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文本和翻译
Lesson 36 Across the Channel横渡海峡
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. 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.
参考译文
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。哈特先生训练她的女儿已经多年了，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！
词汇和短语
record n. 记录
strong adj. 强壮的
swimmer n. 游泳运动员
succeed v. 成功
train v. 训练
anxiously adv. 焦急地
intend v. 打算
solid adj. 固体的，硬的
set out
动身, 出发
A visitor arrived just as we were setting out for the airport.
我们正要前往机场时来了一位客人。
着手, 开始
The government has set out to make many needed reforms.
政府开始进行许多必要的改革。
安排, 组织
They set out the chairs for the meeting in rows of ten.
他们摆好会议的坐椅, 每排十把椅子。
My plans for the firm have been set out in this document.
我为公司制定的各项计划都写在这份文件中了。
intend to打算(做)..., 想要(做)...
I intend to contest the judge's decision in another court.
我打算到另一个法庭去对法官的判决进行抗辩。
The book was not intended to be an attack on Christianity.
这本书的本意不是攻击基督教的。
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Lesson 36 Across the Channel横渡海峡
练习
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本课复述提纲：
1.What is Debbie Hart going to do tomorrow?
2.Where is she going to set out from?
3.How old is Debbie Hart?What does she hope to do?
4.Do people believe she will scceed?
5.What will Debbie Hart's father do?
6.How often will she rest?
7.Will she eat anything ?
