Lesson 62 After the fire 大火之后
First listen and then answer the question. 听录音，然后回答以下问题：What was the danger to the villages after the fire?
听三遍录音，然后对照附文再听一遍，尤其是刚才没有听懂的句子，要特别留意
【原文】
Firemen had been fighting the forest for nearly three weeks before they could get it under control. A short time before, great trees had covered the countryside for miles around. Now, smoke still rose up from the warm ground over the desolate hills. Winter was coming on and the hills threatened the surrounding villages with destruction, for heavy rain would not only wash away the soil but would cause serious floods as well. When the fire had at last been put out, the forest authorities ordered several tons of a special type of grass-seed which would grow quickly. The seed was sprayed over the ground in huge quantities by aeroplanes. The planes had been planting seed for nearly a month when it began to rain. By then, however, in many places the grass had already taken root. In place of the great trees which had been growing there for centuries patches of green had begun to appear in the blackened soil.
【译文】大火之后
Firemen had been fighting the forest for nearly three weeks before they could get it under control
*防队消**员们同那场森林大火搏斗了将近3个星期才最后把火势控制住。
A short time before, great trees had covered the countryside for miles around.
就在不久之前，参天大树还覆盖着方圆数英里的土地。
Now, smoke still rose up from the warm ground over the desolate hills.
而现在，发热的地面上仍然升腾着烟雾，弥漫在荒凉的山丘上。
Winter was coming on and the hills threatened the surrounding villages with destruction, for heavy rain would not only wash away the soil but would cause serious floods as well.
冬季即将来临，这些山丘对周围的村庄具有毁灭性的威胁，因为大雨不仅会冲走土壤，而且还会引起严重的水灾。
When the fire had at last been put out, the forest authorities ordered several tons of a special type of grass-seed which would grow quickly.
在大火最后被扑灭后，森林管理当局订购了好几吨一种生长迅速的特殊类型的草籽。
The seed was sprayed over the ground in huge quantities by aeroplanes.
飞机把这种草籽大量地撒播在地上。
The planes had been planting seed for nearly a month when it began to rain.
飞机撒播近一个月后，开始下起雨来。
By then, however, in many places the grass had already taken root.
然而到那时，很多地方的草已经生了根。
In place of the great trees which had been growing there for centuries patches of green had begun to appear in the blackened soil.
一片片的绿草开始出现在这片烧焦的土地上，代替了多少世纪以来一直生长在那里的参天大树。
【New words and expressions】 生词和短语
★control n 控制
control sth. (v) : 控制
I can control it.
I can manage it. 我能对付(口语)
介词短语 :
in control : 在控制之内
under control : 在控制之下,被控制
out of control : 失控
★smoke n 烟
smoke : 吸烟
Don't smoke! / No smoking!
cigarette,cigar:(n)香烟
smoke : (n) 烟雾
full of smoke : 充满烟雾
名词加-y, 变为形容词: rain – rainy / cloud - cloudy
smokey : (a.)多烟的
smoking area; smoking room 吸烟室 / smoking apartment 火车上的吸烟车厢
smokey area : 吸烟区 / nonsmokey area : 禁烟区
heavy smoker : 烟瘾重的人 / nonsmoker : 不抽烟的人 / He smoked heavily.
★desolate adj 荒凉的
lonely adj : 孤独的, 荒凉的, 偏僻的 (与地方连表示孤零零的,但并不表示无人居住)
desolate : 荒凉的, 极度孤独的(与人相连时)
desolate+地方－－无人居住, 荒无人烟的
★threaten v 威胁的
threaten to do : 威胁着要做...
threaten sb with sth : 以什么来威胁某人
It threatened to rain有迹象表明天要下雨了
★surrounding adj周围的
surroundings n : 环境(在周边的事物)
atmosphere n : 大气层, 氛围(在周边的人文环境)
★destruction n 破坏, 毁灭
destroy(v) : 破坏
destructive (adj) : 毁灭性的
construction (n) : 建设, 建筑 / construction bank 建设银行
build : 建设(具体的建某物)
construct (v) : 建设(为...创造更好的条件)
constructive (adj) : 建设性的(意见)
★flood n 洪水, 水灾
flood / floods 都对,都可以用,无区别
★authority n (常用复数)当局
authorities : 当局(应为复数) / authority : 权威(单数)
★grass-seed n 草籽
★spray v 喷撒
spray sth over/on往什么上喷洒
spray water over/on flower
spray grass-seed over/on the ground
★quantity n 量
quality : 质量
quantity : 数量
sth with good quality : 具有好质量的东西
quantities of : 大量的
★root n 根
root of...的根
what is the root cause? 根本原因
take root : 生根
come out : 长出来 / flower come out : 开花
shoot : 芽
shoot n.射击, 发射, 摄影, 急流 vt.射击, 投射, 伸出, 拍摄, 用完, 挥出, 给...注射, 使爆炸 vi.射出, 射击, 发出, 发芽, 射门, 拍电影
get out : 出去
★century n 世纪
★patch n 小片
a patch of : 一小片 / a piece of / a bit of / a sheet of
patches of : 许多片
piece : 片, 块
patch(平面上的)一片, 补丁(本意)
★blacken v 变黑, 发暗
-en --表示动词, 使...变得...
weak虚弱的
weaken使...变弱, 削弱