Nearly a week passed before the girl was able to explain what had happened to her. One afternoon she set out from coast in the small boat
and was caught in the storm.0
coast:海岸;海滨
beach:沙滩;海滩;海滨;湖滨
shore:岸,滨,国家(尤指滨海国家)
coastal cities沿海城市
catch atrain/plane 赶上
be caught in a storm/shower 陷入风暴/阵雨
catch a cold 感冒
catch sight of/lose sight of 看见
catch one’s eye 吸引某人注意
eye catching 吸引眼球
storm into 气冲冲进去
storm out of place气冲冲出来
snow storm 暴风雪
sand storm 沙尘暴
Toward 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.
hit a rock 撞到一个巨石
The song became a massive hit then(一时流行)
massive 巨大的;大而重;结实的;非常严重的;
There was evidence of massive fraud [frɔːd](欺诈)
pick up a rock/stone 捡起一块石头
you jump,I jump
jump a queue 插队
high jump/long
jump 跳高/跳远
jump up and down 蹦蹦跳跳
swim-swam-swum to… 游向
During that time she covered a distance of eight miles
Early next morning, She saw a light ahead
Early/late inthe morning
Light a cigarette [ˌsɪɡəˈret]香烟
You light up my life
In light of 根据…情况
We need to look ahead and think ahead 向前看
go ahead指让对方继续说下去
ahead of time/schedule 提前
I walked ahead of you then 那个时候我走在你前面
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 cliffs toward to the light(that)she had seen
the edge of acliff/cape
On hearing the news, he jumped with joy(一…就…)
struggle to do= strive to do 奋斗,努力…;挣扎
v.努力; 奋斗; 力争; 力求;
He strives hard to keep himself very fit
他努力地保持身体健康。
struggle against adversity 与困境作斗争
adversity
n.困境; 逆境;
He showed courage[ˈkʌrɪdʒ](勇气) in adversity.
That was all She remembered. When She woke up a day a later, She found herself in hospital
That was all
That was all (that) she remembered 定于从句
=That was what They remembered
That’s all I have/want
That’s all that (what)matters(that是做主语)
in hospital(住院) VS in the hospital(在医院)