Lesson 62 After the fire.ppt

Lesson 62After the fire control n 控制 smoke n 烟 desolate adj 荒凉的 threaten v 威胁的 surrounding adj周围的 destruction n 破坏，毁灭 flood n 洪水，水灾 authority n （常用复数）当局 grass-seed n 草籽 spray v 喷撒 quantity n 量 root n 根 century n 世纪 patch n 小片 blacken v 变黑，发暗 control sth （v）：控制 I can control it. I can manage.我能对付 介词短语： in control：在控制之内 under control：在控制之下 out of control：失控 arrest：逮捕 under arrest：被逮捕 smoke：（v）吸烟 Dont smoke. No smoking! cigarette, cigar: (n)香烟 smoke：烟雾 full of smoke 名词加-y，变为形容词 smoky：（a.）多烟的 smoky area：吸烟区 nonsmoking area：吸烟区 heavy smoker：烟瘾重的人 lonely：孤独的，荒凉的，偏僻的 desolate：荒凉的，极度孤独的 desolate＋地方－无人居住，荒无人烟的 threaten to do：威胁着要做... threaten sb with sth：以什么来威胁某人 It threatened to rain. 有迹象表明明天要下雨了 surrounding：环境（在周边的事物） atmosphere：大气层，氛围（在周边的人文环境） destroy（v）：破坏 destructive：毁灭性的 construction：建设，建筑 build：建设（具体的建某物） construct： 建设（为...创造更好的条件） spray sth over/on往什么上喷洒 spray water over/on flower spray grass-seed over/on ground quality：质量 quantity：数量 sth with good quality quantities of：大量的 root of...的根 What is the root cause？ take root：升根 come out：长出来 shoot：芽 a patch of：一小片 patches of：许多片 piece：片，快 patch（平面上的）一片，补丁 -en --表示动词 weak虚弱的 weaken使...虚弱，削弱 复合词：fireman 派生词：（前缀，后缀） -tion --名词 - less --形容词 Firemen had been fighting the forest fire 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