer
消防員必須做好應對
an alarm at any hour of the day or night.
警報的準備,不論是或是晚上的任何時候。
Most of the alarms are for small fires.
大多數的警報是小火災。
They can be put out in a few minutes.
幾分鐘就能夠熄滅。
Big fires are very dangerous. Most of the time,
大火災非常危險。大多數時候,
the greatest danger comes from smoke.
最大的危險來自煙。
Sometimes, fire fighters have to enter burning buildings
有時,消防戰士不得不進入燃燒的建筑物,
in order to rescue the people inside.
營救里面的人。
Tim has been a fire fighter for five years.
蒂姆已經當了五年的消防員。
He's proud of himself and of his service.
他對自己的工作感到非常驕傲。
He does exercise every day to stay strong.
他每天做運動保持強壯。
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詞匯表
fire fighter
救火隊員
shift
移動;輪班
firehouse
消防隊消防站
put out
撲滅;熄滅
dangerous
危險的
in order to
為了
rescue
援救;營救
proud
自豪的;得意的