新概念英語第二冊英音版36:Across the Channel

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Lesson 36
    第36課
    Across the Channel
    橫渡海峽
    First listen and then answer the question.
    聽錄音,然后回答以下問題。
    What is Debbie going to try to do?
    黛比想做什么?
    Debbie Hart is going to swim
    黛比.哈特準(zhǔn)備
    across the English Channel tomorrow.
    明天橫渡英吉利海峽。
    She is going to set out from the French coast
    她打算早上5點鐘
    at five o'clock in the morning.
    從法國海岸出發(fā)。
    Debbie is only eleven years old
    黛比只有11歲,
    and she hopes to set up a new world record.
    她希望創(chuàng)一項新的世界紀(jì)錄。
    She is a strong swimmer and many people feel
    她是一個游泳能手,
    that she is sure to succeed.
    很多人認(rèn)為她一定能成功。
    Debbie's father will set out with her
    黛比的父親將乘一條小船
    in a small boat.
    同她一道出發(fā)。
    Mr. Hart has trained his daughter for years.
    哈特先生訓(xùn)練她的女兒已經(jīng)多年了,
    Tomorrow he will be watching her anxiously
    明天他將焦急地注視著女兒
    as she swims the long distance to England.
    游過這段漫長的距離到達(dá)英國。
    Debbie intends to take short rests every two hours.
    黛比計劃每兩小時休息一下。
    She will have something to drink
    她將喝些飲料,
    but she will not eat any solid food.
    但不吃固體食物。
    Most of Debbie's school friends will be
    黛比的大部分同學(xué)
    waiting for her on the English coast.
    將在英國海岸等候她。
    Among them will be Debbie's mother,
    他們當(dāng)中還會有黛比的母親,
    who swam the Channel herself when she was a girl.
    她本人還是個姑娘時,也曾橫渡過英吉利海峽!