Lesson36 Across the Channel 横渡海峡

课文

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 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.

Guinness World Record：吉尼斯世界纪录

record

1. n. 纪录
   medical records：病历
   set a record：创纪录
   hold a record：保持纪录
   break a record：破纪录
2. v. 记录，录音（注意重音）
   I've just recorded a new lesson.
   recording：n. 录制品，录音

strong

1. adj. 强壮的，强健的
2. adj.（食物）味道浓烈的
3. adj. 强势擅长的
   a strong curry：很辣的咖喱
   strong subject：擅长的学科

strong verb：不规则动词
weak verb：规则动词

swimmer
n. 游泳运动员
good / strong swimmer：游泳健将
swim：n. / v.
swim - swam - swum
go for a swim
swimming：n.（特指游泳这项运动）

succeed

1. v. 成功
2. v. 接任，接替
   success story
   success：n.
   successful：adj.
   succeed：v.
   succeed in doing sth.

**train **

1. v. 训练，锻炼
   train sb.：训练某人
2. n. 火车
   by train

anxiously
adv. 焦虑不安地
anxious：adj.
anxious about：对 … 感到焦虑，担心
anxious to do sth.：急切希望做某事
anxiety：n.

intend
v. 打算
intend to do sth.：计划，打算
it is intended that …：按计划
It is intended that all the students will take the exam.
tend：v.
tend to do sth.：易于，往往会，经常会（不好的事）

solid

1. adj. 固体的
2. adj. 坚固的
3. adj. 纯色的
   having a firm shape - 相对液体、气体的
   solid basis：坚实的基础
   solid gold / silver：纯金 / 纯银
4. n. 固体
   Water is known to exist in three different states, as a solid, liquid or gas.

课文讲解

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.

at five o'clock in the morning
be going to do：is / am / are going to
所表示的“对将来的预测”往往暗示与“现在”有紧密联系，在说话后不久即将发生，根据明显迹象做出的预测。
Look at the time, I'm going to miss the bus.
Hold me! I'm going to fall!
will
说话人认为某事将要发生，语气相对正式
在某种条件之下某事才会发生，在带有条件或时间状语从句的主句中，用will.
You will enjoy yourself if you travel by sea.

Debbie is only eleven years old and she hopes set up a new world record.

set up a new world record = make a new world record

She is a strong swimmer and many people feel that she is sure to succeed.

be sure to do
be sure that：确定

Tomorrow he will be watching her anxiously as she swims the long distance to England.

he will be watching …：将来进行时
as she swims …：当 … 的时候，as引导时间状语从句

watch & look at & see
watch TV / a game / a play …
I was watching a basketball game last night when suddenly I saw a spider crawling down the wall!
Look at the screen.
see - 看见
look at - 看的动作
watch - 持续时间通常比look at要长，观看（正在发生的事）

She will have something to drink but she will not eat any solid food.

solid & firm & stable
solid：相对液体或气体而言，不流动的
firm：稳固的，不松动的
We must maintain a firm attitude.
stable：（抽象）工作稳定，人的性格坚定

Among them will be Debbie's mother, who swam the Channel herself when she was a girl.

Debbie's mother will be among them …
方便使用定语从句 - … Debbie's mother, who swam …

句型演练

将来（将要 ... ，打算 ...）
一般将来时：be going to do / will / shall
intend to do sth.
mean to do sth.
will be doing

*Do you think he intends to sell his car?
He certainly does. He's going to sell it tomorrow.

Do you think they intend to leave?
They certainly do. They're going to leave tomorrow.

Do you think she intends to ask for an explanation?
She certainly does.She's going to ask for an explanation tomorrow.

Do you think he intends to persuade his father?
He certainly does.He's going to persuade his father tomorrow.*

作文

The man on the raft saw the boat so he tried to send a signal. He took off his shirt and waved it but the men on the boat neither saw nor heard him.

No good work is ever done while the heart is hot and anxious and fretted.
fretted /'fretid/ adj. 焦躁的,