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5 months ago 语言点： on
On : as soon as
- On hearing the news, they burst into laughter.
- On arriving at school they began learning.
- There was a meal waiting for him on his return.
Find oneself doing 潜移默化，不由自主
- I found myself staring at her.
- I found myself a man at thirty.
Out of the Darkness
Nearly a week passed before the girl was able to explain[^1] what had happened to her.
One afternoon she set out from the coast[^2] in a small boat and was caught[^6] in a storm.
Towards[^3] evening, the board 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[^7] of eight miles.
Early next morning, she saw a light ahead[^4].
She knew she was near the shore because the light was high up on the cliffs[^5].
On arriving at the shore[^8], 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.
[^1]: explain v 解释 | explanation n 解释 [^2]: coast n 海岸线 | bank 河岸，河堤 | shore 岸上 [^3]: toward = towards [^4]: ahead prep. 介词 在前面 [^5]: cliff n. 峭壁 [^6]: was caught in storm 困于暴风雨当中 [^7]: cover a distance of eight miles | cover 走了多少路 [^8]: on doing sth 一怎么就怎么