Carbon Monoxide
<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="Helen">Helen</span> <span word="stepped">stepped</span> <span word="outside">outside</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="front">front</span> <span word="door">door</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="see">see</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="weather">weather</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="like">like</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="sunny">sunny</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="warm">warm</span>. <span word="That">That</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="nice">nice</span>, <span word="because">because</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="past">past</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="weeks">weeks</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="cold">cold</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="rainy">rainy</span>. <span word="It">It</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="cold">cold</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="turn">turn</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="heater">heater</span> <span word="on">on</span>. <span word="She">She</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="lucky">lucky</span>, <span word="because">because</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="heater">heater</span> <span word="worked">worked</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="pay">pay</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="heating">heating</span> <span word="bills">bills</span>.</p><p> <span word="Some">Some</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Los">Los</span> <span word="Angeles">Angeles</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="lucky">lucky</span>. <span word="Unable">Unable</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="use">use</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="home">home</span> <span word="heater">heater</span>, <span word="they">they</span> <span word="placed">placed</span> <span word="charcoal">charcoal</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="barbecue">barbecue</span> <span word="grill">grill</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="lit">lit</span> <span word="it">it</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="heat">heat</span> <span word="kept">kept</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="warm">warm</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="carbon">carbon</span> <span word="monoxide">monoxide</span> <span word="killed">killed</span> <span word="them">them</span>.</p><p> <span word="This">This</span> <span word="happens">happens</span> <span word="almost">almost</span> <span word="every">every</span> <span word="winter">winter</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Los">Los</span> <span word="Angeles">Angeles</span>. <span word="People">People</span> <span word="shut">shut</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="windows">windows</span> <span word="tight">tight</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="keep">keep</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="cold">cold</span> <span word="out">out</span>, <span word="then">then</span> <span word="light">light</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="charcoal">charcoal</span>. <span word="Soon">Soon</span> <span word="enough">enough</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="oxygen">oxygen</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="home">home</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="consumed">consumed</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="open">open</span> <span word="flames">flames</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="family">family</span> <span word="suffocates">suffocates</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="death">death</span>.</p><p> <span word="Everyone">Everyone</span> <span word="knows">knows</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="smoke">smoke</span> <span word="detectors">detectors</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="required">required</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Los">Los</span> <span word="Angeles">Angeles</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="dont">dont</span> <span word="know">know</span> <span word="about">about</span>, <span word="or">or</span> <span word="dont">dont</span> <span word="think">think</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="need">need</span>, <span word="carbon">carbon</span> <span word="monoxide">monoxide</span> <span word="detectors">detectors</span>. <span word="Theyre">Theyre</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="expensive">expensive</span>. <span word="A">A</span> $25 <span word="investment">investment</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="save">save</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="family">family</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="death">death</span>.</p><p> <span word="People">People</span> <span word="always">always</span> <span word="think">think</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="nothing">nothing</span> <span word="bad">bad</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="happen">happen</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="them">them</span>; <span word="it">it</span> <span word="always">always</span> <span word="happens">happens</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="guy">guy</span>. <span word="So">So</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="forget">forget</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="put">put</span> <span word="fresh">fresh</span> <span word="batteries">batteries</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="smoke">smoke</span> <span word="detectors">detectors</span> <span word="annually">annually</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="dont">dont</span> <span word="bother">bother</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="buy">buy</span> <span word="carbon">carbon</span> <span word="monoxide">monoxide</span> <span word="detectors">detectors</span>.</p><p> </p>
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