53 Hot Snake

Hot snake

触电的蛇

At last firemen have put out a big forest fire in California.

消防队员们终于扑灭了加利福尼亚的一场森林大火。

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

从那时起,他们一直试图找出起火的原因。

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

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。

Yesterday the firemen examined the ground carefully,

昨天，消防队员仔细查看了地面,

but were not able to find any broken glass.

但未能发现碎玻璃。