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# 62 · 大火之后

### 第1段

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.

中文理解：消防员与森林大火搏斗了将近三个星期，才终于把火势控制住。 不久前，方圆数英里的乡间还满是参天大树，如今只剩荒凉的山坡，地面依然滚烫，还冒着烟。 冬天快到了，这些山坡又威胁着周边村庄：大雨不仅会冲走泥土，还会引发严重洪水，造成破坏。 大火终于扑灭后，林业部门订购了几吨生长很快的特殊草籽，再用飞机大量撒到地面。 飞机播种将近一个月，雨才下起来。不过这时，许多地方的草已经生根了。 那些曾生长了几个世纪的大树不见了，焦黑的土地上开始长出一片片新绿。

* **under control**：处于控制之下；本课是控制火势，不是控制器的位置。

* **wash away**：冲走；常以水或雨为施事，强调被冲离原处。

* **serious floods**：严重水灾；flood作一次洪水时可数，serious强调后果严重。

* **in huge quantities**：大量地；说使用或供应的量很大，不是体积一定大。

* **taken root**：扎根；既可指植物生根，也可比喻观念逐渐确立。

* **In place of**：代替；与in the place of在具体位置不同，别随意加the。

#### Firemen had been fighting the forest fire for nearly three weeks before they could get it under control.

复合句，主句主谓宾结构，before 引导的时间状语从句为主谓宾 + 宾补结构.

\[关键句型] 本句的主句为过去完成进行时，had been doing 结构. 教材中讲解说是在过去某一时刻之前一直进行的动作，在本句中一直进行的fighting 动作就是在时间状语从句之前发生的.

#### A short time before, great trees had covered the countryside for miles around.

简单句，主谓宾结构.

\[关键句型] 本句为过去完成时，had done 结构. 前两句所涉及的时态即为本课的复习内容.

#### Now, smoke still rose up from the warm ground over the desolate hills.

简单句，主谓结构，用了一般过去时，rise→rose. 这个单词是不规则的，请予以记忆：rise, rose, risen /ˈrɪzn/.

#### 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.

并列句，全句整体上由并列连词for 予以连接，并非原因状语从句，前后两句各自又是并列句，实际上这个句子由四个简单句构成. 我在主干上予以标记序号，其中1和 2句为for 的前句，3和4句为for 的后句. 1. 主谓结构，过去进行时，本句come on 是 to begin by degrees 之意，严格意义上说，是冬季的逐渐来临；2. 主谓宾结构，一般过去时；3和4均为主谓宾结构，表示可能发生的情况.

#### 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.

复合句，主句主谓宾结构，一般过去时，前面有when 引导的时间状语从句，主谓结构，had been done 过去完成时的被动语态；最后有一个which 引导的定语从句，修饰草种，主谓结构.

#### The seed was sprayed over the ground in huge quantities by aeroplanes.

简单句，主谓结构，一般过去时的被动语态，种子是被播撒的.

#### The planes had been planting seed for nearly a month when it began to rain.

复合句，主句主谓宾结构，过去完成进行时，when 引导的时间状语从句 it began to rain 中，rain 是不及物动词，to rain 是 began 后的不定式。这里用一般过去时。 从本句可以再理解一次在某一过去的时刻之前是什么意思，本句的从句when…用了一般过去时，已经是过去的时刻了，这时我们又描述在过去的这个时刻，飞机一直在播撒种子，所以主句用过去完成进行时.

#### By then, however, in many places the grass had already taken root.

简单句，主谓宾结构，过去完成时.

#### In place of the great trees which had been growing there for centuries, patches of green had begun to appear in the blackened soil.

简单句，主谓宾结构，过去完成时，句首的地点状语中，额外有一个定语从句，我们予以分析，该which 引导的定语从句，为主谓结构，用了过去完成进行时.

## 学完这一课

先沿这条线复述《大火之后》：大火终于受控 → 林地成了荒山 → 雨季带来新危险 → 紧急播种草籽 → 降雨前已经扎根 → 焦土开始出现新绿。再借一个结构讲自己的事：本句更关心做了多久，还是完成了多少？换自己的学习过程说一句。

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