| 1. | The firemen managed to keep the fire under .
火势总算被救火员控制住了。 |
| 2. | By this time the fire was beginning to threaten .
这个时候，火势已开始凶猛。 |
| 3. | Eventually the fire was under control .
火势终于被控制住了。 |
| 4. | The fire has been brought under control .
火势已受到控制。 |
| 5. | The fire burnt down .
火势渐渐减弱。 |
| 6. | The fire is blazing .
火势炽盛。 |
| 7. | The fire is raging .
火势很盛。 |
| 8. | The firemen tried to trench the fire by pulling down the houses around it .
消防队员想推倒火灾附近的房屋以隔绝火势蔓延。 |
| 9. | Many became adept, and thousands of fires were extinguished before they took hold .
其中有很多人成了专家，几千颗烧夷弹还没有燃烧，火势头就被扑灭了。 |
| 10. | Streams of fire ran down the hills, and at length a blaze arose so loftily that it touched the skies .
火势从小山上奔涌而下，最后火光冲腾，直达云霄。 |
