英语小达人 153 Fire and hot water

 　　Fire and hot water

　　火和热水

　　Mr. Brown was busy writing letters in his room when his servant, a very stupid boy, rushed into his master's room and shouted. “Fire! Fire! The kitchen is on fire!”

　　布朗先生正在房间里忙着写信，这时，他的仆人——一个笨小子，冲进主人房间，喊道：“失火了！失火了！厨房失火了！”

　　Mr. Brown got up quickly, and he and the boy ran as fast as they could to the kitchen.

　　布朗先生立刻站起来，和仆人飞快地跑到厨房那儿。

　　“Look there,” shouted the boy, pointing to the leaping¹ flames. He had carelessly left some dry wood near the fire and this was a light and blazing² hard. Mr. Brown saw a big pot of boiling water on the top of the stove. “You silly fellow,” he said, “Why didn't you throw that on the burning wood? That would have put it out quickly.”

　　“看那里。”男孩指着跳动的火焰喊道。由于他粗心大意，把一些干柴放在火边。干柴很容易着火，越烧越旺。布朗先生看到炉子上放着一大锅开水，就说道：“你个笨蛋！你怎么不往着火的木柴上浇水呢？那样子火很快就灭了！”

　　“Oh, no,” said the boy slowly. “That water would be useless. It is hot water!”

　　“哦，不，”男孩慢吞吞地说，“那水没用。那是热水！”

1 leaping   

n.跳跃adj.跳跃的，跳跃而行的v.跳( leap的现在分词 )；猛然行动；骤增；剧增

参考例句：

• The dog is leaping at him. 这只狗朝他跳过去。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The whole sea is full of golden eyes, all leaping. 满海全是金眼睛，全在跳跃。 来自汉英文学 - 散文英译

2 blazing   

a.强烈的，燃烧的，炫目的

参考例句：

• A huge fire was blazing in the fireplace. 壁炉中火烧得正旺。
• a blazing hot day 大热天