NCE-2 36 Across the Channel

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Lesson 36 Across the Channel 横渡海峡

Erna 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. Erna is only fourteen years old and she hopes tbeo set up a new world record. She is a strong swimmer and many people feel that she is sure to succeed. Erna'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. Erna intends to take short rests every two hours. She will have something to drink but she will not eat any solid food. Most of Erna's school friends will be waiting for her on the English coast. Among them will be Erna's mother, who swam the Channel herself when she was a girl.

• be going to do / be sth
  • to intend to do or be something in the future 将要做／成为；打算做／成为

  I'm not going to mend his shirt for him.
  I'm going to be a famous popular singer.
  - to be certain or expected to happen in the future 肯定会做／成为；预期会做／成为
  > They're going to have a baby in the spring.
  > The forcast said it was going to be hot but sunny tomorrow.

• be sure to do (事情的发生)一定，必然 If you say that something is sure to happen, you are emphasizing your belief that it will happen.

  With over 80 beaches to choose from, you are sure to find a place to lay your towel. 有 80 多个海滩可供选择，你一定能找到一处满意的。
  Anyone who goes food shopping without a list is sure to forget the things they really need.任何人如果采购食物时没列清单的话，肯定会忘了真正需要的东西。

• anxiously 焦虑的;忧虑的;不安的 If you are anxious, you are nervous or worried about something. 只有这个有副词形式

  They are waiting anxiously to see who will succeed him.他们焦急地等待着看谁会接替他上任。

• as 同时 If something happens as something else happens, it happens at the same time.

  he was watching her as she swam.

• intend to do 计划打算 If you intend to do something, you have decided or planned to do it.

  We intend to go to Australia next year.
  I intend to spend the night there.我打算在那儿过夜。

• school friends 学友;同窗;校友 at the same school as you, used to be at the same school as you

  She met up with some of her old (= former) school friends.

• Among them will be Erna's mother
  • 完成倒装 将表语和地点状语(多为介词短语)置于句首加以强调时，其后通常用倒装语序

  Among them will be my friend Jim.
  Around the lake are some tall trees.

From Erna's View:

I am going to swim across the English Channel tomorrow and I have planned it for two years. All I wish is to set up a new world record. I started learning 'swimming'[=> to swim] six years ago when I was nine years old. My father is 'a coach of swimming'[=> a swimming instructor] and he always trained me hard. I will set out from French coast on five o'clock and my father will be following me by a small boat to ensure my safty. I intend to take rests every two hours and have something to drink. I will not eat anything solid. Most of my school friends will be waiting for me on ''[=> the] English coast and among them will be my mother who swam across the Channel when she was a girl of my age.

Knowledges

• learn
  • learn to swim
  • learn Enlgish
• 教练
  • swimming/ski/driving instructor 指导人家掌握技能的人
  • tennis/footbal coach 一般指球队的掌门
  • trainer 教人或动物掌握技能去就业的

From Hart's View:

My daughter Erna will set up a new world record 'of'[=> in] swimming across the English Channel fastest tomorrow. I feel that she is sure to make it as well as many people do. I had trained her for years and now he is a strong swimer like her mother, who swam across the Channel as she was twelve. Tomorrow I am going to set out with Erna in a small boat at five o'clock. I will be watching her anxiously as she swims the long distance to Egnland. We intend to take rests every two hours. She will have something to drink but she will not eat any solid food. Her mother and most of her schoolfriends will be waiting for her on the English coast.

Knowledges

• record n.
  • 纪录，最好成绩 A record is the best result

  a world record of 9.9 seconds
  a world record in sth / doing sth

• train v.
  • train sb to do sth 训练sb做某事
  • sb train to do / in xxx / as xx sb训练做某事, 成为xx

    She trains to bake.
    She trains in baking.
    She trains as a baker.

• like / as: Before a noun or noun phrase, don't say 'as', say like
  • He hopes to become a teacher like his father.
  • He hopes to become a teacher as his father hopes.

Remembers

• 教练
  • swimming/ski/driving instructor 指导人家掌握技能的人
  • tennis/footbal coach 一般指球队的掌门
  • trainer 教人或动物掌握技能去就业的
• intend to do 计划打算 If you intend to do something, you have decided or planned to do it.

  We intend to go to Australia next year.
  I intend to spend the night there.我打算在那儿过夜。

任务时间: 2017-01-18
(作文时间: 2017-01-19, 耗时: 120 分钟)

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