新概念英语第二册 Lesson 62 After the fire 讲义

Lesson 62 After the fire

🌻Part 1: Text

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. In place of the great trees which had been growing there for centuries, patches of green had begun to appear in the blackened soil. 

🌻Part 2: New words and expression

1 control [kən'trəul] n.控制

2 smoke [sməuk] n.烟

3 desolate['desəleit] a.荒凉的

4 threaten ['θretn] v.威胁

5 surrounding [sə'raundiŋ] a.周围的

6 destruction [di'strʌkʃən] n.破坏，毁灭

7 flood [flʌd] n.洪水，水灾

8 authority [ɔ:'θɔriti] n.(常用复数)当局

9 grass-seed ['gra:s'si:d] n.草籽

10 spray [sprei] v.喷撒

11 quantity ['kwɔntəti] n.量

12 root[ru:t] n.根

13 century['sentʃəri] n.世纪

14 patch [pætʃ] n.小片

15 blacken['blækən] v.变黑，发暗

★control     n. 控制

1.in control     在控制之内

under control     在控制之下,被控制

out of control    失控

2.control sth  

I can control it. =I can manage it.    我能对付(口语)

The situation is under control.

I can control the situation.

① vt. 控制，指挥，支配，管理

Don’t try to control other people.

② n. 控制（能力），支配（能力）

It’s hard to keep the number of people coming into the country under control.

★smoke     n. 烟（雾）

1.full of smoke     充满烟雾

smoky     adj. 多烟的（名词加-y, 变为形容词）

smoking area   吸烟区 ；nonsmoking area    禁烟区

2.smoker     n. 抽烟的人

heavy smoker   烟瘾重的人 ；nonsmoker  不抽烟的人 

3.smoke   v. 吸烟

Don't smoke! = No smoking!

He smoked heavily. 他烟瘾很大

smoking apartment     火车上的吸烟车厢

4.cigarette = cigar     n. 香烟

★desolate      adj. 荒凉的

desolate      adj. 

be devoid of inhabitants

“streets which were usually so thronged now grown desolate"   (Daniel Defoe). 

由岩石组成的、荒凉的月球表面

the rocky, desolate surface of the moon

lonely adj. unfrequented by people, desolate

a lonely crossroads 

★threaten     v. 威胁的

1. to express a threat against or give indications of taking hostile action against: 

threaten sb. with sth.     以……来威胁/恐吓某人

The thief threatened him with a knife.

2. To give signs or warning of; portend: 

The black clouds threaten a storm.

3.threaten to do sth.     威胁着要做……（与人相连）；有迹象表明……

He threaten to take the tenant to court .

It threatened to rain.    有迹象表明天要下雨了。

★surrounding     adj. 周围的

1.surroundings  n. 环境(在周边的事物)

They lived amid beautiful surroundings.

2.atmosphere n. 大气层, 氛围(在周边的人文环境) 

an atmosphere of peace and calm in the country 

3.Environment 环境, 周围状况, 自然环境

a happy environment at school.

4.Setting: the context and environment in which a situation is set, the background

Rome is the perfect setting for romance.

★destruction      n. 破坏, 毁灭

1.destroy      v. 破坏

destructive     adj. 毁灭性的

construct      v. 建设(为……创造更好的条件)

construction     n.  建设, 建筑

China Construction Bank     建设银行

constructive      adj. 建设性的(意见)

2.build     v. 建设(具体的建某物)

★authority n. 当局

authority    n. 权威（单数）

He began to assume airs of authority. 装出一副威风凛凛的样子

He is a noted authority on English literature.

他是著名的英国文学权威。

★spray      v. 喷撒     n.喷雾，浪花