In this volatile America this tinderbox of a world President Kennedy led with a steadying hand defusing the most perilous crisis of the Cold War without firing a single shot .

在这个动荡的美国，在这个 战争 一触即发的地区，肯尼迪总统以稳健之手担纲，不费一枪一弹化解了冷战时期最危险的危机。

But the old witch would not tell him how to use the tinderbox .

但是老巫婆仍然不 肯告诉他该如何使用 火绒 箱。

He took the money and the tinderbox and went to a town .

士兵带着钱以及 火绒 箱走到一座城镇。

Suddenly he remembered that there was a candle in the tinderbox .

突然间，他想起 火绒 箱 里有一根蜡烛。

Then he took out his tinderbox and struck the flint .

于是他拿出 火绒 箱，并敲击打火石。

What do you want to do with this tinderbox ? @ said the soldier .

“你打算怎么处理这个 火绒 箱呢？”士兵问。

He took out his tinderbox and struck the flint once twice three times !

他拿出 火绒 箱 敲击一次、二次、三次！

Dublin city is currently like a tinderbox just waiting to explode .

都柏林市现在就像一个 马上要爆炸的 火药 桶。

The racial tension in the area is a tinderbox ready to ignite .

这个地区的种族紧张局势 一触即发。

He took out the tinderbox and the candle .

于是他拿出 火绒 箱和蜡烛。

Have you got my tinderbox ? @ asked the old witch .

“拿到我的 火绒 箱了吗？”老巫婆问。

The little boy was glad to hear that so he ran to the soldier 's house for the tinderbox and brought it to the soldier .

小男孩听了很高兴，便跑到士兵的屋里 找到 火绒 箱，将它带给士兵。

When another spark lit the tinderbox this month it was all over - though not before another hundred had died .

当本月另一火花引燃了这个 火药 箱，一切都结束了&虽然不久前另有百来人死亡。