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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Another little defect was that these matches could not be got to burn unless there was a light handy to touch them up with.

此外还有一个小小的缺陷，就是这些火柴自己划不出火来，必须另外有火把它们点着。

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Unlike other light sources, LEDs don't "burn out;" they simply get dimmer over time.

不像其他光源，LED灯不会“熄灭”；它们只会随着时间增长变暗。

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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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