control n. 控制
smoke n. 烟
desolate adj. 荒凉的
threaten vt. 威胁
surrounding adj. 周围的，附近的
destruction n. 破坏，毁灭
flood n. 洪水
authority n. 当局
grass-seed n. 草籽
spray vt. 喷射
quantity n. 量
root n. 根
century n. 世纪
patch n.小片
blacken vi. 变黑
blackened adj. 变黑的
after the fire 大火之后
Firemen 消防队员们
had been fighting 一直同…搏斗
fight cencer 与癌症搏斗
fight temptation 抵制诱惑
the forest fire 那场森林大火
for nearly three weeks 将近3个星期
under control 受到控制
get something under control 把….控制住
bring under control 把…控制起来
the flood has been brought under control 洪水已被控制住了
the authorities finally managed to get the situation under control 当局终于把局势控制住了
before they could get it under control 最后把火势控制住
A short time before 不久以前
great trees had covered the countryside 参天大树还覆盖着乡村
for miles around 方圆数英里
Now 现在
smoke still rose up 升腾着烟雾
from the warm ground 从地面上
desolate adj. 荒凉的
over the desolate hills 弥漫在荒凉的山丘上
come on 开始，来临
Winter was coming on 冬季即将来临
rain came on just before daybreak . 天刚亮的时候天开始下起雨来了[开始]
i can feel a cold coming on. 我可以感觉到要感冒了
and the hills 这些山丘
threatened the surrounding villages with destruction 对四周的村庄具有毁灭性的威胁
wash away 冲走；洗掉
filth n. 污秽；肮脏
go and wash that filth off your hands 快去把手上的脏东西洗掉
stain n. 污点
ink stains 墨水迹
wash out 洗掉
these ink stains will not wash out. 这些墨渍洗不掉
for heavy rain would not only wash away the soil 因为大雨将不仅冲走土壤
but would cause serious floods as well 而且还会引起严重的水灾
When the fire had at last been put out 在火终于被扑灭的时候
the forest authorities ordered 他森林当局订购了
the local authorities 地方当局
military adj. 军事的；军人的
the military authorities 军事当局
several tons of a special type of grass-seed 好几吨特殊类型的草籽
which would grow quickly 一种生长迅速的
The seed was sprayed over the ground 草籽被撒播在地上
spray over 撒在……
he is spraying water over the flowers . 他正在给花浇水
in huge quantities 大量地
by aeroplanes 飞机
The planes had been planting seed for nearly a month 飞机撒播近一个月后
when it began to rain 突然下雨了
By then 到那时候
however 然而
take root v. 生根
his idea have taken root in the minds of his followers 他的想法在他的追随者心中根深蒂固
in many places the grass had already taken root 很多地方的草已经生了根
In place of 代替
the great trees 那些大树
which had been growing there for centuries 多少世纪以来一直生长在那里的
patches of green 一片片的绿草
green 草地
they are dancing on the village green . 他们在村里的草地上跳舞
had begun to appear in the blackened soil 开始出现在这片烧焦的土地上
