大火之后
一、词汇部分
1.control/kənˈtroʊl/ n. 控制
词根学习:contr相反+ roll
扩展:roll up one’s sleeves
2.smoke/smoʊk/ n. 烟
例句:Can I bum a smoke?
扩展:lighter
扩展:smoking hot
3.desolate/ˈdes.əl.ət/ adj. 荒凉的
词汇助记:de-+ sol- 单独+ate
4.threaten/ˈθret.ən/ v. 威胁
例句:Don’t try to threaten me.
5.surrounding /səˈraʊnd/ adj.周围的
6.destruction/dɪˈstrʌk.ʃən/ n. 破坏,毁灭
同源词:construction
7.flood/flʌd/ n. 洪水,水灾
扩展: flood into 涌入
8.authority/əˈθɔːr.ə.t̬i/ n. (常用复数)当局
9.grass-seed n. 草籽
10.spray/spreɪ/ v. 喷撒
扩展:sprayer
扩展:dispenser
11.quantity/ˈkwɑːn.t̬ə.t̬i/ n. 量
扩展:quality
12.root/ruːt/ n. 根
13.century/ˈsen.tʃər.i/ n. 世纪
14.patch/pætʃ/ n. 小片
15.blacken/ˈblæk.ən/ v. 变黑,发暗
文章讲解
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 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 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.
文章精讲:
1)知识点1:完成进行时
搭配:have been doing sth表示最近一段时间一直做某事
例句:I’ve learning Chinese for the past two months and if you throw me to China now, I think I’ll survive.
备注:fight for something 努力争取
例句:If you want something, you got to fight for it. If you want it bad, you got to fight hard.
备注:have a fight 打架,吵架
例句:Laura wants to take a trip to Japan this month, but I don’t have the time to go with her. So she got angry and we had a fight.
备注:have a falling out 和某人生气不说话了
2)知识点2:under control在控制之中
例:Don’t worry. Everything’s under control.
扩展:out of control 失控
备注: under the name +名字
例句:Hi, I’d like to check in please. I made a reservation under the name 刘奇文。