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[00:00.00]Lesson 62 control
第62课 控制
[00:06.39]Firemen had been fighting the forest fire 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个星期才最后把火势控制住。
[00:18.34]The situation was out of control.
局势失去了控制。
[00:23.11]Parents should not have control over their children.
父母不应该控制他们的孩子。
[00:27.76]smoke
烟
[00:31.28]Now,smoke still rose up from the warm grund over the desolate hills.
现在，发热的地面上仍然升腾着烟雾，弥漫在荒凉的山丘上。
[00:39.01]The room was full of choking smoke.
屋子里满是烟雾，很呛人。
[00:42.59]The huge fire sent dense smoke up to the sky.
大火向空中释放出浓烟。
[00:48.47]desolate
荒凉的
[00:52.39]The railway station became desolate in the war.
战争期间，这个火车站变得荒凉了。
[00:58.41]They changed the desolate hand into a prospoerous town.
他们把这个不毛之地变成了一个繁荣的小镇。
[01:03.47]threaten
威胁
[01:07.04]Winter was coming on and the hills threatened the surrounging villages with destruction,for heavy rain would not only wash away the soil but would cause serious floods as well.
冬季即将来临，这些山丘对周围的村庄具有毁灭性的威胁，因为大雨不仅会冲走土壤，而且还会引起严重的水灾。
[01:24.30]He threatened to kidnap her child.
他威胁要绑架她的孩子。
[01:29.23]The flood threatened thousands of lives.
水灾威胁着数千人的生命。
[01:33.72]surrounding
周围的
[01:37.53]The valley and its surrounding scenery are fascinating.
这个山谷和它周围的景致非常迷人。
[01:44.11]The surrounding country took on a new look.
周围的乡村呈现出新的面貌。
[01:47.70]destruction
破坏，毁灭
[01:51.44]The earthquake caused the destruction of the city.
地震使这个城市毁灭了。
[01:56.41]The advanced weapons increased the destruction of war.
先进的武器使战争更具破坏性。
[02:01.04]flood
洪水，水灾
[02:03.33]The village was stricken by a heavy flood.
村庄遭到大水的袭击。
[02:09.22]Food and clothes were sent to the flood-stricken areas.
食物和衣物被送到遭受水灾地区。
[02:13.68]authority
当局
[02:16.08]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.
在大火最后被扑灭后，森林管理当局订购了好几吨一种生长迅速的特殊类型的草籽。
[02:33.36]The school authorities lay down some new rules and regulations.
学校当局制定了一些新的规章制度。
[02:40.21]The local authorities attached great importance to the event.
地方当局对该事件很重视。
[02:46.13]grass-seed
草籽
[02:49.15]Grass-seed is expensive.
草籽很贵。
[02:51.06]A lot of grass-seed was frozen to death in the winter.
许多草籽在冬天冻死了。
[02:59.14]spray
喷酒
[03:01.12]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。
[03:09.58]Vegetables are sprayed.
蔬菜喷上农药。
[03:15.39]The worker were spraying paint on the wall.
工人们正往墙上喷油漆。
[03:19.65]quantity
量
[03:23.33]Large quantities of goods were damaged in the storm.
大量的货物在风暴中受损。
[03:28.57]Yesterday's typhoon brought a great quantity of rain.
昨天的台风带来了大量的降雨。
[03:33.88]root
根
[03:37.23]By then,however,in many places the grass had already taken root.
然而到那时，很多地方的草已经生了根。
[03:45.12]Many trees were pulled up by the roots.
许多树被连根拔起。
[03:50.02]Vegetation in the desert usually has deep roots.
沙漠中的植被根长得很深。
[03:54.84]century
世纪
[03:58.25]In place of the great trees which had been growing there for centuries,patches of green had begun to appear in the blackened soil.
一片片的绿草开始出现在这片烧焦的土地上，代替了多少世纪以来一直生长在那里的参天大树。
[04:11.22]The 20th century witnessed many great changes in China.
中国在20世纪发生了很多重大的变化。
[04:17.27]This ancient city was deserted for centuries.
这座古老的城市被遗弃若干个世纪。
[04:22.54]patch
小片
[04:25.41]They toiled on a small patch of land.
他们在一小块土地上劳作。
[04:30.44]There is a patch of garden in front of the house.
房子前面有一小片花园。
[04:34.64]blacken
变黑，发暗
[04:38.33]Their faces were blackened by the smoke.
他们的脸被烟熏黑了。
[04:43.19]Smoking blackened his fingers.
抽烟使他的手指变黑了。