Leisure Time 1- 16: The Brave Firefighter 勇敢的消防队员

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A small community had a fire and the local fire department was called to put out the fire. Well，the fire was just too big so they called for mutual aid from their neighboring town．
一个小社区失火了，当地消防队接到火警后赶来灭火，可是火势太猛了，只好向邻镇请求支援。
Their fire truck came zooming by the local one and went right down the hill and parked right next to the fire．
他们的救火车从当地的救火车傍边呼啸而过，从山上直冲下来，直冲至大火傍边才停了下来！
The fire fighters jumped out of the truck and feverishly went to work putting out the fire．
消防员从车上跳下来灭火，紧张而忙乱！
The paint on the truck was bubbling，as they were so close. But soon they had the fire under control.
他们太靠近大火了，消防车的油漆都起泡啦！但很快他们就把火势控制住了！
After the fire was out，the local town's people were so impressed with the work the neighboring fire department did that they decided to give them a reward.
大火被扑灭后，人们对邻镇消防员的表现十分佩服，决定奖励他们一番！
The mayor presented the fire chief with a check for $3,000, then he asked the chief what he was going to do with the money.
镇长交给消防队长一张3,000美元的支票，然后问他打算如何使用这笔钱。
The chief replied，“Well，the first thing I am going to do is to fix the brakes on that fire truck．”
"嗯，我第一件要做的事就是把消防车的刹车修好！” 队长说。

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The depth and breadth of vocabulary 词汇深度与广度
A. control
B. direct
C. head
D. lead (led)
E. run

我们来做个填空题吧，把 A B C D E 填到如下句子的空格里：
1. Can't you _____ your children?
2. Bill will _____ day-to-day operations.
3. Jenney _____s the Accounts Department.
4. The captain _____ his team to victory in the championship.
5. He _____s the family business almost single-handedly.

答案如下：
这些动词都含有“控制， 管理”的意思。
Control 支配， 控制，操纵，如：
1. Can't you control your children?
你就不能管管你这些孩子？
Direct 负责， 管理，如：
2. Bill will direct day-to-day operations.
比尔将管理日常的运营。
Head（商家、部门等） 主管，领导，如：
3. Jenney heads the Accounts Department.
珍妮掌管会计部。
Lead（在政府、商业或体育活动中） 领导， 率领，掌管，如：
4. The captain led his team to victory in the championship.
队长率队在锦标赛中获得了胜利。
Run 经营，管理，开办（企业或活动等），如：
5. He runs the family business almost single-handedly.
他几乎全凭自己经营着这个家族企业。 [single-handedly: adv. 独自地]
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语言的学习遵循如下规律：
●语言学习要从听开始，这样才能打通语音与文字之间的连接；
●语言学习要以句子为单位进行输入输出，而非单词！这样去学，才能掌握单词的用法，这样去学，英语就会变得简单起来！
●语言属于类运动型知识，仅仅背单词，看看书，刷刷题是远远不够的，需要去训练才能掌握！这跟弹钢琴的道理是一样的，看看乐谱就会弹钢琴？专项训练如下（深度好文）：