Light up the stove and you could burn down the house.

点燃炉子，你可能会把房子烧掉。

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The most common way for people offline to get light is to burn something.

对于没有接入电网的人们而言，燃烧照明是其取光的常用方式。

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If you've ever used a magnifying glass to focus the sun's light and burn an unfortunate ant, you've got the gist of it.

如果你曾经用一个放大镜来聚集阳光去烧一只不幸的蚂蚁，你就知道太阳能光伏发电的要领了。

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While some gems may appear colorless in daylight, under ultraviolet light they can burn a bright blue or green.

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Again we sense this instinctively--the pleasure we feel when a tooth stops hurting reminds us that we live our life in contexts and contrasts, and so perhaps you can argue that only by witnessing, and confronting, great evil were the forces of light able to burn most bright.

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Maybe, with a little nudging, one by one, flickers of light will start to burn in their heads.

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