每个女童子军队员都知道，细枝比粗枝更容易聚光，所以细枝多的植物比枝条不那么细的同类姐妹更容易着火。

And as any girl scout knows, twigs catch light more readily than branches, so a twiggy sort of plant can catch fire more readily than its non-twiggy sister.

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有一则嘲讽他的说法是，“他想要离开泰坦尼克号所以才说自己会划船。如果现在是着火了，他就会说自己是消防员了。”

One taunt that circulated about Peuchen was that, "he said he was a yachtsman so he could get off the Titanic, and if there had been a fire, he would have said he was a fireman."

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房子着火了，所以我们应该努力扑灭它。

The house is on fire, so we should try to put it out.

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