文档介绍：Lesson62 After the fire 大火之后
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。
control [kən'trəul]
under control:控制住
get/bring ….under control:把…控制住
The governor has got the situation under 。
Everything is under control。一切尽在掌握之中。
be under one’s control:在…控制下
keep….under control: 使….在控制中
A short time before, great trees had covered the countryside for miles around. 就在不久之前,参天大树还覆盖着方圆数英里的土地。
A short time before:这里有a,估计就是****惯用法了
great trees:参天大树
for miles around:方圆数英里
Now, smoke still rose up from the warm ground over the desolate hills.
而现在,发热的地面上仍然升腾着烟雾,弥漫在荒凉的山丘上 。
desolate['desəleit]
rise up:升起来
Winter ing 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.
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。
threaten ['θretn]
threaten….with:以….威胁/恐吓
surrounding [sə'raundiŋ]
destruction [di'strʌkʃən] ,毁灭
flood [flʌd] ,水灾
come on:来临
ing on:短暂动词的进行时表将来:即将来临。
for引导的句子与前面的两个分句为并列句,用于引出表推理判断之原因。
wash away:冲掉,冲走,冲刷
类似的还有:
throw away:扔掉
put away:收拾好,放好
run away:逃跑
你还能想出来吗?哈。。。。。。。
cause:引起
not only…..but (also)….as well:不但….而且(注意这里还有尾巴as well跟着,没有也是一样的。)
When the fire had at last been put out, the forest authorities