Lesson 36 Across the Channel 橫渡海峽
First listen and then answer the question. 聽錄音，然後回答以下問題：What is Debbie going to try to do?
聽三遍錄音，然後對照附文再聽一遍，尤其是剛才沒有聽懂的句子，要特別留意。
記住圖片幫助理解和記憶課文的內容
【原文】
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.
【譯文與提示】橫渡海峽
Debbie Hart is going to swim across the English Channel tomorrow
黛比.哈特准備明天橫渡英吉利海峽。
She is going to set out from the French coast at five oclock in the morning.
她打算早上5點鐘從法國海岸出發。
Debbie is only eleven years old and she hopes to set up a new world record.
黛比只有11歲，她希望創一項新的世界紀錄。
She is a strong swimmer and many people feel that she is sure to succeed.
她是一個游泳能手，很多人認為她一定能成功。
Debbies father will set out with her in a small boat.
黛比的父親將乘一條小船同她一道出發。
Mr. Hart has trained his daughter for years.
哈特先生訓練她的女兒已經多年了，
Tomorrow he will be watching her anxiously as she swims the long distance to England.
明天他將焦急地注視著女兒遊過這段漫長的距離到達英國。
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 but she will not eat any solid food.
她將喝些飲料，但不吃固體食物。
Most of Debbies school friends will be waiting for her on the English coast.
黛比的大部分同學將在英國海岸等候她。
Among them will be Debbies mother, who swam the Channel herself when she was a girl.
他們當中還會有黛比的母親，她本人還是個姑娘時，也曾橫渡過英吉利海峽！
【New words and expressions 生詞和短語】
record n. 記錄
strong adj. 強壯的
swimmer n. 游泳運動員
succeed v. 成功
train v. 訓練
anxiously adv. 焦急地
intend v. 打算
solid adj. 固體的，硬的
【拓展學習】
★record n. 記錄 record vt.
如果同一詞音節落在第一個音節的重音, 肯定是名詞, 重音落在第二個音節肯定是動詞
（如present, desert ）
recorder n. 錄音機
break the record 破記錄 / set up a new record 創記錄
hold the record 保持記錄 / keep the record 保持記錄
equalize the recorder 平記錄 (equalize vt.使相等, 補償)
★strong adj 強壯的
as strong as horse 象牛一樣壯(馬)
strong wind 大風 heavy rain 大雨
strong girl (隱示不是很瘦, 結實)
strong mind 意志堅強
out of sight,out of mind 眼不見, 心不煩
sturdy adj. : 結實的, 強健的
robust adj. : 身體結實 (“樂百事” 英文名)
strong swimmer :
strong +運動員 : 獲勝把握比較大, 強有力的(“強有力的對手” 中的 “強有力” 就用 “strong” 表達)
swimmer : 確切的意思為 : 游泳者, 游泳的人
athlete n : 運動員(運動會上常說的運動員)
swimming athlete游泳運動員
★swimmer n 游泳運動員, 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 n. 失敗, 失敗者, 缺乏, 失靈, 故障, 破產, 疏忽, 不及格
★train v 訓練
train sb to do sth (教, 而且有讓人形成某種技能) / teach sb to do sth (只是教, 會不會不管)
trainer n. 教練 / training center 訓練中心
★anxiously adv 焦急地
anxious adj 焦急的
★intend v 打算
① be to/② be about to/③ be going to:表將來
④ intend to do sth＝be going to do sth打算做某事
⑤ plan計劃 : plan to do sth 計劃作某事
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 目標）
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 這類詞本身沒有將來時態, 本身就表示將來, 用一般現在時表示將來時
★solid adj 固體的, 硬的
the ice is solid 冰很硬
channel n. 海峽
the Channel＝the English channel (當 “C” 大寫時, 一定是指the English channel 英吉利海峽)
across 橫渡, across the Channel
【將來時】
Debbie Hart is going to swim across the English Channel tomorrow.
黛比.哈特準備明天橫渡英吉利海峽。
在陳述句和疑問句中，常常可以用 going to 來代替 shall 或 will
如：I shall travel by air. = I am going to travel by air.
He will sell his car. = He is going to sell his car.
下面的句子中，不能用going to 來代替
如：You will enjoy yourself if you travel by sea.
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