Lesson 62 After the fire-英语听力

[00:01.080]--- Lesson 62 After the fire
大火之后 [00:06.480]--- First listen and then answer the question.
^听录音，然后回答以下问题。 [00:12.640]--- What was the danger to the villages after the fire? [00:20.000]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。 [00:28.760]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。 [00:36.160]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。 [00:43.760]Winter was coming on and the hills threatened the surrounding villages with destruction,
^冬季即将来临，这些山丘对周围的村庄具有毁灭性的威胁， [00:50.720]for heavy rain would not only wash away the soil but would cause serious floods as well.
^因为大雨不仅会冲走土壤，而且还会引起严重的水灾。 [00:59.280]When the fire had at last been put out,
^在大火最后被扑灭后， [01:02.760]the forest authorities ordered several tons of a special type of grass-seed which would grow quickly.
^森林管理当局订购了好几吨一种生长迅速的特殊类型的草籽。 [01:11.080]The seed was sprayed over the ground in huge quantities by aeroplanes.
^飞机把这种草籽大量地撒播在地上。 [01:18.760]The planes had been planting seed for nearly a month when it began to rain.
^飞机撒播近一个月后，开始下起雨来。 [01:25.400]By then, however, in many places the grass had already taken root.
^然而到那时，很多地方的草已经生了根。 [01:31.680]In place of the great trees which had been growing there for centuries, patches of green had begun to appear in the blackened soil.
^一片片的绿草开始出现在这片烧焦的土地上，代替了多少世纪以来一直生长在那里的参天大树。 [01:42.760]--- end