We are short of salt and matches , which are not so difficult to procure , but we are making steel for flint as a substitute for matches 我们所缺少的是食盐和火柴，来源虽并不困难，但现在也正逐渐制造火镰作为火柴的代用品。
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He took out a blackened pipe , filled it , lighted it with flint and steel , pulled at it until it was in a bright glow : then , suddenly held it from him and dropped something into it from between his finger and thumb , that blazed and went out in a puff of smoke 他拿出一个黑糊糊的烟斗，装上烟，用火镰点着了，叭叭地抽出红光，突然拿开，用拇指和食指撮了个东西进去，那东西燃起了火苗，随即化作了一缕青烟。
