Lesson 36 Across the Channel

 

Debbie Hart is going to swin 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 strong swimmer and many pepole feell that she is sure to succeed. Debbie’s father will set out with her in a small boat. Mr. Hat has trained his daughter for years. Tomorrow he will be be wathiing her anziously 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 frieds 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.