2017 新概念英语第二册 lesson62 After the fire 最新版.pptVIP

Please watch the video and try not to read the subtitle. Today well listen to a story about what people did after a forest fire. control [k?ntr??l] n. 控制 smoke [sm??k] n. 烟 desolate [des(?)l?t] adj. 荒凉的 threaten [θret(?)n] v. 威胁 surrounding [s?ra?nd??] adj. 周围的 destruction [d?str?k??n] n. 破坏，毁灭 flood [fl?d] n. 洪水，水灾 authority [??θ?r?t?] n. （常用复数）当局 order [??d?] vt. 订购 grass-seed [gra:ssi:d] n. 草籽 spray [spre?] v. 喷撒 quantity [kw?nt?t?] n. 量 root [ru?t] n. 根 century [sent??ri] n. 世纪 patch [p?t?] n. 小片 blacken [bl?k?n] v. 变黑，发暗 blackened adj. 变黑的，发暗的 Listen to the story and see if you can answer this question： What was the danger to the villages aften the fire? Answer：That winter rain would wash the soil away and cause serious floods. Practise reading More questions on the text 1. How long did it take the firemen to get the forest fire under control? It took them nearly three weeks. 2. Why were the surrounding villages of the hills threatened with destruction? Because heavy rain would not only wash away the soil but would cause serious floods as well. 3. What did the forest authorities do after the fire had been put out? They ordered several tons of a special type of grass-seed which would grow quickly. 4. What has begun to appear in the blackened soil in place of the great trees? It is patches of green that took place of the great trees to appear in the blackened soil. 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 fore