Lesson 36
Across the Channel
横渡海峡
First listen and then answer the question.
听录音，然后回答以下问题。
What is Debbie going to try to do?

Debbie Hart is going to swim across the English Channel tomorrow. She is going to set out from the French coast at five oclock 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. Debbies 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 Debbies school friends will be waiting for her on the English coast. Among them will be Debbies mother, who swam the Channel herself when she was a girl.

New words and expressions 生词和短语
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

参考译文
横渡海峡
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！

【New words and expressions】 生词和短语

★record [5rekC:d] n. 记录  record [rI5kC:d] vt

如果同一词音节落在第一个音节的重音, 肯定是名词, 重音落在第二个音节肯定是动词

recorder [rI5kC:dE(r)]录音机

如present n adj [5preznt] v [ pri5zent ] / desert n [5dezEt] v [dI5z\:t]

break the record 破记录 / set up a new record 创记录

hold the record 保持记录 / keep the record 保持记录

equal[5i:kwEl] adj.相等的, 均等的, 胜任的, 平静的, 合适的, 不相上下的

n.相等的事物(或数量), 对手, 匹敌, 同辈

vt.等于, 比得上等号, 等于

equalize the recorder 平记录 (equalize [5i:kwElaiz] vt.使相等, 补偿)

★strong adj 强壮的

as strong as horse 象牛一样壮(马)

strong wind 大风 heavy rain 大雨

strong girl (隐示不是很瘦, 结实)

strong mind意志坚强

out of sight,out of mind  眼不见, 心不烦

sturdy [5stE:di] adj. : 结实的, 强健的

robust [rE5bQst] [rEJ5bQst] adj. : 身体结实  (“乐百事” 英文名)

strong swimmer :

strong +运动员 : 获胜把握比较大, 强有力的(“强有力的对手” 中的 “强有力” 就用 “strong” 表达)

swimmer : 确切的意思为 : 游泳者, 游泳的人

athlete [5AWli:t] n : 运动员(运动会上常说的运动员)

swimming athlete游泳运动员 (这里的 “-ing” 以为 “用来” )

★swimmer n 游泳运动员, 游泳者

★succeed v 成功

success n 成功, 成功的人

successful adj 成功的

succeed in doing sth / be successful in doing sth

fail v   fail to do sth

failure [5feiljE] n. 失败, 失败者, 缺乏, 失灵, 故障, 破产, 疏忽, <美>不及格

★train v 训练

train sb to do sth (教, 而且有让人形成某种技能) / teach sb to do sth (只是教, 会不会不管)

trainer教练 / training center 训练中心

★anxiously adv 焦急

anxiousl adj

★intend v 打算

① be to/② be about to/③ be going to:表将来

④ intend to do sth＝be going to do sth打算做某事

⑤ plan计划 : plan to do sth 计划作某事

⑥ mean to do sth 打算做某事 : what do you mean to do(intend to do)

⑦ aim to do sth 打算做某事

aim [eim] n 目标

I am going to have a company. / I intend to have a company.

⑧ I will do sth＝I intend to do sth

plan to do / mean to do / aim to do / hope to do / want to do 这类词本身没有将来时态, 本身就表示将来, 用一般现在时表示将来时

★solid adj 固体的, 硬的

the ice is solid冰很硬

ballet dancers/football player (ballet [5bAlei, bA5lei] n.芭蕾舞, 芭蕾舞剧, 芭蕾舞乐曲)

1 work as+地点

2 工作怎么样

(1)interesing/boring/exciting (bore [bC:(r)] v n 使烦扰)

(2)人对工作的喜欢程度, she/he likes the job very much.

channel 海峡

the Channel＝the English channel (当 “C” 大写时, 一定是指the English channel)

across 横渡, across the Channel

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