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Fire Officials said a mother and four children were killed when flames swept through their rural Massachusetts home early Saturday.
消防官员称，周六早些时候马萨诸塞州一农村家庭发生火灾，一名母亲和四个孩子遇难。
Two people who escaped the fire, believed to be an adult and a child, were taken to a hospital in Keene, New Hampshire with minor injuries.
两人逃过一劫，他们是一个成人和一个孩子，受轻伤被送往新罕布什尔州基恩一家医院。
The fire began around 12:45 a.m. Saturday at the home on Richmond Road in Warwick, a town that had fewer than 100 residents at the time of the 2010 U.S. Census.
大火始于周六上午约12:45，在沃威克里士满路一个家庭中，2010年美国人口普查该镇只有不到100个居民。
An emotional Fire Chief Ron Gates said during an afternoon news conference “There was nothing we could have done different, unfortunately."
下午新闻发布会上，一位情绪激动的消防队长罗恩·盖茨说，不幸的是，我们没有什么可以做到的。
The cause of the fire was not yet known, but officials said it appeared to be accidental in nature. A wood stove is being eyed as a possible cause.
火灾的原因尚不清楚，但官员们说，这似乎是偶然的性质。木炉子正视为可能的原因。
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词汇解析
1、escape
逃离;逃脱
A prisoner has escaped from a jail in northern England.
一名囚犯从英格兰北部的一所监狱中越狱。
They are reported to have escaped to the other side of the border.
有报道称他们已经逃过了国境线。
躲过;逃脱;幸免
The two officers were extremely lucky to escape serious injury.
那两名警官极其幸运，没有受重伤。
The man's girlfriend managed to escape unhurt.
那个男人的女朋友成功逃脱，毫发无损。
脱身之术;逃避的方法
But for me television is an escape.
但是对我而言，看电视是一种逃避的方法。
an escape from the depressing realities of wartime.
对于战时令人抑郁的现实生活的一种逃避
2、appear
好像;似乎;看来
There appears to be increasing support for the leadership to take a more aggressive stance.
好像有越来越多的人支持领导层采取更为强势的立场。
The aircraft appears to have crashed near Katmandu.
飞机似乎在加德满都附近坠毁了。
看起来；显得
She did her best to appear more self-assured than she felt.
她竭力让自己表现得比实际更自信。
He is anxious to appear a gentleman.
他急于想表现得像个绅士。
出现；显现
A woman appeared at the far end of the street.
一个女人远远出现在街的尽头。
Last night some of the prisoners appeared on the roof.
昨晚，其中几个犯人出现在房顶上。
