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 aero planes. 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.
[ˈfaɪrmən] [hæd] [bɪn] [ˈfaɪtɪŋ] [ðə] [ˈfɔrəst] [ˈfaɪər] [fɔr] [ˈnɪrli] [θri] [wiks] [bɪˈfɔr] [ðeɪ] [kʊd] [gɛt] [ɪt] [ˈʌndər] [kənˈtroʊl]. [ə] [ʃɔrt] [taɪm] [bɪˈfɔr], [greɪt] [triz] [hæd] [ˈkʌvərd] [ðə] [ˈkʌntriˌsaɪd] [fɔr] [maɪlz] [əˈraʊnd]. [naʊ], [smoʊk] [stɪl] [roʊz] [ʌp] [frʌm] [ðə] [wɔrm] [graʊnd] [ˈoʊvər] [ðə] [ˈdɛsələt] [hɪlz]. [ˈwɪntər] [wʌz] [ˈkʌmɪŋ] [ɑn] [ænd] [ðə] [hɪlz] [ˈθrɛtənd] [ðə] [səˈraʊndɪŋ] [ˈvɪləʤəz] [wɪð] [dɪˈstrʌkʃən], [fɔr] [ˈhɛvi] [reɪn] [wʊd] [nɑt] [ˈoʊnli] [wɑʃ] [əˈweɪ] [ðə] [sɔɪl] [bʌt] [wʊd] [kɑz] [ˈsɪriəs] [flʌdz] [æz] [wɛl]. [wɛn] [ðə] [ˈfaɪər] [hæd] [æt] [læst] [bɪn] [pʊt] [aʊt], [ðə] [ˈfɔrəst] [əˈθɔrətiz] [ˈɔrdərd] [ˈsɛvrəl] [tʌnz] [ʌv] [ə] [ˈspɛʃəl] [taɪp] [ʌv] [græs]-[sid] [wɪʧ] [wʊd] [groʊ] [ˈkwɪkli]. [ðə] [sid] [wʌz] [spreɪd] [ˈoʊvər] [ðə] [graʊnd] [ɪn] [hjuʤ] [ˈkwɑntətiz] [baɪ] [ˈɛroʊ] [pleɪnz]. [ðə] [pleɪnz] [hæd] [bɪn] [ˈplæntɪŋ] [sid] [fɔr] [ˈnɪrli] [ə] [mʌnθ] [wɛn] [ɪt] [bɪˈgæn] [tu] [reɪn]. [baɪ] [ðɛn], [ˌhaʊˈɛvər], [ɪn] [ˈmɛni] [ˈpleɪsəz] [ðə] [græs] [hæd] [ɔlˈrɛdi] [ˈteɪkən] [rut]. [ɪn] [pleɪs] [ʌv] [ðə] [greɪt] [triz] [wɪʧ] [hæd] [bɪn] [ˈgroʊɪŋ] [ðɛr] [fɔr] [ˈsɛnʧəriz], [ˈpæʧəz] [ʌv] [grin] [hæd] [bɪˈgʌn] [tu] [əˈpɪr] [ɪn] [ðə] [ˈblækənd] [sɔɪl].
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