【正文】 reaten [39。tr?ul] n. 控制2. smoke [sm?uk] n. 煙3. desolate [39。一片片的綠草開始出現(xiàn)在這片燒焦的土地上，代替了多少世紀(jì)以來(lái)一直生長(zhǎng)在那里的參天大樹。飛機(jī)撒播近一個(gè)月后，開始下起雨來(lái)。在大火最后被撲滅后，森林管理當(dāng)局訂購(gòu)了好幾噸一種生長(zhǎng)迅速的特殊類型的草籽。而現(xiàn)在，發(fā)熱的地面上仍然升騰著煙霧，彌漫在荒涼的山丘上。Lesson 62: After the fire 大火之后【Text】Firemen had been fighting the forest 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 ing 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 grassseed 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.【課文翻譯】 消防隊(duì)員們同那場(chǎng)森林大火搏斗了將近3個(gè)星期才最后把火勢(shì)控制住。就在不久之前，參天大樹還覆蓋著方圓數(shù)英里的土地。冬季即將來(lái)臨，這些山丘對(duì)周圍的村莊具有毀滅性的威脅，因?yàn)榇笥瓴粌H會(huì)沖走土壤，而且還會(huì)引起嚴(yán)重的水災(zāi)。飛機(jī)把這種草籽大量地撒播在地上。然而到那時(shí)，很多地方的草已經(jīng)生了根。New words and expressions 生詞和短語(yǔ)1. control [k?n39。des?l?t, 39。θret?n] v. 威脅5. surrounding [s?39。str?k??n] n. 破壞，毀滅7. flood [fl?d] n. 洪水，水災(zāi)8. authority [?:39。gra:s39。kw?nt?ti] n. 量 [ru:t, rut] n. 根 [39。t?] n. 小片 [39。k?n] v. 變黑，發(fā)暗【生詞講解】1. control [k?n39。be in control of sth. 指揮，管理或控制……(=in charge of)eg. Who is in control of (in charge of)the plan? 誰(shuí)負(fù)責(zé)這個(gè)計(jì)劃？bring sth under control/get sth under control 控制住某事be under control 在控制之中eg. the fire has been brought under control. 火勢(shì)已受到控制。be out of control / get out of control 失去控制eg. The children were out of control. 管不住這些孩子。2) vt. 管理，控制，操縱，支配control sb./sth.control prices 操縱價(jià)格control traffic 管理交通eg. I can’t control my emotions/feelings. 我不能控制自己的感情。smokebomb 煙幕彈end up in smoke / go up in smoke（計(jì)劃等）成泡影，化為烏有2）v. 吸煙eg. You can’t smoke in this place. 你不能在這吸煙。eg. She smokes 20 cigarettes a day. 他每天吸20支煙。3. desolate [39。des?leit] adj. 荒涼的1）adj. 荒涼的，荒蕪的(a place deserted or miserable)a desolate hill 荒涼的小山a desolate industrial area 工業(yè)廢墟2）adj. （指人）凄涼無(wú)友的，孤凄的( lonely and sad, miserable)a desolate person。 凄涼的一生eg. We all felt extremely desolate when she left. 他離開時(shí)，我們都感到很凄涼3）v. [des?leit] 使……淪為廢墟，使荒涼，使……悲傷絕望（尤用于被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)）a city desolated by civil war 因內(nèi)戰(zhàn)而荒涼的城市a family desolated by the loss of a child 失去一個(gè)孩子而悲傷絕望的家庭desolation [u] n. 荒涼，破壞；凄涼，孤寂the desolation caused by war 戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)引起的破壞desolately adv. 荒涼地4. threaten [39。eg. The hills threaten the villages with destruction.山丘給村莊帶來(lái)毀滅性的威脅。2) v. threaten to do sth. 有……惡兆（似將發(fā)生不好的事情）（壞事）迫近eg. It theatens to snow. 天要下雪了。threat n. 恐嚇，威脅an empty threat虛張聲勢(shì)