36.Across the Channel

Debbie Hart is going to swim across English Channel tomorrow. she is going to set out from French coast at five o'clock in the morning.  Debbie is only eleven years old and she hopes to set up new world record. she is a strong swimmer and most of 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 anixously as she swims the distance to English Channel. Debbe's 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 friends will be waiting for her on English Channel. Among them will be Debbie's mother, who swam Channel herself when she wa girl.