Oil separates itself from water and goes on burning.

油是从水中分离的，加上水会加剧火的燃烧。

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Water will not put out an oil fire because oil separates itself from water and goes on burning.

水不能扑灭油火，因为油水自相分离，所以继续燃烧。

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If the world population goes on increasing at its present rate, we may, in fifty years' time, be burning up so much energy that we would damage the earth's atmosphere.

如果世界人口继续以当前这种速度增长的话，也许，五十年后，这样燃烧如此多的能源将会致使我们破坏地球的大气层。

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Haddock and Sakharine have a rivalry that goes back three hundred years: their ancestors crossed swords on the deck of a burning three-master.

NEWYORKER: Double Dare