内容正文:
Lesson 62 After the fire
阅读理解
1. What was the danger to the villages after the fire?
The heavy rain ________________________________________________________.
2. Grass-seed had to be planted quickly to ______________________.
单词详解
1. control n. 控制
词组:_______________ 处于控制之下
_______________ / _______________ 超出控制范围,失控
翻译:警察花了好几个月的时间去驯服那只狗。
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2. smoke n. 烟
谚语:There is no smoke without fire.
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3. desolate adj. 荒凉的
同义词:___________
4. threaten v. 威胁
词组:____________________ 威胁某人做某事
5. surrounding adj. 周围的
派生:____________ v. 包围
6. destruction n. 破坏,毁灭
派生:______________ v. 毁灭
______________ adj. 毁灭性的的
7. flood n. 洪水,水灾
派生:v. 充满
翻译:Her eyes are flooded with tears.
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8. authority n. (常用复数authorities)当局
forest authorities ____________
health authorities _____________
local authorities _____________
9. grass-seed n. 草籽
10. spray v. 喷撒
11. quantity n. 量
词组:in large quantities _______________
辨析:____________ n. 品质;性质
翻译:相对于数量而言我更看重品质。
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12. root n. 根
13. century n. 世纪
14. patch n 小片
词组:a patch of … ____________
_______________ 许多片
15. blacken v. 变黑,发暗
翻译:烟把墙壁都熏黑了。
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诋毁别人的名声是不对的。
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课文解析
1. Firemen had been fighting the forest fire for nearly three weeks before they could get it under control.
· 语法:had been doing _______________(详见语法重点)
· 翻译:在他去英格兰之前已经在苏格兰呆了十五年了。
Before he came to England,
_____________________________________________.
2. A short time before, great trees had covered the countryside for miles around.
· 词组:a short time before _____________
· 词组:for miles around ______________
· 翻译:这是方圆几英里处的唯一一幢现代建筑。
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3. Now, smoke still rose up from the warm ground over the desolate hills.