He recalls, "At that time I was living in an illegal dwelling on Hoping East Road, and it was there I carried out my experiments. Every day I would put on a pair of sunglasses and look on while sitting on a small stool. Every ten minutes I would take out the stopper and stare at the flame of more than one thousand degrees."
「當時我在和平東路的違章建築裡做試驗，每天只克難地戴著太陽眼鏡，就搬張小矮凳坐在窺視孔前，每隔十分鐘拔起塞子，瞪視一千多度的火」，孫超回憶道。