Fire can help people in many ways. But
it can be very dangerous. Fire can heat water, warm houses, give light and cook.
But fire can burn things, too. It can bum trees, houses, animals or people.
Sometimes big fires can burn forests. Nobody knows for
sure how people began to use fire. But there are many interesting stories about
the first time a man or a woman started a fire. One story from Australia tells
about a man very, very long time ago. He went up to the sun by a rope (绳子) and
brought fire down. Today people know how to make a fire with
matches (火柴) . Children sometimes like to play with them. But matches can be
very dangerous. One match can bum a piece of paper and then it might bum a
house. A small fire can become a big fire very fast. Fire kills many people
every year. So you must be careful with matches A. Not everybody knows how people began to use fire. B. Nobody knows how to make a fire. C. It is an Australian who started a fire. D. We are not sure how people began to use fire.
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