{
  "title": "Hot snake",
  "title_zh": "触电的蛇",
  "body": {
    "type": "narrative",
    "paragraphs": [
      {
        "en": "At last, firemen have put out a big forest fire in California.",
        "zh": "消防队员们终于扑灭了加利福尼亚的一场森林大火。"
      },
      {
        "en": "Since then, they have been trying to find out how the fire began.",
        "zh": "从那时起，他们一直试图找出起火的原因。"
      },
      {
        "en": "Forest fires are often caused by broken glass or by cigarette ends which people carelessly throw away.",
        "zh": "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。"
      },
      {
        "en": "Yesterday, the firemen examined the ground carefully but were not able to find any broken glass.",
        "zh": "昨天，消防队员仔细查看了地面，但未能发现碎玻璃。"
      },
      {
        "en": "They were also quite sure that a cigarette end did not start the fire.",
        "zh": "他们还十分肯定火灾也不是由烟头引起的。"
      },
      {
        "en": "This morning, however, a fireman accidentally discovered the cause.",
        "zh": "然而今天上午，一个消防队员偶然发现了起火的原因。"
      },
      {
        "en": "He noticed the remains of a snake which was wound round the electric wires of a 16,000-volt power line.",
        "zh": "他发现了缠绕在 16,000 伏高压线上的一条死蛇。"
      },
      {
        "en": "In this way, he was able to solve the mystery.",
        "zh": "就这样，他解开了起火之谜。"
      },
      {
        "en": "The explanation was simple but very unusual.",
        "zh": "解释很简单，却异乎寻常。"
      },
      {
        "en": "A bird had snatched up the snake from the ground and then dropped it onto the wires.",
        "zh": "一只鸟把蛇从地上抓起来，然后把它扔到了电线上。"
      },
      {
        "en": "The snake then wound itself round the wires.",
        "zh": "于是蛇就缠住了几根电线。"
      },
      {
        "en": "When it did so, it sent sparks down to the ground, and these immediately started a fire.",
        "zh": "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。"
      }
    ]
  },
  "subtitles": [
    {
      "timestamp": null,
      "en": "[ti:Hot Snake]",
      "zh": "触电的蛇"
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "00:10.58",
      "en": "What caused the fire?",
      "zh": "是什么导致了这场火灾？"
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "00:14.44",
      "en": "At last firemen have put out a big forest fire in California.",
      "zh": "消防队员们终于扑灭了加利福尼亚的一场森林大火。"
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "00:21.11",
      "en": "Since then, they have been trying to find out how the fire began.",
      "zh": "从那时起，他们一直试图找出起火的原因。"
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "00:27.63",
      "en": "Forest fires are often caused by broken glass or by cigarette ends which people carelessly throw away.",
      "zh": "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。"
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "00:37.96",
      "en": "Yesterday the firemen examined the ground carefully,",
      "zh": "昨天，消防队员仔细查看了地面，"
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "00:42.32",
      "en": "but were not able to find any broken glass.",
      "zh": "但未能发现碎玻璃。"
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "00:46.80",
      "en": "They were also quite sure that a cigarette end did not start the fire.",
      "zh": "他们还十分肯定火灾也不是由烟头引起的。"
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "00:53.01",
      "en": "This morning, however, a firemen accidentally discovered the cause.",
      "zh": "然而今天上午，一个消防队员偶然发现了起火的原因。"
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "00:59.38",
      "en": "He noticed the remains of a snake which was wound round the electric wires of a 16, 000-volt power line.",
      "zh": "他发现了缠绕在 16,000 伏高压线上的一条死蛇。"
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "01:09.98",
      "en": "In this way, he was able to solve the mystery.",
      "zh": "就这样，他解开了起火之谜。"
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "01:14.65",
      "en": "The explanation was simple but very unusual.",
      "zh": "解释很简单，却异乎寻常。"
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "01:20.03",
      "en": "A bird had snatched up the snake from the ground and then dropped it on to the wires.",
      "zh": "一只鸟把蛇从地上抓起来，然后把它扔到了电线上。"
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "01:27.83",
      "en": "The snake then wound itself round the wires.",
      "zh": "于是蛇就缠住了几根电线。"
    },
    {
      "timestamp": "01:31.74",
      "en": "When it did so, it sent sparks down to the ground and these immediately started a fire.",
      "zh": "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。"
    }
  ],
  "book": 2,
  "lesson": 53
}