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!

　　句子精讲：

　　1、Debbie Hart is going to swim across the English Channel tomorrow.

　　黛比·哈特准备明天横渡英吉利海峡。

　　语言点1 be going to的几种常见用法：

　　表示打算：What are you going to do next week? 你下个星期打算做什么呢?

　　2) 表示即将：Tonight he is going to Hongkong. 今晚他即将去香港。

　　3) 表示决心：Mother is not going to allow you to move out. 母亲肯定不会让你搬出去住的。

　　4) 表示肯定：Iam going to have this lost dog. 我一定会收养这只流浪狗。

　　5) 表示可能：Is it going to rain tomorrow? 明天有可能下雨吗?

　　语言点2 across是介词，须与动词搭配使用，而cross是动词，可单独用：

　　run across the block 横穿街区(跑步)

　　swim across =cross by swimming 横渡(游泳)

　　sail across the Atlantic Ocean 横渡大西洋(航行)

　　2、She is going to set out from the French coast at five o’clock in the morning.

　　她打算早上5点钟从法国海边出发。

　　语言点 关于“打算做某事”的常用表达：

　　1) want to do sth. 5) intend to do sth.

　　2) will do sth. 6) plan to do sth.

　　3) will be doing sth.7) aim to do sth.

　　4) be going to do sth.8) hope to do sth.

　　3、Debbie is only eleven years old and she hopes to set up a new world record.

　　黛比只有11岁，她希望创一项新的世界纪录。

　　语言点 1) make/set up a record 创一项纪录

　　2) keep/hold a record 保持一项纪录

　　3 ) break the record 打破纪录

　　4) equalize the record 平纪录

（编辑：何莹莹）