A firehouse is the building where firefighters wait with their truck, ready to go when a fire starts. In American English this is a normal everyday word, especially for a small station in a small town — the kind of place with one engine and a bell.

A firehouse is the building where firefighters wait with their truck是消防員帶著消防車待命的建築物， ready to go when a fire starts一有火警就準備出動。 In American English this is a normal everyday word在美式英語裡這是個很日常的字， especially for a small station in a small town尤其是指小鎮上的小型消防站—— the kind of place with one engine and a bell那種只有一輛消防車、還有個鈴的地方。

In British English people almost always say fire station instead, and that is also the safer word in class. Though actually the two names point at the same kind of building; firehouse just feels more American and a little more homely, as if the crew live there.

In British English people almost always say fire station instead在英式英語裡，大家幾乎都改說fire station， and that is also the safer word in class這也是課堂上比較保險的說法。 Though actually不過事實上， the two names point at the same kind of building這兩個說法指的是同一種建築物； firehouse just feels more American and a little more homely只是聽起來比較美式、也比較有家的感覺， as if the crew live there好像消防員就住在那裡一樣。

Do not picture a house that is burning. The fire is what they fight, not what the building is.

Do not picture a house that is burning不要把它想成一棟正在著火的房子。 The fire is what they fight火是他們對付的東西， not what the building is不是這棟建築物的性質。