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1、Lesson 53 Hot snake 触电的蛇【Text】What caused the fire?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 fires are often caused by broken glass or by cigarette ends which people carelessly throw away. Yesterday the fire
2、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 firemen accidentally discovered the cause. He noticed the remains of a snake which was wound round the electric wires of a 16
3、,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 t
4、hese immediately started a fire.【课文翻译】消防队员们终于扑灭了加利福尼亚的一场森林大火。从那时起，他们一直试图找出起火的原因。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。昨天，消 防队员仔细查看了地面，但未能发现碎玻璃。他们还十分肯定火灾也不是由烟头引起的。然而今天上午，一个消防队员偶然发现了起火的原因。他发现了缠绕在 16,000伏高压线上的一条死蛇。就这样，他解开了起火之谜。解释很简单，却异乎寻常。一只鸟把蛇从地上抓起来，然后把它扔到了电线上。于是蛇就缠住了 几根电线。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。【New words
5、 and expressions】（13） hot adj. 带电的，充电的 fireman n. 消防队员cause v. 引起； n. 原因 examine v. 检查accidentally adv. 意外地，偶然地 remains n. 尸体，残骸wire n. 电线 volt n. 伏特（电压单位）power line 电力线 solve v. 解决mystery n. 谜（无法接受地, 解释不了的）snatch v. 抓住 spark n. 电火花一单词讲解： hot adj. 带电的，充电的同义词fiery, flushed, burning, steaming反义词cold,
6、cool, frigid, icy 变化形 形变hotterhottesthothottedhottedhotting（1）热的、炎热的 （反义词cold） hot water ； hot weather ； a hot day eg：Strike while the iron is hot . 趁热打铁.(谚)勿错失良机。hot 炎热的 warm 温暖的 cool 凉爽的 chilly寒冷的 cold 寒冷的、严寒的（2）（调味品等） 辣的eg：Pepper and mustard are hot . 胡椒和芥末都是辣的. （3） 强烈的、激烈的、热烈的have a hot temper 怒
7、 ; a hot debate 激烈的讨论get hot on rock music 热衷摇滚乐（4）（新闻等）最新的 ，刚发生的、刚到达的hot news on the election results 选举的结果的最新消息a magazine hot from the press 刚出版的杂志a young man hot from school 刚从学校踏出社会的年轻人be hot on sb 迷恋某人、爱慕某人be in hot water 惹上麻烦、陷入困境(受辱)get / run into trouble 遇到麻烦a hot potato 棘手的问题、烫手山芋get hot un
8、der the collar 怒气冲冲的；局促不安 fireman n. 消防队员同义词fire fighter, fire extinguisher, fire tender变化形 名复 firemenfireplace faipleis n.壁炉 firework faiw:k n.爆竹,(常 pl.)烟火fire-water消防用水 ； fire-fighter救火员firehouse消防队 fire station消防站fireproof faipru:f adj. 耐火的, 防火的 vt. 使耐火, 使防火fire-raising n. 放火、纵火 cause v. 引起； n. 原
9、因; 起因CU(+of)同义词motive, reason, occasion, basis反义词result, consequence, effect, outcome变化形 名复causes 变化形 动变causedcausedcausing（1）v. 引起、导致eg：A cigarette caused the forest fire . 香烟引起的森林大火。eg：What caused his sickness ？是什么使他生病? an accident caused by carelessness 由于粗心大意而导致事故。B result from A B是由A导致的A cause
10、B A lead to B A contribute to B A result in B A start B A bring about B A导致B； A是原因B是结果（2） n.理由eg：You have no cause for complaint . 你没有理由发牢骚。eg：Dont be late without cause . 不要无故迟到。 Dont be late without good cause .（3）n. 原因、起因eg：What was the cause of his sickness ？是什么导致他的病？ find out the cause 查出原因 exa
11、mine v. 检查、细查; 诊察同义词inspect, observe, study, consider变化形 动变examinedexaminedexamining（1） 仔细观察、检查、调查look at carefully in order to learn about or from , inspect closely 仔细观察、检查、调查之意eg：The firefighters examined every inch of the forest . 消防队员仔细检查森林。examine facts 检查事实 ； examine a theory 剖析(理论、事件等) examin
12、e an evidence 调查证物（2） v.诊察 inspect closely to check for disease eg：The doctor examined his patient carefully. 医生耐心仔细检查他的病。（3） v.考试、测试examine students in English 考学生的英语examiner 主考人 examinee 应考者exam n.考试 ； examination n. 考试examine v. 考试、检查 example n. 例子 ； for example 比如说 accidentally adv. 意外地，偶然地accid
13、ental adj. 意外的、偶然的happening unexpectedly or by chance 意外或偶然发生反义词 intentional a.故意的，有意(识)的an accidental meeting with a friend 偶然遇到一位朋友.an accidental death 意外死亡accident （1） n.（u） 事故、意外a car / road / traffic accident 汽车 /道路/交通 意外（2） 机遇、命运、造化 （chance 、fortune）by chance 偶然，碰巧 by accident accidentally eg：
14、I found a gold mine by accident / accidentally / by chance .我 意外/意外/偶然 发现了一个金矿。 remains n. 尸体，残骸Remain（1） v. 留下、剩下、遗留 （不再用进行时态）eg：After the fire , nothing remained in my house . 火灾发生后，我的房子什么都没有留下。eg：If you take 3 from 8 , 5 remains . 8减去3剩5。eg：Much remains to be done . 要做的事还很多。eg：Whats done is done Let bygones be bygones . 木已成舟;既往不咎（2）v. 仍是、保持不变eg：He remained silent . 他仍是保持沉默eg：After the quarrel, they remained the best of friends .争吵之后，他们仍然是最好的朋友。remains （1）n. 剩余物、残余物 the remains of a meal 残羹剩饭（2）（古建筑物）遗址、废墟 the remains of Yuanmingyuan 圆明园遗址 （3） n. 遗
