THIS month Jennifer Balch will head into the Amazon rainforest of Mato Grosso state, in Brazil.She intends to set fire to it and find out what happens.

珍妮弗·巴尔什这个月即将深入巴西马托格罗索州的亚马逊雨林，她打算在那来一场人工火灾，然后看看会发生什么。

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The evergreen forests of the Amazon and Congo basins, for example, are generally fire-free because the closed canopy maintains a level of humidity that inhibits burning.

例如，亚马逊和刚果盆地的乔木通常是防火的，因为它们遮天的树冠保持了一定的湿度，抑制了燃烧。

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A new experiment is setting the Amazon on fire.

一项新实验点燃亚马逊丛林。

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The Amazon Fire may also force Android makers to cut prices, according to another Reuters report.

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Bezos of course said what he said long before the smartphone and tablets like the Amazon Fire reached the marketplace.

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Amazon Fire's shows a cludgy carousel of content, and even that's better than the random assortment of book covers found on the Nook's home screen.

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