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lesson 33 Out of the darkness 冲出黑暗

Nearly a week passed before the girl was able to explain what had happened to her. One afternoon she set out from the coast in a small boat and was caught in a storm. Towards evening, the boat struck a rock and the girl jumped into the sea. Then she swam to the shore after spending the whole night in the water. During that time she covered a distance of eight miles. Early next morning, she saw a light ahead. She knew she was near the shore because the light was high up on the cliffs. On arriving at the shore, the girl struggled up the cliff towards the light she had seen. That was all she remembered. When she woke up a day later, she found herself in hospital.

• using before/after as a conjunction
  • 在某个时间点之前/之后, 某事发生之前/之后
  • Stock prices claimed close to the peak they'd registered before the stock market crashed
  • After Don told me this, he spoke of his mother.
  • Don told me this before he spoke of his mother.
• happen to sb 发生在sb身上的事, 好事或坏事
  • it is the best thing that ever happened to me.
  • I don't know what would be happened to us.
• set out
  • ~ (from A) (to B): start a journey
  • ~ to do: start to do sth
  • set out sth: explain sth in writting or speech in a clear, orgainized way.
• be/get caught in (不利因素)/ without (有利因素) etc..
  • 遭遇无法逃离的状况 If you are caught in a storm or other unpleasant situation, it happens when you cannot avoid its effects.
  • Here's is useful tip if you're caught without a mirror.
• towards 将近(某一时刻) If something happens towards a particular time, it happens just before that time.
  • towards evening/morning
  • towards the end of 1993/afternoon/this week
• strike (struck) 撞击 If something that is falling or moving strikes something, it hits it.
  • a boat strike a rock
  • my head strike on a rock
• the shore 湖滨, 海滨, 江滨, 河滨
• after / before doing: prep …之后（指做事的先后顺序）
  • after having breakfast, he starts working.
  • before having breakfast, he spent 10 mins on brushing his teeth.
• during a period of a time
  • 持续进行的 They work during the whole night.
  • 离散渐进的 Stock prices have dropped 30% during this week.
  • 期间某点发生的 I went to the National Museum, during my visit to Bejing.
• cover a distance of xxx 私人电话那集有句"cover the distance"
  • 行走(一段路程) If you cover a particular distance, you travel that distance.
• ahead
  • ahead adv. 在前面；朝前面 Something that is ahead is in front of you. If you look ahead, you look directly in front of you.
  • The road ahead is busy.
• high up （相对地面、海平面、其他人或物）高得多的 If something is high up, it is a long way above the ground, above sea level, or above a person or thing.
  • I saw a plane circling hight up.
  • his farm is hight up on a hill/cliff.
• on n/doing ... 介词 在…后立即；一…就 You use on when mentioning an event that was followed by another one.
  • On arriving home, I discovered they had gone.
  • Please report to reception on arrival.
• struggle v. 艰难地行进 you succeed but only with great difficulty.
  • struggle up the hill
  • struggle out of bed
  • struggle along the road
• in hospital
  • UK She spent a week in hospital (US in the hospital) last year.去年她住了一个星期医院。
  • 美语中 go to the hospital 不一定是去看病

From The girl's View:

几乎过了一个星期，那姑娘才能讲述自己的遭遇。一天下午，她乘小船从海岸出发，遇上了风暴。天将黑时，小船撞在了一块礁石上，姑娘跳进了海里。她在海里游了整整一夜才游到岸边。在那段时间里，她游了8英里。第二天凌晨，她看到前方有灯光，知道自己已经接近岸边了，因为那灯光是在高高的峭壁上。到达岸边后，姑娘朝着她看到的灯光方向挣扎着往峭壁上爬去。她所记得的就是这些。第二天她醒来时，发现自己躺在医院里。

One afternoon, I set out in a small boat from a coast and was caught in a storm. I struggled to row back to the coast. But very unfortunely, the boat struck a rock towards evening and I had to jump into sea. I swam towards the shore although the rain was heavy but I could see some building. After spending the whole night in the water, I saw a light ahead and I knew I was near the shore for the light was high up on the 'cliff'[=> cliffs]. On arriving the shore, I struggled up the cliff towards the light. What I had done had 'beyond'[=> had been beyond] my body could bear then I lapsed into unconsciousness. I found out I was in hospital when I woke up a day later.

Knowledges

• beyond 是介词
• lapse into unconsciousness 陷入昏迷

From The Lighthouse Worker's View:

几乎过了一个星期，那姑娘才能讲述自己的遭遇。一天下午，她乘小船从海岸出发，遇上了风暴。天将黑时，小船撞在了一块礁石上，姑娘跳进了海里。她在海里游了整整一夜才游到岸边。在那段时间里，她游了8英里。第二天凌晨，她看到前方有灯光，知道自己已经接近岸边了，因为那灯光是在高高的峭壁上。到达岸边后，姑娘朝着她看到的灯光方向挣扎着往峭壁上爬去。她所记得的就是这些。第二天她醒来时，发现自己躺在医院里。

Nearly a week passed before I learned what was happened to the girl I found outside the lighthouse last week. She set out from a coast in a small boat but ''[=> was] caught in a storm. She had to jump into sea and stayed in the cold water after the boat struck a rock and was broken. At that time, she was eight miles away from my lighthouse. But she succeeded to swim here and climbed up this cliff. I sent her to the nearest hospital by speedboat as soon as I discovered she lay prone outside out of consciousness.

Knowledges

• A is 4 miles (away) from a place: away 可以省略
• in consciousness / lose consciousness / out of consciousness 傻傻地分不清楚

Remembers

• after / before doing: prep …之后（指做事的先后顺序）
  • after having breakfast, he starts working.
  • before having breakfast, he spent 10 mins on brushing his teeth.
• using before/after as a conjunction
  • 在某个时间点之前/之后, 某事发生之前/之后
  • Stock prices claimed close to the peak they'd registered before the stock market crashed
  • After Don told me this, he spoke of his mother.
  • Don told me this before he spoke of his mother.

(作文时间: 2017-01-15, 耗时: 150 分钟)

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