Key words
Debbie Hart 黛比·哈特 set up a world record 创立一个世界记录
train v. 训练 anxiously adv. 焦急地
intend v. 打算 solid adj. 固体的，硬的
set out 开始旅行或出发 strong adj. 强壮的
Questions on the text
- What is Debbie going to do tomorrow？
- What is Debbie's hope
- What did Debbie's mother do when she was a girl?
Text
Debbie Hart is going to swim across the English Channel tomorrow. She is going to set out from the Freench 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 to 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.
set up 创立，创建
- She broke the world record twice. 打破纪录
- He set up a good example to all of us.
- He set up a samll company of his own.
strong 擅长，is sure to 肯定能做出什么事情
- He is strong in writing.
- Be sure to turn off all the lights when you leave.
- Many people feel that she will succeed for sure.
intends to sth. 有意图做什么，打算做什么，比较正式。
- Debbie intends to take short rests every two hours.
比较口语的表达：be going to sth. - Debbie is going to take short rests every two hours.
every two hours 每隔一个小时
- every other day / week / month / year.
swam the Channel
非限制性定语从句，去掉它句子的意思相对完整独立。
- Next month she will start new job in Shanghai，which is her birthplace.
Be going to do sth. 将来计划做什么
表示主观上的愿望。
- Debbie Hart is going to swim across the English Channel coast。
well be doing sth. 进来进行时，不久的将来将要发生的事情
表示主观上的愿望，但不比 Be going to do sth. 强。
Note.
- ambitious adj. 有抱负的，野心勃勃的
- She is very very ambitious a girl.
- Like mother, like daughter 有其母，必有其女
