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Lesson 62
After the fire
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New Words
fight 搏斗
control n. 控制
smoke n. 烟
desolate adj. 荒凉的
threaten v. 威胁
surrounding adj. 周围的
destruction n. 破坏,毁灭
flood n. 洪水,水灾
grass-seed n. 草籽
authority n. (常用复数)当局
spray v. 喷撒
quantity n. 量
root n. 根
century n. 世纪
patch n. 小片
blacken v. 变黑,发暗
Key words & expressions
★control [kən'trəul] n. 控制
be in control of sth.指挥,管理或控制
Who is in control of the plan?
be under control 在控制之中
Don’t worry, everything is under control.
be out of control 失去控制
The fire was out of control.大火失去了控制。
be in charge of sth.
★threaten ['θretən] v.
①威胁
threaten to do sth. 威胁着要做……
He threatened to make the photo public.
threaten sb. with sth. 以……来威胁/恐吓某人
The thief threatened him with a knife.
② threat n.威胁
★surrounding [sə'raundiŋ]
①adj. 周围的 the surrounding country 近郊
②n. 周围的事物,环境 school surroundings 学校环境
surround v. 围绕,包围,围住
I live in an old town which is surrounded by beautiful flowers.
★destruction [di'strʌkʃən] n.
The fire caused the destruction of my books.
destructive adj. 破坏性的
a destructive fire
destroy v. 破坏
★flood [flʌd]
① n. 洪水, 水灾
②v. 淹没
be filled with 被...淹没;充满
The room is flooded with water.
③v. 溢满 Warmth flooded my heart.
★spray [sprei] v. 喷撒
spray sth. over/on 往……上喷洒
spray water over/on flower
spray grass-seed over/on the ground
★ grass-seed 草籽
★quantity ['kwɔntəti] n. (数)量
quantities of 大量的…… =in large quantity 大量
in small quantity 少量
quality ['kwɔləti] n. 质量
sth. with good quality 具有好质量的东西
Queations on the text:
How long did it take the firemen to get the fire under control?
Had all the trees been burnt or not?
Why were the surrounding villages of the hills threatened with destruction?
What did the forest authority do after the fire had been put out?
What had begun to appear in the blacked soil in place of the green trees?
Firemen had been fighting the forest fire for nearly three weeks before they could get it under control. A sho