考研英語閱讀指導

　　Hot snake 觸電的蛇

　　Atlast firemen have put out a big forest fire in California. Since then， they have been trying to find out how the fire began. Forest firesare often caused by broken glass or by cigarette ends which people carelesslythrow away. Yesterday the firemen examined the ground carefully， but were not able to find any broken glass. They were also quitesure that a cigarette end did not start the fire. This morning， however， a firemen accidentally discoveredthe cause. He noticed the remains of a snake which was wound round the electricwires of a 16，000-volt power line. In this way， he was able to solve the mystery. The explanation was simple butvery unusual. A bird had snatched up the snake from the ground and then droppedit 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 immediately started afire.

　　New words and expressions 生詞和短語

　　hotadj. 帶電的，充電的

　　firemann. 消防隊員

　　causev. 引起; n. 原因

　　examinev. 檢查

　　accidentallyadv. 意外地，偶然地

　　remainsn. 尸體，殘骸

　　wiren. 電線

　　voltn. 伏特(電壓單位)

　　powerline 電力線

　　solvev. 解決

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