汽车“自燃” 车主好“淡定”
2015年12月27日，上海，中午十二时许，外环高速金沙江路桥下，一辆小轿车起火燃烧，火势随风变大，车主等人无奈在一旁拍照记录现场情况。最终，消防队员到场后扑灭了火势，但事故方向车辆因此拥堵数公里。消防提示，遇上车辆自燃，尽量迅速撤离，以防油箱爆炸。网友：最关心是什么牌子的车！
2013年上海也出现过汽车因为高温着火的情况：
Cars in Shanghai catch fire due to high temperatures
Mr. Liu works at an air conditioner maintenance shop in Shanghai. As the city continues to bake during a record heat wave, Liu’s shop gets dozens of calls a day.
"Air conditioners can get heat stroke, too. If it runs for a long time and the out door temperature is too high, the rubber coat of the wires can melt. That will put the circuit at risk of shorting out." said Mr. Liu.
High temperatures have also led to vehicles catching on fire. This surveillance camera footage shows that on Friday morning in Shanghai, a car burst into flames just a few minutes after being parked by the side of the road.
It took fire fighters 20 minutes to put out the blaze. Police say, there were three cases of car catching on fire in the city on that morning alone. The city has seen over 60 cases so far since May.
Local governments in south China are doing all they can to limit the impact of the heat wave. In Chengdu, the capital of southwest China’s Sichuan province, the government has installed water spraying taps on the walls at tourist spots. During summer, the taps spray water mists every 15 minutes, to cool down people who pass by.
According to weather forecasts, the heat wave hitting most parts of South China, is not likely to ease until mid August.
小编提醒，开车的小伙伴们平时一定要多注意车辆保养，如果发生火灾，请及时自救，如果已经逃出着火的汽车，要赶紧报警并拨打保险公司电话喔，因为之前也出现过货车自燃，车主拍照发朋友圈，最后保险公司拒绝；理赔的情况，保险公司给出的理由是车主只顾发微信没有及时报警，延误救援，造成重大损失。
词汇学习：
【catch fire】：v. start to burn or burst into flames 着火
【同义词】： erupt / ignite / take fire / combust / conflagrate / be on fire / catch on fire
发生火灾还可以说：a fire broke out
【自燃】：自燃是指可燃物在空气中没有外来火源的作用，靠自热或外热而发生燃烧的现象。
【表示自燃的词汇】：self-ignition; pyrophoricity; breeding-fire; autoignition; catacausis; spontaneous combustion; fire-fanging; spontaneous ignition 自燃
【spontaneous combustion】：the ignition of a substance or body as a result of internal oxidation processes, without the application of an external source of heat, occurring in finely powdered ores, coal, straw, etc 自燃
例句：
The 【spontaneous combustion】 of coal seam is one of the major problems in safe production of coal mine.
煤层自燃问题一直困扰着我国煤矿的安全生产。
Old artillery shells exploded during a Central European heat wave this year, and tropical heat reportedly caused 【spontaneous combustion】 at a Mozambican weapons depot.
今年，在中欧受到热浪袭击期间，旧炮弹发生爆炸；据报道热带地区的酷热使莫桑比克的一个武器库自发性起火。
另外车主如此淡定，不急不躁。那淡定英文该怎么说呢？
Calm down 淡定
Chill out 淡定
Keep your hair on 沉住气，别着急
Keep your hair on, Mum. You can hardly see the damage.
淡定，老妈。这东西上看不出有什么损坏。
Keep your hair on! We’ve got plenty of time to get to the airport.
淡定点！我们有足够的时间赶到机场。
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