2.A short time ago, great tress had covered.....
课文解析：此处用了great表达大，但是有一种惋惜的感情在里面，引出后面的课文内容
3.Winter was coming on and the hills threatened the urrounding villages with destruction, for heavy rain would not only wash away the soil but would cause serious floods as well.
e.g.: I admire his music more than anyone else’s.
词汇链接：admirer n.羡慕者，赞赏者
We admire him for his righteousness.
固定搭配：admire sb. for sth.因为……羡慕某人
2. close adj.亲密的
词汇辨析：party指一般的社交聚会，也引申指宴请或宴会。
e.g.: It's a pity that you can't come to the party。
e.g.:A reception was held in honor of the new director.
10. They planted young trees ____ the damaged ones in the fire.
a. took the place of b. took place of c. in place of d. in the place of
11. The Green live in a house ____ windows are painted white.
7.quantity n.量
固定搭配：①a quantity of一些，可修饰可数和不可数名词
②a great quantity of许多
③in quantity大量地adv.
8.root n. & v.根，祖籍
e.g.: They have their roots here in China.
词汇链接：root动词，植根于take root生根，成形
a. had been wasted b. had wasted c. would have wasted d. has been wasted
5. Mary went to Canada last moth. She ___ this matter with me for at least 3 years.
过去完成进行时表示在过去某一时间前一直在进行的动作，动作可能还将延续下去。与过去完成时一样，过去完成进行时也必须以一个过去时间为前提。
I had been talking with her for quite a while before I realized who she was.
在意识到她是谁之前，我和她聊了很久。
课文解析：①come on来临（短暂动词的进行时表将来：即将来临）。
e.g.: Spring is coming on, and you can just feel it from the air.
②for引导原因状语从句
③not only…but… as well要比not only...but also...用的漂亮；且这组连词带出了heavy rain的两个并列谓语wash away和cause
新概念第二册全能四讲义Lesson 62 After the fire大火之后
一Word andExpressions
1.control n./ v.控制-controlled- controlled
固定搭配：①out of control不受控制；失去控制②get …under control把…控制住
课文解析：①in place of the great....centuries做主语补足语
②patch这个词在这里用得非常形象，因为它体现的是颜色和周围的不均匀，强调了一片一片的绿色与黑色的大地的对比。
③blackened为过去分词，作形容词用，表示烧黑了的，强调了这个动作的结果。形容词+en=动词，意思是使……具备……特点。
a.have just had b. had just had c. was just having d. had
2. ---The former president of Iraq was caught at last. ---Really ? Where _____himself?
a. has he hidden b. had he hidden c. was he hidden d. has he been hidden
15. Air pollution is a great ____ to our health.
a. threat b. threatening c. threaten d. threatened
Lesson 63 She was not amused她并不觉得好笑
一Vocabulary.
1. admire v.赞美，钦佩
a. whose b. that c. which d. what
12. She was just leaving ___ the bell rang.
a. because b . when c. while d. as
13. Do you know ___?
a. what will the money be used for b. where the money used to do
a. had discussed b. had been discussing c. was discussing d. has been discussing
6. Is there any _____ to the people in the village after the fire?
a. dangerous b. dangerously c. danger d. dangers
5). He would rather ______________ (to die, die) than surrender.
单项选择
1. ---What were you doing when John came in ?
---Well , I _____ a bath and was starting to write a letter.
3.When Mark opened the door, he saw a woman standing there . He ____ her before .
a. never saw b. had never seen c. never sees d. has never seen
4. Lots of time ____ before I graduated from the college.
c. what the money will be used for d. how the money will be used to
14. The meeting will be _______ till next week.
a. put out b. put off c. put up d. put away
4. surrounding adj.附近的，周围的；周围环境
词汇链接：surrounding n.周围环境surround v.环绕，围绕
5.flood n.洪水v.充满
词汇用法：flood在做洪水讲的时候，一定要用复数floods
6.spray v.喷洒；喷水
词汇链接：sprayer n.喷雾器
short +en=shorten缩短，使……短soft +en=soften软化，使……软
wide +en=widen拓宽，使……宽straight + en= straighten简化，使……直接
④此处in place of可替换成instead of
四Grammar.
1．过去完成时与过去完成进行时的区别
2.desolate adj.荒凉的；孤独的；凄凉的，凄惨的
常见用法：her desolate daughter她的凄凉的女儿
3.threaten v.威胁/被吓住
e.g.: The robber threatened the shopkeeper with a gun.
固定搭配：threaten to do sth.威胁着要去做某事/某事可能发生
a. go b. goes c. to go d. going
9. The firemen fought against the fire for four days and at last the fire ____.
a. was put out b. put out c. was put off d. put off
7. He ____ the book for three days before he could finish it .
a. reads b. read c. have read d. had been reading
8. He as well as his parents often ____ to the countryside for holidays.
④wash away表示“冲掉，冲走，冲刷”。
e.g.: She rushed into the bathroom and washed away her tears.
⑤threaten...with...威胁着要去做某事可替换成threaten to do