Lesson 62 After the fire（课件）新概念英语第二册

Lesson 62 After the fire Free Talk Text Review Language Points Grammar Exercises Special difficulties Free talk: Have you ever experienced any natural disasters? volcano(火山) sandstorm (沙尘暴) Can you tell some kind of natural disasters? drought(旱灾) tsunami (海啸) typhoon（台风） fire(火灾） Questions on the text Why were the surrounding villages of the hills threatened with destruction? What had begun to appear in the blackened soil in place of the great trees? control spray flood smoke quantity authority desolate root grass-seed threaten century destruction surrounding patch blacken Key words ＆ expressions control [kən'trəul] n. 控制 be in control of sth.指挥，管理或控制 =be in charge of sth Who is in control of the plan? be under control 在控制之中 The fire has been under control. 火势已受到控制。 Don’t worry, everything is under control. be out of control 失去控制 The Transformers was out of control.这个变形金刚失去了控制。 v. I can control it. =I can manage it. 我能对付(口语) control Smoke smoke [sməuk] ①n. 烟（雾） full of smoke 充满烟雾 There is no smoke without fire. 无风不起浪 have a smoke 抽一只烟 smoker n. 抽烟的人 heavy smoker 烟瘾重的人 ； nonsmoker 不抽烟的人 ②v. 吸烟 Don't smoke! = No smoking! He smoked heavily. smoking area / smoking room 吸烟室 cigarette = cigar n. 香烟 threaten threaten ['θretən] v. ①威胁 threaten to do sth. 威胁着要做……（与人相连）；有迹象表明…… 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有……预兆 It threatened to rain. 有迹象表明天要下雨了。 联想：blackmail（勒索，敲诈），steal，rob ★desolate [‘desələt, ’desəleit] adj. 荒凉的 a desolate house 废屋 desolate adj. 荒凉的（与地方相连，表示无人居住, 荒无人烟的）；极度孤独的(与人相连时) a desolate hill lonely adj. 孤独的，荒凉的，偏僻的（与地方连表示孤零零的，但并不表示无人居住） ★surrounding [sə'raundiŋ] ①adj. 周围的 the surrounding country 近郊 ②(pl.)n. 周围的事物，环境 school surroundings surround v围绕，包围，围住 I live in an old town w