【词汇大师】着火啦！！（2/2）
经历过火灾吗？今天就来学学与"fire"有关的词汇。
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主持人对话①"Considering fire as a verb, if someone is 'fired,' that means they lose their job."
主持人对话②"Why don't we -- " ”
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戳节目订阅，掌握节目最新动态。http://t1.g.hjfile.cn/listen/201203/201203250245332656709.mp3"This goes back to the days when many of our machines were powered by steam. And so you'd throw coal or wood into a fire which heats the boiler that's filled with water. The water turns to steam and in that way the steam drives the machinery.
"So if you fired up a boiler, that means that you're making it go a lot hotter and a lot faster. And by analogy we can say figuratively or metaphorically that a person is fired up if they're highly motivated. That is, they have a lot of energy and they really want to do something and they'll do whatever it takes to make it happen."
"This comes from guns and firearms. When you shoot a gun, you're also said to have discharged the gun. And discharge has another meaning, which means to let someone go from their job. That is, lay them off, fire them, whatever the term is for it. And so because of discharge already having two meanings, people then made the extension to fire also having the second meaning. So if you are fired, you are discharged."
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