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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幾乎過了壹個星期，那姑娘才能講述自己的遭遇。壹天下午，她乘小船從海岸出發，遇上了風暴。天將黑時，小船撞在了壹塊礁石上，姑娘跳進了海裏。她在海裏遊了整整壹夜才遊到岸邊。在那段時間裏，她遊了8英裏。第二天淩晨，她看到前方有燈光，知道自己已經接近岸邊了，因為那燈光是在高高的峭壁上。到達岸邊後，姑娘朝著她看到的燈光方向掙紮著往峭壁上爬去。她所記得的就是這些。第二天她醒來時，發現自己躺在醫院裏。
語法歸納：以字母a開頭的同匯
壹句話總結：以字母a開頭的形容詞，在句子中常作表語，作定語時則要置於名詞後，形成後置定語。
對比學習以a開頭形容詞與去掉a後的詞匯：
alive adj.活著的(作表語)→live adj.活的;生動的(修飾物，作定語)
alone adj./adv.獨自的(地)(作形容詞時作表語)→ lone adj.孤單的(作定語)
asleep adj.睡著的(作表語)→ sleep n./v.睡覺
awake adj.醒著v.叫醒(作形容詢時作表語)→ wake v.叫醒，醒來
alike adj.相像的(作表語) → like v.喜歡 prep.像……壹樣adj.相像的，類似的(作形容詞既可作定語，又可作表語)
arise v.產生，發生，出現 → rise v.起來;上漲，上升
across prep/adv.穿過，橫過 → cross v.穿過，橫過
await v.等候 → wait v.等候(不能直接加賓語)
aloud adv.大聲地(與read, call, cry等詞連用，無比較級和級形式)→ loud adv.大聲地，響亮地(常與talk, speak, shout, laugh等連用，比較級為louder,級為loudest)