Out of the darkness 沖出黑暗
    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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    幾乎過(guò)了一個(gè)星期，那姑娘才能講述自己的遭遇。一天下午，她乘小船從海岸出發(fā)，遇上了風(fēng)暴。天將黑時(shí)，小船撞在了一塊礁石上，姑娘跳進(jìn)了海里。她在海里游了整整一夜才游到岸邊。在那段時(shí)間里，她游了8英里。第二天凌晨，她看到前方有燈光，知道自己已經(jīng)接近岸邊了，因?yàn)槟菬艄馐窃诟吒叩那捅谏?。到達(dá)岸邊后，姑娘朝著她看到的燈光方向掙扎著往峭壁上爬去。她所記得的就是這些。第二天她醒來(lái)時(shí)，發(fā)現(xiàn)自己躺在醫(yī)院里。
    語(yǔ)法歸納：以字母a開(kāi)頭的同匯
    一句話總結(jié)：以字母a開(kāi)頭的形容詞，在句子中常作表語(yǔ)，作定語(yǔ)時(shí)則要置于名詞后，形成后置定語(yǔ)。
    對(duì)比學(xué)習(xí)以a開(kāi)頭形容詞與去掉a后的詞匯：
    alive adj.活著的(作表語(yǔ))→live adj.活的;生動(dòng)的(修飾物，作定語(yǔ))
    alone adj./adv.獨(dú)自的(地)(作形容詞時(shí)作表語(yǔ))→ lone adj.孤單的(作定語(yǔ))
    asleep adj.睡著的(作表語(yǔ))→ sleep n./v.睡覺(jué)
    awake adj.醒著v.叫醒(作形容詢時(shí)作表語(yǔ))→ wake v.叫醒，醒來(lái)
    alike adj.相像的(作表語(yǔ)) → like v.喜歡 prep.像……一樣adj.相像的，類似的(作形容詞既可作定語(yǔ)，又可作表語(yǔ))
    arise v.產(chǎn)生，發(fā)生，出現(xiàn) → rise v.起來(lái);上漲，上升
    across prep/adv.穿過(guò)，橫過(guò) → cross v.穿過(guò)，橫過(guò)
    await v.等候 → wait v.等候(不能直接加賓語(yǔ))
    aloud adv.大聲地(與read, call, cry等詞連用，無(wú)比較級(jí)和級(jí)形式)→ loud adv.大聲地，響亮地(常與talk, speak, shout, laugh等連用，比較級(jí)為louder,級(jí)為loudest)