Lesson 2 Out of the darkness

冲出黑暗

一、词汇部分
1.darkness /'dɑrknəs/ n.黑暗
后缀：-ness名词后缀

2.explain /ɪk'splen/ v.解释
搭配：explain oneself 解释自己的意图
搭配：explain sth to someone 想某人解释某事

3.coast /kost/n.海岸
4.storm /stɔrm/ n.暴风雨
表达：It’s pouring outside.外面下大雨。

5.towards /tɔrdz/prep.朝向
6.rock /rɑk/ n.岩石
扩展：rock v.表示很厉害，很牛。You rock!

7.shore /ʃɔr/ n.海岸
8.light /laɪt/ n.灯光
扩展：lamp 台灯；table/floor lamp

9.ahead /ə'hɛd/ adv. 在前面
搭配：go ahead

10.cliff /klɪf/n.峭壁
11.struggle /'strʌɡl/ v.挣扎
表达：I’m still struggling. 我还在纠结。

12.hospital /'hɑspɪtl/n.医院

文章讲解

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.

文章精讲：
1.Nearly a week passed before the girl was able to explain what had happened to her.

1）主句：Nearly a week passed

2）时间状语从句：before the girl was able to explain what had happened to her.
3）宾语从句：what had happened to her.
宾语从句复习角度（定义、性质、识别标准、连接词、if和whether 区别，语序）