[Day 2018-12-08]
Lesson62 After the fire
Firemen had been fighting the forest fire 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.
[ˈfaɪəmən] [həd] [biːn] [ˈfaɪtɪŋ] [ðə] [ˈfɒrɪst] [ˈfaɪə] [fə] [ˈnɪəli] [θriː] [wiːks] [bɪˈfɔː] [ðeɪ] [kəd] [gɛt] [ɪt] [ˈʌndə] [kənˈtrəʊl]. [ə] [ʃɔːt] [taɪm] [bɪˈfɔː], [greɪt] [triːz] [həd] [ˈkʌvəd] [ðə] [ˈkʌntrɪˌsaɪd] [fə] [maɪlz] [əˈraʊnd]. [naʊ], [sməʊk] [stɪl] [rəʊz] [ʌp] [frəm] [ðə] [wɔːm] [graʊnd] [ˈəʊvə] [ðə] [ˈdɛsəlɪt] [hɪlz]. [ˈwɪntə] [wəz] [ˈkʌmɪŋ] [ɒn] [ənd] [ðə] [hɪlz] [ˈθrɛtnd] [ðə] [səˈraʊndɪŋ] [ˈvɪlɪʤɪz] [wɪð] [dɪsˈtrʌkʃən], [fə] [ˈhɛvi] [reɪn] [wəd] [nɒt] [ˈəʊnli] [wɒʃ] [əˈweɪ] [ðə] [sɔɪl] [bət] [wəd] [kɔːz] [ˈsɪərɪəs] [flʌdz] [əz] [wɛl]. [wɛn] [ðə] [ˈfaɪə] [həd] [ət] [lɑːst] [biːn] [pʊt] [aʊt], [ðə] [ˈfɒrɪst] [ɔːˈθɒrɪtiz] [ˈɔːdəd] [ˈsɛvrəl] [tʌnz] [əv] [ə] [ˈspɛʃəl] [taɪp] [əv] [grɑːs]-[siːd] [wɪʧ] [wəd] [grəʊ] [ˈkwɪkli]. [ðə] [siːd] [wəz] [spreɪd] [ˈəʊvə] [ðə] [graʊnd] [ɪn] [hjuːʤ] [ˈkwɒntɪtiz] [baɪ] [eərəʊ] [pleɪnz]. [ðə] [pleɪnz] [həd] [biːn] [ˈplɑːntɪŋ] [siːd] [fə] [ˈnɪəli] [ə] [mʌnθ] [wɛn] [ɪt] [bɪˈgæn] [tə] [reɪn]. [baɪ] [ðɛn], [haʊˈɛvə], [ɪn] [ˈmɛni] [ˈpleɪsɪz] [ðə] [grɑːs] [həd] [ɔːlˈrɛdi] [ˈteɪkən] [ruːt]. [ɪn] [pleɪs] [əv] [ðə] [greɪt] [triːz] [wɪʧ] [həd] [biːn] [ˈgrəʊɪŋ] [ðeə] [fə] [ˈsɛnʧʊriz], [ˈpæʧɪz] [əv] [griːn] [həd] [bɪˈgʌn] [tʊ] [əˈpɪər] [ɪn] [ðə] [ˈblækənd] [sɔɪl].
任务：L0+L4
笔记：a short time before，take root，in place of，miles around，in huge quantities，
desolate，destruction，spray，patch，blacken
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