关于火警的初中英语阅读材料:The Fire Alarm
编者按：阅读理解能力的培养是中学英语学习的一项重要任务。以下是一篇有关火警的英语短文，可以作为课外阅读材料来学习!
The Fire Alarm
(火灾警报)
Jennifer's ears were "talking" to her.
詹妮弗的耳朵嗡嗡作响
They were making little sounds, like little bubbles bursting.
他们发出一些小小的声音，就像小泡沫爆裂一样
A "bubble" was bursting almost every second.
每一秒都会有“小泡沫”爆裂
It was not painful, but annoying.
这并不让人感到痛苦，但令人讨厌
She knew the cause.
她知道(耳朵这样的)原因
While she was cleaning the whiteboard after her class ended last night, the fire alarm went off.
昨晚，当她上完课清理白板时，火警突然响起
Instead of leaving the building immediately, she walked around to see what the problem was.
她并没有立刻离开教学楼，相反，她四处走动寻找发生问题的地方
The blaring alarm sounded like the busy signal on a phone, but 1,000 times louder.
刺耳的警报听起来像是电话占线信号，但是刺耳1000倍
The school seemed to be empty.
学校看起来像是空了
Then she walked by one room, and saw about seven students inside.
然后她走过一间教室，看到里面有七个学生
Just then the night supervisor came by.
就在那时，守夜人来了
She told everyone to leave immediately.
她让每个人都立即离开
The students were packing their hair-care equipment into their bags.
学生们正在将他们的护发设备放进包里
The night supervisor waited impatiently.
守夜人等待的很不耐烦
Finally, after almost five minutes, all the students and their teacher left the building.
最后，大概五分钟之后，所有的学生和他们的老师都离开了教学楼
They apologized for being so slow.
他们为自己缓慢的行动而道歉
The firemen never arrived.
火警并没有赶来
Instead, a school police officer showed up.
相反，一位校内工作人员出现了
He walked around the area with the supervisor.
他和守夜人一起在该区域四处走动
It was a false alarm.
这是虚惊一场
The officer used his key to finally turn off the alarm.
最后，那位工作人员用他的钥匙关掉了警报
But it was too late for Jennifer.
但这对詹妮弗来说太晚了
She had listened to the loud alarm for too long.
她听着这个警报声太久了
She should have known better.
她应该早就知道情况没有那么糟
Even as she drove home, her ears felt strange.
当她开车回家时，她的耳朵开始感到不舒服。
重点知识讲解
【相关句型辨识】
本文中出现了多个 “was/were+doing” 的句型结构，即过去进行时，表示过去在某一时间段或某一段时间内正在发生或进行的动作或状态。
例如：
Jennifer's ears were "talking" to her.
詹妮弗的耳朵嗡嗡作响。
They were making little sounds, like little bubbles bursting.
他们发出一些小小的声音，就像小泡沫爆裂一样
A "bubble" was bursting almost every second.
每一秒都会有“小泡沫”爆裂。
While she was cleaning the whiteboard after her class ended last night, the fire alarm went off.
昨晚，当她上完课清理白板时，火警突然响起。
知识讲解老师：Linda
公众号：小橙少儿英语
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