Across the Channel
原文
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 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.
译文
黛比打算做什么呢？
黛比·哈特将要游泳
横渡英吉利海峡。
她将从法国海岸出发。
早上五点。
黛比只有十一岁。
她希望能够创造一项新的世界纪录。
她是个游泳健将，很多人都认为
她一定会成功。
黛比的父亲会和她一起出发。
乘坐一艘小船。
哈特先生多年来一直在训练他的女儿。
明天，他会焦急地注视着她。
当她游向遥远的英格兰时。
黛比打算每两小时休息一会儿。
她会喝点东西
但她不吃任何固体食物。
黛比的大多数同学都会
在英格兰的海岸边等待着她。
其中会包括黛比的母亲。
她自己也曾经游过英吉利海峡
当她还是个女孩的时候。