| 1. | It took them four hours to keep the fire under control
他们用了4个小时才把火势控制住。 |
| 2. | Five fire engines brought the blaze under control in just over an hour
5辆救火车仅过1小时就把火势控制住了。 |
| 3. | The fire lasted four hours before the firefighters could control it
大火烧了约4个小时以后，消防队员才把火势控制住。 |
| 4. | The fire lasted about four hours before the firefighters could control it
大火烧了4个小时之后消防队员才将火势控制住。 |
| 5. | The fire lasted about four hours before the firefighters could control it
大火燃烧了大约四个小时，消防队员才将火势控制住。 |
| 6. | The firemen battled against the flames for several hours before keeping them under
消防员跟大火搏斗了几个小时，才把火势控制住。 |
| 7. | The fire blazed away for half an hour before the fire - fighters got the flames under control
火烧了半个小时消防员才把火势控制住。 |
| 8. | The firemen succeeded in confining the outbreak to warehouse containing less inflammable materials
消防队员成功地把火势控制在存放不易燃烧物品的仓库内。 |
| 9. | Firemen had been fighting the forest for nearly three weeks before they could get it under control
消防队员们同那场森林大火搏斗了将近3个星期才最后把火势控制住。 |
| 10. | Though more than 20 fires raged across southern california into a sixth day , some 8 , 000 firefighters had brought most of them under control and no more homes were in imminent danger
尽管20多场大火肆虐加州的南部已经第6天了， 8000多名消防队员已将火势控制，没有不会有更多的房屋面临危险。 |
