内容正文:
Lesson 33
Out of the darkness
黑暗中的重点
单词的重点
storm
rock
课文的重点
explain 解释,叙述
请给我解释一下怎么用这个手机?
Please explain how to use the cell phone?
(琼瑶剧台词1)
我可以解释,让我解释!
I can explain, let me explain.
我不想听你解释!
I don’t want to hear you explain!
你不需要再解释了!
You needn't explain any more.
不抱怨,不解释。
Never complain and never explain
beach: 沙滩(shore的一部分)
( 倾斜的有坡度的shore. )
coast: 海岸线
【对比】coast>shore>beach
coast:
上海在中国东海岸线上
shanghai is on the east coast of China
shore: 海滩
storm 暴风雨.
暴风雨
rainstorm
暴风雪
snowstorm
沙尘暴
sandstorm
雷雨
thunderstorm
头脑风暴
brianstorm
习语:暴风雨前的平静(calm)
the calm before the storm
So this is why the price is so stormed out?(12’12)
Storm 横冲直撞,发怒
他怒吼:“滚出去!”
Get out of here! He stormed.
他怒气冲冲地冲出房间
He stormed out of the room.
她因儿子顶嘴(talk back)而对他发怒。
She stormed at her son for talking back.
这就是为什么王子怒气冲冲地冲出去了。
Hush now, my baby, be still, love, don’t cry.
Sleep as you are rocked by the stream
Rock:摇
摇滚
rock 'n' roll
we’ll rock you
母亲轻摇婴儿入睡
A mother rocked her baby to sleep
rock the boat 惹麻烦
对考试挂科的同学
“Tom didn’t pass the exam,
so when we see him,
make sure you don't rock the boat.
Don‘t say anything about the exam.”
傻女婿见丈母娘"When we go to my parent's house,
make sure you don't rock the boat.
And don’t upset my mother!"
课 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.
be caught in 遭遇到
Toward evening,
the boat struck a rock
and the girl jumped into the sea.
The 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
第二天凌晨
she saw a light ahead.
She knew she was near the shore
because the light was high up on the cliffs.
high up on the cliffs:在高高的峭壁上
high up:修饰介词短语on the cliffs.
On arriving at the shore,
the girl struggled up the cliff towards the light she had seen.
[on+动名词] =as soon as +句子
= as soon as s