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★blacken v 变黑, 发暗

-en --表示动词, 使...变得...

weak虚弱的

weaken使...变弱, 削弱

复合词 : fireman

派生词 : (前缀, 后缀)

-tion --名词后缀

- less --形容词后缀 : careless 粗心的

threaten,blancken

in control, under control, out of control

no smoking, smoking area, smoking room, smoking apartment

threaten to do, threaten with

take root

a plece of, a bit of, a sheet of, a patch of

【课文讲解】

firemen had been fighting the forest fire.

fight sth : 和...作搏斗

get+宾语+介词短语－－作宾补: get the room in order. (get : 使)

for miles around方圆几英里

a short time before--从过去某一点时间算起, 一段时间以前

a short time ago--从现在算起, 一段时间以前

a short time before和a short time ago都可以放在段时间之后

rose up(from) : 升上来

over the desolate hills:(烟、雾)弥漫

winter was coming on: 冬季即将来临 (季节的来临的通用表达式)

threaten sb. with sth. : 有...迹象