Across the Channel 橫渡海峽
【課文】
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.
【課文翻譯】
黛比.哈特準(zhǔn)備明天橫渡英吉利海峽。她打算早上5點(diǎn)鐘從法國(guó)海岸出發(fā)。黛比只有11歲，她希望創(chuàng)一項(xiàng)新的世界紀(jì)錄。她是一個(gè)游泳能手，很多人認(rèn)為她一定能成功。黛比的父親將乘一條小船同她一道出發(fā)。哈特先生訓(xùn)練她的女兒已經(jīng)多年了，明天他將焦急地注視著女兒游過(guò)這段漫長(zhǎng)的距離到達(dá)英國(guó)。黛比計(jì)劃每?jī)尚r(shí)休息一下。她將喝些飲料，但不吃固體食物。黛比的大部分同學(xué)將在英國(guó)海岸等候她。他們當(dāng)中還會(huì)有黛比的母親，她本人還是個(gè)姑娘時(shí)，也曾橫渡過(guò)英吉利海峽!
【生詞和短語(yǔ)】
record n. 記錄
strong adj. 強(qiáng)壯的
swimmer n. 游泳運(yùn)動(dòng)員
succeed v. 成功
train v. 訓(xùn)練
anxiously adv. 焦急地
intend v. 打算
solid adj. 固體的，硬的
【知識(shí)點(diǎn)講解】
1 She is going to set out from the French coast at five o'clock in the morning.
她打算早上5點(diǎn)鐘從法國(guó)海岸出發(fā)。
本句中出現(xiàn)了一個(gè)舊短語(yǔ)：set out表示“出發(fā)”，其它與set搭配的短語(yǔ)參見(jiàn)第33課。
2 Debbie is only eleven years old and she hopes to set up a new world record.
黛比只有11歲，她希望創(chuàng)一項(xiàng)新的世界紀(jì)錄。
(1)record 做名詞時(shí)的意思有：記錄，記載，唱片，動(dòng)詞有：記錄，顯示，(將聲音等)錄下的意思。
She holds the world record for long distance swimming.
她保持著長(zhǎng)距離游泳的世界紀(jì)錄。
I recorded the score in a notebook.
我在筆記本上記下了分?jǐn)?shù)。
(2)set up 此處的意思是建立，創(chuàng)立。
How long will it take to set up the projector?
把這個(gè)放映機(jī)安放好需要多長(zhǎng)時(shí)間?
3 Debbie intends to take short rests every two hours.
黛比計(jì)劃每?jī)尚r(shí)休息一下。
intend to do sth=be going to do sth
He intends to do it at once.
他打算立刻著手做這事。
注：intend, mean這兩個(gè)動(dòng)詞均有“想要、打算”之意。
intend：較正式用詞，但常用，指對(duì)未來(lái)的行動(dòng)做出打算，并力爭(zhēng)實(shí)現(xiàn)。
mean：口語(yǔ)多用，指懷有做某事的想法或希望得到某物，特別用于效果不好而動(dòng)機(jī)良好的場(chǎng)合。
I mean to make his acquaintance.
我想和他熟悉了解下。
4 Among them will be Debbie's mother, who swam the Channel herself when she was a girl.
他們當(dāng)中還會(huì)有黛比的母親，她本人還是個(gè)姑娘時(shí)，也曾橫渡過(guò)英吉利海峽!
這是個(gè)倒裝句，為的是與后面的定語(yǔ)從句相連。正常的語(yǔ)序應(yīng)該為Debbie's mother will be among them.
類(lèi)似的句子有：Over the river is a house, whose roof is red.
在河對(duì)岸的那間屋子的房頂是紅色的。
5 She is a strong swimmer and many people feel that she is sure to succeed.
她是一個(gè)游泳能手，很多人認(rèn)為她一定能成功。
succeed有繼承、成功，接著發(fā)生等意思。它的形容詞是successful，成功的
succeed in (doing something)成功做到某事 succeed to 接續(xù), 繼承 succeed with 在 ... 上獲得成功
Hold out and you will succeed in time.
堅(jiān)持下去，你最終會(huì)成功的。
He has succeeded to his father's estate.
他繼承了父親的產(chǎn)業(yè)。
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