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--- Lesson 62 After the fire |
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--- First listen and then answer the question. |
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--- What was the danger to the villages after the fire? |
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Firemen had been fighting the forest fire for nearly three weeks before they could get it under control. |
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A short time before, great trees had covered the countryside for miles around. |
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Now, smoke still rose up from the warm ground over the desolate hills. |
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Winter was coming on and the hills threatened the surrounding villages with destruction, |
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for heavy rain would not only wash away the soil but would cause serious floods as well. |
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When the fire had at last been put out, |
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the forest authorities ordered several tons of a special type of grass-seed which would grow quickly. |
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The seed was sprayed over the ground in huge quantities by aeroplanes. |
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The planes had been planting seed for nearly a month when it began to rain. |
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By then, however, in many places the grass had already taken root. |
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In place of the great trees which had been growing there for centuries, patches of green had begun to appear in the blackened soil. |
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