Out of the darkness 沖出黑暗

【課文】

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.

【課文翻譯】

幾乎過了一個星期，那姑娘才能講述自己的遭遇。一天下午，她乘小船從海岸出發(fā)，遇上了風暴。天將黑時，小船撞在了一塊礁石上，姑娘跳進了海里。她在海里游了整整一夜才游到岸邊。在那段時間里，她游了8英里。第二天凌晨，她看到前方有燈光，知道自己已經接近岸邊了，因為那燈光是在高高的峭壁上。到達岸邊后，姑娘朝著她看到的燈光方向掙扎著往峭壁上爬去。她所記得的就是這些。第二天她醒來時，發(fā)現(xiàn)自己躺在醫(yī)院里。

【生詞和短語】

darkness n.黑暗

explain v. 解釋，說明

coast n.海岸

storm n. 暴風雨

towards prep. 朝，向，接近

rock n.巖石

shore n.海岸

light n.燈光

ahead adv.在前面

cliff n.峭壁

struggle v.掙扎

hospital n. 醫(yī)院

【知識點講解】

1 One afternoon she set out from the coast in a small boat and was caught in a storm.

一天下午，她乘小船從海岸出發(fā)，遇上了風暴。

(1)set out 出發(fā)，動身。

相關短語: set off v. 出發(fā), 解脫, 裝飾 set in 嵌入, 開始

set to 動手干, 認真開始干 set back 推遲, 延緩, 使花費

set up 建立, 樹立 set forth 陳述, 闡明 set about 開始, 著手

Having enough data in hand, we can set to work.

手頭有足夠的資料我們可以開始工作了。

He set about learning Chinese at age ten.

他在十歲時開始學中文。

Do be careful with those fireworks; the slightest spark could set them off.

這些煙火要格外小心，稍有火星就能引起爆炸。

(2)was caught in a storm, 遇上了暴風雨。catch此處作“突然遇上”的意思講，經常指遇到不好的事情。

I was caught in a rain.

我遇到了大雨。

2 During that time she covered a distance of eight miles.

在那段時間里，她游了8英里。

cover此處作“行過”、“走過” 、“游過”等講。

By sunset we had covered thirty miles.

到日落的時候，我們已走了三十英里。

此外，cover作名詞時有“封面, 蓋子, 套子, 表面”的意思。動詞是有“覆蓋”、“涉及”，“包含”等意。

The front cover of the novel has been torn off.

這本小說的封面已被撕掉。

Snow covered the ground.

積雪覆蓋了大地。

The talks are expected to cover other topics too.

會談估計還會涉及別的問題。

The dictionary's articles cover a wide range of topics.

這本字典的文章包含各種各樣的話題。

3 Early next morning, she saw a light ahead.

第二天凌晨，她看到前方有燈光。

ahead此處是形容詞，作定語，放在所修飾名詞的前面。一般而言，ahead多作副詞表示“領先, 預先, 在前, 向前, 提前”等意。

He ran on ahead.

他跑在前面。

By doing extra homework, he soon got ahead of his class-mates.

他靠多做家庭作業(yè)，很快在班上名列前茅。

相關短語有ahead of 在 ... 前面, 先... ahead of time 提前, 提早 go ahead 開始, 前進, 領先

I think the work can be completed ahead of time.

我認為這項工作能提前完成。

Go ahead and do what you like.

去吧，喜歡干什么就干什么。

4 On arriving at the shore, the girl struggled up the cliff towards the light she had seen.

到達岸邊后，姑娘朝著她看到的燈光方向掙扎著往峭壁上爬去。

on+動名詞相當于一個由as soon as引導的狀語從句。表示“一……就”

On hearing of this matter, I'm so happy.

一聽到這件事，我非常高興。

5 When she woke up a day later, she found herself in hospital.

第二天她醒來時，發(fā)現(xiàn)自己躺在醫(yī)院里。

find+賓語+賓補用來對賓語進行進一步的補充說明。

When I woke up, I found myself in bed.

當我醒來后，我發(fā)現(xiàn)自己在床上。

和find想搭配的短語還有find out“發(fā)現(xiàn), 找出, 揭發(fā)出來”

You will find a little stack of candles in reserve.

你會發(fā)現(xiàn)一小堆備用蠟燭。

You can find out many advantages in urban life.

你會發(fā)現(xiàn)都市生活中有許多便利之處。

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