Lesson 62After the Fire
大火之后9 句 · 1:44
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Whatwasthedangertothevillagesafterthefire?
大火之后，村庄面临着什么危险？
Firemenhadbeenfightingtheforestfirefornearlythreeweeksbeforetheycouldgetitundercontrol.
消防队员们同这场森林大火搏斗了将近三个星期，才把火势控制住。
Ashorttimebefore, greattreeshadcoveredthecountrysideformilesaround.
不久之前，参天大树还覆盖着方圆数英里的乡野。
Now, smokestillroseupfromthewarmgroundoverthedesolatehills.
如今，荒凉的山丘上，温热的地面仍在冒着烟。
Winterwascomingonandthehillsthreatenedthesurroundingvillageswithdestruction, forheavyrainwouldnotonlywashawaythesoilbutwouldcauseseriousfloodsaswell.
冬季即将来临，这些山丘威胁着周围的村庄，可能带来毁灭，因为大雨不仅会冲走土壤，还会引起严重的水灾。
Whenthefirehadatlastbeenputout, theforestauthoritiesorderedseveraltonsofaspecialtypeofgrass-seedwhichwouldgrowquickly.
大火最终被扑灭之后，林业当局订购了好几吨一种生长很快的特殊草籽。
Theseedwassprayedoverthegroundinhugequantitiesbyaeroplanes.
飞机把大量的草籽喷洒在地面上。
Theplaneshadbeenplantingseedfornearlyamonthwhenitbegantorain.
飞机播种了将近一个月，这时开始下雨了。
Bythen, however, inmanyplacesthegrasshadalreadytakenroot.
然而到那时，草籽在许多地方已经生根了。
Inplaceofthegreattreeswhichhadbeengrowingthereforcenturies, patchesofgreenhadbeguntoappearintheblackenedsoil.
在这片几百年来一直生长着参天大树的地方，一片片绿色已开始出现在烧黑的土壤上。
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英英解释为课文中的义项。
- control/kənˈtroʊl/n.
the power to make something do what you want
控制
#1Firemen had been fighting the forest fire for nearly three weeks before they could get it under control.
- smoke/smoʊk/n.
the grey or black cloud that rises from a fire
烟
#3Now, smoke still rose up from the warm ground over the desolate hills.
- desolate/ˈdesələt/adj.
empty and sad, with no people or plants
荒凉的
#3Now, smoke still rose up from the warm ground over the desolate hills.
- threaten/ˈθretn/v.
to be likely to cause harm to something
威胁
#4Winter 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.
- surrounding/səˈraʊndɪŋ/adj.
all around a place
周围的
#4Winter 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.
- destruction/dɪˈstrʌkʃn/n.
the act of damaging something so badly it no longer exists
破坏；毁灭
#4Winter 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.
- flood/flʌd/n.
a large amount of water covering land that is usually dry
水灾；洪水
#4Winter 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.
- authorities/əˈθɔːrətiz/n.
the people or office in charge of something
当局
#5When 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.
- grass-seed/ˈɡræs siːd/n.
small hard parts put in the ground to grow green plants
草籽
#5When 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.
- spray/spreɪ/v.
to send out many small drops or bits over an area
喷洒
#6The seed was sprayed over the ground in huge quantities by aeroplanes.
- quantity/ˈkwɑːntəti/n.
an amount or number of something
数量
#6The seed was sprayed over the ground in huge quantities by aeroplanes.
- take root/teɪk ruːt/phr v.
to begin to grow in the ground
生根
#8By then, however, in many places the grass had already taken root.
- century/ˈsentʃəri/n.
a period of one hundred years
世纪；一百年
#9In place of the great trees which had been growing there for centuries, patches of green had begun to appear in the blackened soil.
- patch/pætʃ/n.
a small area that looks different from what is around it
小片；小块
#9In place of the great trees which had been growing there for centuries, patches of green had begun to appear in the blackened soil.
- blacken/ˈblækən/v.
to make something dark, like burnt wood
使变黑
#9In place of the great trees which had been growing there for centuries, patches of green had begun to appear in the blackened soil.