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Lesson 62 After the fire

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 aero planes. 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.

??ft?r e??fa??r

?fa?rm?n h?d b?n ?fa?t?? e??f?r?st ?fa??r f?r ?n?rli θri wiks b??f?r ee? k?d g?t ?t ??nd?r k?n?tro?l. ???rt ta?m b??f?r, gre?t triz h?d ?k?v?rd e??k?ntri?sa?d f?r ma?lz ??ra?nd. na?, smo?k st?l ro?z ?p fr?m e? w?rm gra?nd ?o?v?r e??d?s?l?t h?lz. ?w?nt?r w?z ?k?m?? ɑn ?nd e? h?lz ?θr?tnd e? s??ra?nd???v?l???z w?e d??str?k??n, f?r ?h?vi re?n w?d nɑt ?o?nli wɑ???we?e? s??l b?t w?d k?z ?s?ri?s fl?dz ?z w?l. w?n e??fa??r h?d ?t l?st b?n p?t a?t, e??f?r?st ??θ?r?tiz ??rd?rd ?s?vr?l t?nz ?v ??sp???l ta?p ?v gr?s-sid w?? w?d gro??kw?kli. e? sid w?z spre?d ?o?v?r e? gra?nd ?n hju??kwɑnt?tiz ba???ro? ple?nz. e? ple?nz h?d b?n ?pl?nt?? sid f?r ?n?rli ? m?nθ w?n ?t b??g?n tu re?n. ba?e?n, ?ha???v?r, ?n ?m?ni ?ple?s?z e? gr?s h?d ?l?r?di ?te?k?n rut. ?n ple?s ?v e? gre?t triz w?? h?d b?n ?gro???e?r f?r ?s?n??riz, ?p???z ?v grin h?d b??g?n tu ??p?r ?n e??bl?k?nd s??l.

任務(wù)配置：L0+L4

知識筆記：

threaten 威脅

destruction 破壞；毀滅

authority? 當(dāng)局；官方

spray 噴灑

huge 巨大的；龐大的

patch 補丁

blackened 變黑的；燒焦的

get sth. under control 使……在掌控之中

take root 生根；種草（喜歡某物）

練習(xí)感悟：

注意quantities的發(fā)音，原來我在練習(xí)的時候就發(fā)錯了。