Lesson62 After the fire 大火之后.doc

Lesson62 After the fire 大火之后 Firemen had been fighting the forest fire for nearly three weeks before they could get it under control. 消防队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。 control [k?ntr?ul] n.控制 under control:控制住 get/bring ….under control:把…控制住 The governor has got the situation under control.州长已经掌控了形势。 Everything is under control。一切尽在掌握之中。 be under one’s control:在…控制下 keep….under control: 使….在控制中 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。 A short time before:这里有a，估计就是习惯用法了 great trees：参天大树 for miles around:方圆数英里 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?。 desolate[des?leit] a.荒凉的 rise up:升起来 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。 threaten [θretn] v.威胁 threaten….with:以….威胁/恐吓 surrounding [s?raundi?] a.周围的 destruction [distr?k??n] n.破坏， flood [fl?d] n.洪水， come on:来临 was coming on:短暂动词的进行时表将来：即将来临。 for引导的句子与前面的两个分句为并列句，用于引出表推理判断之原因。 wash away:冲掉，冲走，冲刷 类似的还有： throw away:扔掉 put away:收拾好，放好 run away:逃跑 你还能想出来吗？哈。。。。。。。 cause:引起 not only…..but (also)….as well:不但….而且（注意这里还有尾巴as well跟着，没有也是一样的。） 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。 authority [?:θ?riti] n.(常用复数)当局 grass-seed [gra:ssi:d] n.草籽 at last竟然夹在had和put out中间 put out:扑灭 order:订购 order the food:点菜 serve food:上菜 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。 spray [sprei] v.喷撒 quantity [kw?nt?ti] n.量 in huge quantities:大量地 a large quantity of quantities of 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