The alarm bell goes off. You slowly open your eyes.

闹铃响起，你慢慢睁开眼睛。

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It is just a matter of when the bell goes off if he can do it then.

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But I think that is the reason why people are - sort of a bell goes off in the minds of some.

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On the training equipment, if a firefighter doesn't get throttles, bottles and batteries correctly, a bell goes off and the training is repeated.

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