全文 9 句（男女对话）· 15 个生词和短语（加粗 + 红色音标 / 词性 / 释义）
作者1. Firemen had been fighting the forest fire for nearly three weeks before they could get it under control /kən'trəʊl/ n. 控制.
作者2. A short time before, great trees had covered the countryside for miles around.
作者3. Now, smoke /sməʊk/ n. 烟 still rose up from the warm ground over the desolate /'desələt/ adj. 荒凉的 hills.
作者4. Winter was coming on and the hills threatened /'θretnd/ v. 威胁 the surrounding /sə'raʊndɪŋ/ adj. 周围的 villages with destruction /dɪ'strʌkʃn/ n. 破坏，毁灭, for heavy rain would not only wash away the soil but would cause serious floods /flʌdz/ n. 洪水，水灾 as well.
作者5. When the fire had at last been put out, the forest authorities /ɔː'θɒrətiz/ n. (常用复数) 当局 ordered several tons of a special type of grass-seed /'ɡrɑːs-siːd/ n. 草籽 which would grow quickly.
作者6. The seed was sprayed /spreɪd/ v. 喷洒 over the ground in huge quantities /'kwɒntətiz/ n. 量 by aeroplanes.
作者7. The planes had been planting seed for nearly a month when it began to rain.
作者8. By then, however, in many places the grass had already taken root /ruːt/ n. 根.
作者9. In place of the great trees which had been growing there for centuries /'sentʃəriz/ n. 世纪, patches /'pætʃɪz/ n. 小块 of green had begun to appear in the blackened /'blækənd/ v. 变黑，发暗 soil.
作者1. 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。
作者2. 就在不久之前，参天大树还覆盖着方圆数英里的土地。
作者3. 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。
作者4. 冬季即将来临，这些山丘对周围的村庄具有毁灭性的威胁，因为大雨不仅会冲走土壤，而且还会引起严重的水灾。
作者5. 在大火最后被扑灭后，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。
作者6. 飞机把这种草籽大量地撒播在地上。
作者7. 飞机撒播近一个月后，开始下起雨来。
作者8. 然而到那时，很多地方的草已经生了根。
作者9. 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。