Tenants Watch Building Burn
<p> 《365个英语小故事》:实用简洁的小故事，都是日常生活小故事，在学习英语的同时了解美国文化，循序渐进，轻松掌握。</p><p> <span word="A">A</span> 20-<span word="unit">unit</span> <span word="apartment">apartment</span> <span word="building">building</span> <span word="burned">burned</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="hour">hour</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="firemen">firemen</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="able">able</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="extinguish">extinguish</span> <span word="it">it</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="fire">fire</span> <span word="started">started</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="attic">attic</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="about">about</span> 10:30 <span word="p">p</span>.<span word="m">m</span>. <span word="yesterday">yesterday</span> <span word="evening">evening</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="damage">damage</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="estimated">estimated</span> <span word="at">at</span> $1.5 <span word="million">million</span>. <span word="A">A</span> <span word="fire">fire</span> <span word="department">department</span> <span word="spokesman">spokesman</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="fire">fire</span> <span word="might">might</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="set">set</span> <span word="deliberately">deliberately</span>.</p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="tenant">tenant</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="saw">saw</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="blaze">blaze</span> <span word="banged">banged</span> <span word="loudly">loudly</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="door">door</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="every">every</span> <span word="unit">unit</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="building">building</span>. <span word="Occupants">Occupants</span> <span word="of">of</span> 15 <span word="units">units</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="already">already</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="bed">bed</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="preparing">preparing</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="bed">bed</span>. <span word="No">No</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="responded">responded</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="five">five</span> <span word="units">units</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="tenants">tenants</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="home">home</span>. <span word="Those">Those</span> <span word="tenants">tenants</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="home">home</span> <span word="escaped">escaped</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="nothing">nothing</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="clothes">clothes</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="backs">backs</span>, <span word="their">their</span> <span word="pets">pets</span>, <span word="their">their</span> <span word="cell">cell</span> <span word="phones">phones</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="laptops">laptops</span>.</p><p> <span word="Many">Many</span> <span word="tenants">tenants</span> <span word="went">went</span> <span word="across">across</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="street">street</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="watch">watch</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="fire">fire</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="safe">safe</span> <span word="distance">distance</span>. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="hoping">hoping</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="units">units</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="spared">spared</span>. <span word="Some">Some</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="pets">pets</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="disturbed">disturbed</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="noise">noise</span>, <span word="crowds">crowds</span>, <span word="flames">flames</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="smoke">smoke</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="owners">owners</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="hold">hold</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="them">them</span>. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="clawed">clawed</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="owners">owners</span> <span word="arms">arms</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="dashed">dashed</span> <span word="away">away</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="younger">younger</span> <span word="children">children</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="similarly">similarly</span> <span word="frightened">frightened</span>. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="cried">cried</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="parents">parents</span> <span word="arms">arms</span>.</p><p> <span word="Two">Two</span> <span word="fire">fire</span> <span word="engines">engines</span> <span word="arrived">arrived</span> <span word="at">at</span> 10:45 <span word="p">p</span>.<span word="m">m</span>., <span word="but">but</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="entire">entire</span> <span word="roof">roof</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="ablaze">ablaze</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="then">then</span>. <span word="Smoke">Smoke</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="flames">flames</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="visible">visible</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="units">units</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="top">top</span> <span word="floor">floor</span>.</p><p> <span word="At">At</span> <span word="about">about</span> 11:35 <span word="p">p</span>.<span word="m">m</span>. <span word="the">the</span> <span word="flames">flames</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="extinguished">extinguished</span>. <span word="Most">Most</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="roof">roof</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="disappeared">disappeared</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="top">top</span> <span word="floor">floor</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="two">two</span>-<span word="story">story</span> <span word="building">building</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="about">about</span> 80 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="gone">gone</span>. <span word="Water">Water</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="seeping">seeping</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ground">ground</span>-<span word="floor">floor</span> <span word="units">units</span>, <span word="ruining">ruining</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="them">them</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="tenants">tenants</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="crying">crying</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="speechless">speechless</span>. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="happy">happy</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="alive">alive</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="home">home</span>. <span word="Where">Where</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="going">going</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="live">live</span>?</p>
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