The US Geological Survey has responded to a social media query on whether it is safe to roast marshmallows over a volcanic vent.

　　美国地质调查局对一则社交媒体的问题作出了回应：在火山口上烤棉花糖是否安全。

　　The answer is no.

　　答案是否定的。

　　Kilauea in the US state of Hawaii is one of the world’s most active volcanoes and it has been very active in recent weeks.

　　美国夏威夷州基拉韦厄是世界上最活跃的火山之一，近几周来它一直非常活跃。

　　Its red-hot rivers of lava have destroyed dozens of homes on Hawaii’s Big Island, with 2,000 people being told to leave their properties.

　　炽热的熔岩河流已经摧毁了夏威夷大岛上的数十座房屋，并有2000人被告知要离开他们的家。

　　Jay Furr from Richmond, Vermont asked the US government department whether it would be safe to roast marshmallows over volcanic vents using a long stick.

　　佛蒙特州里士满的Jay Furr问美国政府部门，用长棒在火山喷口上烤棉花糖是否安全。

　　The US Geological Survey’s Volcanoes Twitter account, which posts official updates and information on volcanoes in the US, responded to Mr Furr’s query, saying that such an experiment would lead to a "bad taste" and a "pretty spectacular reaction".

　　在美国发布官方消息和火山信息的美国地质调查局的火山Twitter账号对Furr先生的质疑作出了回应，称这样的实验会导致“糟糕的味道”和“非常剧烈的反应”。

　　They said it would not be safe and advised people not to try to do so.

　　他们说这是不安全的，并建议人们不要试图这样做。

　　Last week, people in Hawaii were warned about toxic fumes produced when molten rock flows into the ocean.

　　上周，夏威夷的人们被警告注意熔岩流入海洋时产生的有毒气体。

　　Kilauea is an extremely active volcano and its present eruption began 35 years ago.

　　基拉韦厄火山是一座非常活跃的火山，其现有的喷发始于35年前。

　　A growth of volcanic activity in recent weeks has meant that it has quite literally been erupting in people’s backyards.

　　最近几周火山活动的增加意味着它已经在人们的后院里开始爆发了。

　　Only one serious injury has been reported, after a man was hit by projectile molten rock as he sat on his balcony.

　　目前只有一起严重受伤报告，一名男子坐在阳台上被射弹熔岩击中。