Nearly a week passed before the girl was able toexplain what had happened to her. One afternoonshe set out from the coast in a small boat and wascaught in a storm. Towards evening, the boat strucka rock and the girl jumped into the sea. Then sheswam to the shore after spending the whole night inthe water. During that time she covered a distance ofeight miles. Early nextmorning, she saw a lightahead. She knew she was near the shorebecause the light was high up on the cliffs. Onarrivingat the shore, the girl struggled up the cliff towards the light she had seen. Thatwas all she remembered. When she woke up a day later, she found herself in hospital.
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7、She knew she was near the shore because the light was high up on the cliffs.
她知道已經(jīng)接近岸邊了,因為那燈光是在高高的峭壁上。
語言點 本句句式結(jié)構(gòu):She was near the shore為賓語從句,because引導原因狀語從句。
8、On arriving at the shore, the girl struggled up the cliff towards the light she hadseen.
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。
語言點1 she had seen定語從句相當于light的后置定語。
語言點 2 on + doing = as soon as 一……就
On seeing the nice girl, he did not know what to do.
一見到這個可愛的女孩,他就不知所措了。
9、That was all she remembered.
她所記得的就是這些。
語言點 she remembered為all的定語從句,省去了關(guān)系代詞that。(需特別注意:先行詞為all,關(guān)系代詞不能用which。)
10、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。
語言點1 本句中when引導時間狀語從句。
語言點2 in hospital住院(抽象)→ in the hospital在醫(yī)院里(表地點)
go to prison被關(guān)進監(jiān)獄→ go to the prison去監(jiān)獄探視或做別的事情
go to school去學校上學→ go to the school去學校辦事或工作