STEVE: Did you smell something out here?
SUE: Yes, I was in the kitchen. I thought I could smell smoke.
STEVE: Me too. Where is it coming from?
SUE: I can’t see anything. Wait! What’s that over there?
STEVE: It’s smoke. Whose house is that?
SUE: That’s the Riley’s house. They’re on vacation.
STEVE: It doesn’t really look like it’s coming from their house.
It’s coming from the back. Is it a barbecue?
SUE: No way. They have a tool shed back there.
It’s a fire. I’m going in to call the fire department.
STEVE: Wait. I have my cell phone. I’ll dial 911.
Yes, please connect me to the fire department.
VOICEOVER: Fire department. Can I help you?
STEVE: Yes, I want to report a fire.
VOICEOVER: Where are you, sir?
STEVE: I’m at 904 Lincoln Drive. I think there’s a fire in one of my neighbor’s houses.
VOICEOVER: 904 Lincoln Drive?
STEVE: Yes.
VOICEOVER: Can you see any flames?
STEVE: No, I can’t see flames yet.
But there is smoke pouring out of the back of the house.
VOICEOVER: Alright. We’ll get someone there right away.
STEVE: There’s someone coming.
SUE: It took them four minutes to get here. That was pretty fast.
STEVE: Yes, it’s fast. But four minutes is enough to do fifty thousand dollars damage.
SUE: I guess the fire wasn’t in the tool shed after all.
It looks like the back of the house was burning.
STEVE: I wonder if anyone can call the Rileys about this. Do you know them well?
SUE: Not really.
STEVE: Do you know where they’re vacationing?
SUE: I think they went to Mexico, but I’m not sure.
It’s a bad thing to return home to.
They’ll come home from their trip, and they’ll see half their house burned.
STEVE: Yes, but at least this way no one gets hurt.
It’s better to have a fire in your house when you’re not home. Don’t you think?
SUE: Yes, I suppose. It’s a dangerous thing if a fire starts when people are sleeping.
史提夫：你在外面嗅到什么嗎?
蘇：是的，我剛剛在廚房，我好像聞到煙味。
史提夫：我也是。從哪里飄過來的?
蘇：我沒看到。等等，那是什么?
史提夫：是濃煙。那是誰的房子?
蘇：那是瑞里家，他們去度假了。
史提夫：看起來不像是從屋子里飄出來的。
這是從后面來的，是不是烤肉?
蘇：不可能。他們后面是工具室。
這是火災，我要進去打電話給消防局。
史提夫：等等，我有手提電話，我來打 911。
請幫我接消防局。
接線生：消防局。有什么事嗎?
史提夫：是的，我要報火警。
接線生：先生，你的位置是?
史提夫：我在林肯路 904 號，我鄰居的房子失火了。
接線生：林肯路 904 號嗎?
史提夫：是的。
接線生：你看到火焰嗎?
史提夫：我還沒看到火焰。
但是有濃煙從房子后面冒出來。
接線生：好的，我們立刻派人過去。
史提夫：他們馬上來了。
蘇：他們四分鐘就到這里，相當快。
史提夫：是很快，但是四分鐘就足以造成五萬塊的損失。
蘇：我猜一定不是工具室起火。
看起來是有東西在房子后面燒。
史提夫：不知道有沒有人可以通知瑞里家的人。你跟他們熟嗎?
蘇：不是很熟。
史提夫：你知道他們去哪里度假嗎?
蘇：他們去墨西哥，但是我不確定。
要是回來也真掃興。
他們要中途結束旅行回來，并且看到房子被燒掉一半。
史提夫：沒錯，但是至少這樣沒有人受傷。
失火時最好沒有人在家，不是嗎?
蘇：我想是的。如果正在睡覺時失火，這是很危險的。
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