裕兴新概念英语第二册笔记 第33课

Lesson 33 0ut of darkness 冲出黑暗

Why was the girl in hospital

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.

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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。

【New words and expressions】（12）

darkness n．[u]黑暗，漆黑

反义词brightness光明

eg. The house was complete darkness．这个房子一片漆黑。

dark [da:k]

1) adj．黑暗的，漆黑的(light)

a dark street 黑暗的街道

a dark night 黑漆漆的晚上

2)深色的，暗色的

dark suit 深色的西服

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dark hair 深色的头发

3)阴暗的，忧郁的

dark expression忧郁的表情

4)不吉利的

a dark sheep in his family 害群之马

a dark horse 黑马（竞赛中实力不明但被认为可能获胜的人）adj．+ness（名词后缀）n．

dark-darkness

careful--- carefulness

good ----goodness

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careless----carelessness

explain V．解释，叙述，辩解，辩护，成为…的理由

explain sth to sb 对...解释…

explain +that/wh 从句解释

例: Could you explain that question once again

你能再解释一下那个问题吗

The manager explained to the customer why the goods were late.

经理对客人解释为什么货物晚了。

A week later, the girl was able to explain what had happened.

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一个星期后，这个女孩才能解释发生了什么。

He was late. He explained that the bus had broken down.

他解释说，公共汽车拋锚了。

How do you explain your rude behavior

你怎么辩解你粗鲁的行为

That explains her sudden anger.

/That explains why she got angry all of a sudden.

那就是她为什么突然生气的原因。

explain oneself为自己的行为立场辩解

explanation n．[u]解释

[C]解释的语言事实，情况

He resigned without explanation.

他辞职没有做任何解释。

Do you have any explanation for your being later

对于你的迟到你要做任何解释吗

coast n．海岸，海滨（邻近海或洋的较宽阔或狭长的地域）

eg. We live on the coast．我们住在海滨。

shore湖或海的边缘或水边的狭长陆地，比coast范围小。海岸，海滩eg. She swam to the shore．她游到岸边。

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beach shore的倾斜部分，往往在涨潮时被漫过的

bank河岸（江河，溪流的）

Tongue twister

She sells seashells at the seashore. And the shells she sells are seashells, I' m sure. Because if

she sells shells at the seashore, the shells she sells are seashells, for sure.

她在海岸线上卖海贝壳。我确定，她卖的贝壳一定是海贝壳。因为一旦她在海滩上卖贝壳的话，那么她卖的贝壳一定是海贝壳。

storm

1)n．风暴，暴风雪（常用构成复合词）

a rainstorm 暴风雪

a snowstorm 暴雪

a dust storm 尘暴

a sandstorm 沙暴

a thunderstorm 大雷雨

brainstorm群策群力

eg. After a storm comes a calm．（谚）雨过天晴，否极泰来。

2)（喝彩，责难等的）嘈杂声，（枪弹的）纷飞，（感情的）激动...

a storm of applause 暴雨般的鼓掌喝彩

3)be caught in a storm遭遇暴风雨

be caught in the rain 淋雨

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eg. A storm in a teacup.

小事惹起的轩然大波小题大做，大惊小怪。

4) wind风

breeze 微风

tornado 龙卷风

cyclone 暴风，旋风

gust 阵风

gate 强风

hurricane 飓风

typhoon 台风

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storm 风暴

rock

l)n．岩石

eg. The house is built on a rock．这些房子被建在岩石上面。