Jack的Scalers Talk第四轮新概念朗读持续力训练Da

Lesson 53 Hot snake

First listen and then answer the question 

What caused the fire?

At last fireman 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,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 discovered the cause.He noticed the remains of a snake which was wound round the electric wires of a 16000-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 immedistely started a fire.

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æt lɑːst ˈfaɪəmən hæv pʊt aʊt ə bɪg ˈfɒrɪst ˈfaɪər ɪn ˌkæləˈfɔːniə. sɪns ðɛn, ðeɪ hæv biːn ˈtraɪɪŋ tuː faɪnd aʊt haʊ ðə ˈfaɪəbɪˈgæn. ˈfɒrɪst ˈfaɪəz ɑːr ˈɒf(ə)n kɔːzd baɪ ˈbrəʊkən glɑːs ɔː baɪ ˌsɪgəˈrɛt ɛndz wɪʧ ˈpiːpl ˈkeəlɪsli θrəʊ əˈweɪ. ˈjɛstədeɪ ðə ˈfaɪəmənɪgˈzæmɪnd ðə graʊnd ˈkeəfli, bʌt wɜː nɒt ˈeɪbl tuː faɪnd ˈɛni ˈbrəʊkən glɑːs. ðeɪ wɜːr ˈɔːlsəʊ kwaɪt ʃʊə ðæt ə ˌsɪgəˈrɛt ɛnd dɪd nɒtstɑːt ðə ˈfaɪə. ðɪs ˈmɔːnɪŋ, haʊˈɛvə, ə ˈfaɪəmən ˌæksɪˈdɛntəli dɪsˈkʌvəd ðə kɔːz. hiː ˈnəʊtɪst ðə rɪˈmeɪnz ɒv ə sneɪk wɪʧ wɒz wuːndraʊnd ði ɪˈlɛktrɪk ˈwaɪəz ɒv eɪ 16,000-vəʊlt ˈpaʊə laɪn. ɪn ðɪs weɪ, hiː wɒz ˈeɪbl tuː sɒlv ðə ˈmɪstəri. ði ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃən wɒz ˈsɪmpl bʌtˈvɛri ʌnˈjuːʒʊəl. ə bɜːd hæd snæʧt ʌp ðə sneɪk frɒm ðə graʊnd ænd ðɛn drɒpt ɪt ɒn tuː ðə ˈwaɪəz. ðə sneɪk ðɛn wuːnd ɪtˈsɛlf raʊndðə ˈwaɪəz. wɛn ɪt dɪd səʊ, ɪt sɛnt spɑːks daʊn tuː ðə graʊnd ænd ðiːz ɪˈmiːdiətli ˈstɑːtɪd ə ˈfaɪə.

训练任务L0+L4

训练感想：已经是53天了，中间有候补的，但是幸亏坚持住了，要小心的维护，看三年以后的成果。加油