The pilot, 53-year-old Andrew Joseph Stack, also set his house on fire before taking off in his single-engine Piper Dakota around 9:40 a.m. local time, investigators said.

调查人员说，该飞行员名叫安德鲁•约瑟夫•斯塔克(Andrew Joseph Stack)，今年53岁，他先点燃了自己的房子，然后于当地时间上午9:40左右驾驶他的单引擎Piper Dakota飞机升空。

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Andrew knew how to damp the flaming fire down.

安德鲁知道怎样减弱熊熊燃烧的火焰。

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The high-backed chair in front of the fire moved suddenly and there rose up out of it - like a pantomime demon coming up out of a trapdoor the alarming form of Uncle Andrew.

火炉前的高背椅子突然移动了，像舞台的活动门里钻出一个哑剧中的小丑一样，安德鲁舅舅可怕的样子出现在他们面前。

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Craig Mello and Andrew Fire were both in their late 30s in 1998 when they published a discovery that shook biology.

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Mr. ANDREW FIRE (Scientist, Stanford University Medical School): Of course, you know, therapy in monkeys is very useful, but in people it's going to be another question.

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Andrew Fire is at Stanford University Medical School.

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