新概念英语第二册课文和笔记 Lesson 36:Across the Channel横渡海峡

【New words and expressions】 生词和短语

★record　n. 记录
如果同一词音节落在第一个音节的重音，肯定是名词，重音落在第二个音节肯定是动词
recorder:录音机
present/desert
break the record:打破记录
set up：建立
set up a new record：建一个记录
hold（keep) the record:保持记录
equal：等号等于
equalize the record:平记录

★strong　adj. 强壮的
as...as... 比如。比方
as strong as horse
strong wind：大风
heavy rain:大雨
strong girl
strong mind :意志坚强
out of sight,out of mind
sturdy：结实
robust：身体结实
strong swimmer
strong+运动员：获胜把握比较大，强有力

★swimmer　n. 游泳运动员
游泳者
athlete：运动员
swimming athlete

★succeed　v. 成功
success n. 成功的人
successful　adj.
succeed in doing sth
be successful in doing sth
fail：失败
failure n.

★train　v. 训练
train sb to do sth ：让某人形成一种技能
teach sb to do sth
trainer：教练
training center

★anxiously　adv. 焦急地
anxious：焦急的

★intend　v. 打算
be to/be about to/be going do: 表将来
intend to do sth＝be going to do sth
plan：计划
plan to do do
mean to do：打算在某事
What do you mean to do(intend to do)?
aim to do sth：打算做某事
aim　n. 目标
I am going to have a company.
I intend to have a company.
I intend to do sth=I will do sth.
hope to do
want to do

★solid　adj. 固体的，硬的
The ice is solid.

　　First listen and then answer the question.
　　听录音，然后回答以下问题。
　　What is Debbie going to try to do?

　　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 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 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.

参考译文

　　黛比.哈特准备明天横渡英吉利海峡。她打算早上5点钟从法国海岸出发。黛比只有11岁，她希望创一项新的世界纪录。她是一个游泳能手，很多人认为她一定能成功。黛比的父亲将乘一条小船同她一道出发。哈特先生训练她的女儿已经多年了，明天他将焦急地注视着女儿游过这段漫长的距离到达英国。黛比计划每两小时休息一下。她将喝些饮料，但不吃固体食物。黛比的大部分同学将在英国海岸等候她。他们当中还会有黛比的母亲，她本人还是个姑娘时，也曾横渡过英吉利海峡！