This could become a flash point, which will lead to greater trouble.

这可能成为导火线，继而引发更大的麻烦。

A lot of traffic intention that has raised fears that this contested body of water could become a flash point between competing nations.

许多交通意图引起了人们的担忧，即这个有争议的水域可能成为竞争国家之间的导火索。

The sacred grounds known to Muslims as noble sanctuary and to Jews as the Temple Mount have been a flash point of tensions between Israel and the Palestinians for decades.

这片神圣的土地对于穆斯林来说被称为贵族圣殿，对于犹太人来说则被称为圣殿山，几十年来一直是以色列和巴勒斯坦之间紧张关系的焦点。

So, this idea of Arctic drilling is hardly new. The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge of course has been a flash point now for decades, but we have been drilling in Alaska for decades, for the most part very safely.

因此，这种在北极钻探的想法并不新鲜。几十年来，北极国家野生动物保护区当然一直是一个爆发点，但我们已经在阿拉斯加钻探了几十年，大部分时间都非常安全。