If you're in a town where the workers have been warned

假如你在一个镇上那里的工人被警告
never to talk about a terrible fire,

永远不能提起一场可怕的大火
not because it was too terrible...

而原因并不是大火太可怕...
Why does my mouth taste like gum?

为什么我嘴里一股口香糖味儿
...because the word "Fire"

...而是因为"火"这个字
would awaken them from a state of complacency induced by hypnosis,

会把他们从自我满足的催眠状态中唤醒
shouting "fire" would cause chaos and save lives.

大喊"着火了"会造成混乱还能救命
Of course, there is the single most important time to shout "fire,"

当然最重要的必须大喊"着火了"的场合
and that is when there is one.

就是真着火的时候
Sometimes, even shouting "fire" cannot save every life.

但有时就算大喊"着火了"也救不了所有人
Get 'em!

抓住他们
What have you done?

你干了什么好事