Lesson 33 Out of the darkness 冲出黑暗

单词讲解

  • darkness n.黑暗的
    dark adj.
  • ness
    happiness
    nervousness
    carelessness

  • explain v.解释,叙述
    explanation n.

  • storm n.暴风雨
    rain storm
    snow storm
    sand storm
    brain storm

  • towards prep.向,朝;接近
    towards evening
    walk towards the door
    The ball flew towards me.

  • ahead adv.在前面
    go ahead 走在前面

语法讲解

  • Nearly a week passed before the girl… explain what had happened to her.
    pass v. A week passed
    past prep. It is eleven past ten.

  • … she set out from the coast in a small boat and was caught in a storm.
    set out / off : 出发
    be caught in… : 被抓住(被困住)
    I was caught in the traffic jam yesterday.

  • Towards evening, the boat struck … and the girl jumped into the sea.

  • Then she swam(游泳) to the shore after spending the… night in the water.
    strike struck struck
    swim swam swum

  • She knew she was near… because the light was high up on the cliff.
    know knew known

  • On arriving at the shore,the girl struggled…
    struggled : 奋斗

  • … the girl struggled up the cliff towards the light she had seen.
    the light (that/which) she had seen

  • That was all she remembered(纪念).
    all(that) she remembered

  • 表示地点的介词(prep)
    set out from the coast
    swam to the shore(岸).
    towards the light she had seen
    arriving at the shore.
    on the cliff(悬崖).
    in a small boat / in a storm / in hospital

知识扩展

arriving at the shore
on the cliff
in a small boat / in a storm / in hospital