But at this time of year, the wire grass is tinder box dry.

但在每年的这个时候，狗尾草被晒干，成了易燃物。

I searched everywhere, but your grandmother's tinder box was not there.

我找遍了，但你祖母的火绒盒哪都没有。

During the hot, dry summer of 1871, the place became a  literal tinder box.

在 1871 年炎热干燥的夏季，这个地方变成了名副其实的火绒盒。

The reason so many fires can start from a tiny exhaust spark is that so many of these areas are tinder boxes, and for that, we may have climate change to thank.

导致如此多发的火灾季可能来自于一个微小的排气火花，在这些地区中有很多火绒箱，为此，我们可能要归咎于气候变化。

Then three or four of the Red Dwarfs came forward with their tinder boxes and set light to the pile, which first crackled, and then blazed, and finally roared as a woodland bonfire on midsummer night ought to do.

这时，三四个红发小矮人拿着火柴走上前去，点燃了地上的干柴。先是点点火星，然后蹿起点点火焰，最后成了仲夏夜树林里应有的熊熊篝火。