36_Across_the_Channel
36 Across the Channel¶
Debbie Hart is going to swim across the English Channel tomorrow. She is going to set out from the French coast at five o'clock in the morning. Debbie is only eleven years old and she hopes to set up a new world record. She is a strong swimmer and many people feel that she is sure to succeed(v.). Debbie's father will set out with her in a small boat. Mr. Hart has trained his daughter for years. Tomorrow he will be watching her anxiously as she swims the long distance to England. Debbie intends to take short rests every two hours. She will have something to drink but she will not eat any solid food. Most of Debbie's school friends will be waiting for her on the English coast. Among them will be Debbie's mother, who swam the Channel herself when she was a girl.
黛比·哈特准备明天横渡英吉利海峡。她打算早上5点钟从法国海岸出发。 黛比只有11岁，她希望创一项新的世界纪录。她是一个游泳能手，很多人认为她一定能成功。 黛比的父亲将乘一条小船同她一道出发。哈特先生训练他的女儿已经多年了。 明天他将焦急地注视着女儿游过这段漫长的距离到达英国。黛比计划每两小时休息一下。 她将喝些饮料，但不吃固体食物。黛比的大部分同学将在英国海岸等候她。 他们当中还会有黛比的母亲，她本人还是个姑娘时也曾横渡过英吉利海峡！
Words¶
- anxiously /ˈæŋkʃəsli/ 忧虑地
- as /æz/ 当
- intends /ˌɪnˈtɛndz/ 打算
- Among /əˈmʌŋ/ 在...中间
- record /ˈrɛkɚd/ 纪录
- swimmer /ˈswɪmɚ/ 游泳者
- solid /ˈsɑlɪd/ 固体的
- succeed /səkˈsid/ 成功
Expressions¶
- set up a new world record 创建一个新的世界纪录
- break the record 打破记录
- as strong as a horse 力大如牛
- strong like a horse 像马一样强壮
- succeed in doing sth. 成功做成某事
- train sb. to do sth. 训练某人做某事
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intend to do sth. 打算做某事
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hope to do sth. 希望做某事
- be sure to do sth. 一定会做某事
- take some rests/a rest 休息一下