新概念英语第二册(英音新版)-第62课-大火之后.docx

新概念英语第二册(英音新版) 第62课:大火之后First listen and then answer the question.听录音，然后答复以下问题What was the danger to the villages after the fire?大火之后村庄的危急是什么？Firemen had been fighting the forest for nearly three weeks before they could get it under control.消防队员们同那场森林大火搏斗了将近3个星期才最终把火势掌握住A short time before, great trees had covered the countryside for miles around.就在不久之前，参天大树还掩盖着方圆数英里的土地Now, smoke still rose up from the warm ground over the desolate hills.而现在，发热的地面上仍旧升腾着烟雾，充满在荒芜的山丘上。

Winter was coming on and the hills threatened the surrounding villages with destruction,冬季马上降临，这些山丘对四周的村庄具有消灭性的威逼，for heavy rain would not only wash away the soil but would cause serious floods as well.由于大雨不仅会冲走土壤，而且还会引起严峻的水灾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.在大火最终被扑灭后，森林治理*订购了好几吨一种生长快速的特别类型的草籽The seed was sprayed over the ground in huge quantities by aeroplanes.飞机把这种草籽大量地撒播在地上The planes had been planting seed for nearly a month when it began to rain.飞机撒播近一个月后，开头下起雨来。

By then, however, in many places the grass had already taken root.然而到那时，许多地方的草已经生了根In place of the great trees which had been growing there for centuries patches of green had begun to appear in the blackened soil.一片片的绿草开头消失在这片烧焦的土地上，代替了多少世纪以来始终生长在那里的参天大树。