练习材料：

Lesson62    After the fire

Firemen had beenfighting the forest fire for nearly three weeks before they could get it undercontrol. A short time before, great trees had covered the countryside for milesaround. Now, smoke still rose up from the warm ground over the desolate hills.Winter was coming on and the hills threatened the surrounding villages withdestruction, for heavy rain would not only wash away the soil but would causeserious floods as well. When the fire had at last been put out, the forestauthorities ordered several tons of a special type of grass-seed which wouldgrow 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 torain. By then, however, in many places the grass had already taken root. Inplace of the great trees which had been growing there for centuries, patches ofgreen had begun to appear in the blackened soil.

ˈɑːftə ðə ˈfaɪə

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 greɪttriːz wɪʧ həd biːn ˈgrəʊɪŋ ðeə fə ˈsɛnʧʊriz, ˈpæʧɪz əv griːn həd bɪˈgʌn tʊ əˈpɪərɪn ðə ˈblækənd sɔɪl.

任务配置：L0+L1+L4

知识笔记：

单词：1、desolate：荒凉，2、threatened：受威胁，3、destruction：毁灭，4、floods：洪水，5、authorities：当局，6、sprayed：喷涂，7、patches：补丁，8、blackened：发黑

音标：/u:/ 双唇成圆形，牙床近于半合，舌尖不触下齿，自然而不用力，发“屋”之长音。是字母oo或ou在单词中的发音

练习感悟： 读了两个月了，读起来还是非常地拗口，要坚持下去，才能有实质性的进步。