Lesson 36 Across the Channel
【副词New words and expressions】
★record n. 记录； vt. 记录
break the record 破记录
t up a record = make a record 创记录
hold the record = keep the record 保持记录
equalize the recorder 平记录(equalize vt.使相等, 补偿)
recorder n. 录音机
如果同一词音节落在第一个音节的重音, 肯定是名词, rhythm重音落在第二个音节肯定是动词
record n. 记录； vt. 记录
prent n. 礼物；adj. 现在的； v. 赠送
dert n. 沙漠； v. 废弃
★strong adj. 强壮的
as strong as hor 象牛一样壮(马)
strong wind 大风； heavy rain 大雨
strong girl (隐示不是很瘦, 结实)
strong mind 意志坚强
Out of sight, out of mind. 眼不见, 心不烦
sturdy adj. 结实的, 强健的
robust adj. 身体结实 (“乐百事” 英文名)
strong +运动员获胜把握比较大，强kpp是什么意思_____有力的（“强有力的对手”中的“强有力”就用strong表达)
★swimmer n. 游泳的人, 游泳者
swimmer 确切的意思是游泳者, 游泳的人
strong swimmer 游泳能手
athlete n. 运动员(运动会上常说的运动员)
swimming athlete 游泳运动员 (这里的“-ing”意为“用来” )
★succeed v. 成功
succeed in doing sth. 做……成功
success n. 成功, 成功的人
successful adj. 成功的
be successful in doing sth
fail v. 失败
fail to do sth. 做……失败
failure n. 失败, 失败者, 缺乏, 失灵, 故障, 破产, 疏忽, <美>不及格
★train v. 训练
train sb. to do sth. 训练某人做……(教, 而且有让人形成某种技能)
teach sb. to do sth. 教某人做……(只是教, 会不会不管)
trainer n. 教练； trainee n. 受训的人
training center 训练中心
★anxiously adv. 焦急
anxious adj. 焦急的
★intend v. 打算
intend to do sth.＝be going to do sth. 打算做某事
★solid adj. 固体的, 硬的；n. ter固体
① adj. 固体的
She will not eat any solid food.
② adj. 硬的，结实的，坚固的（指家具、建筑物等）
The ice is solid. 冰很硬。
②n. galen>overflow固体
【Text】
Debbie Hart is going to swim across the English Channel tomorrow. She is going to t out from the French coast at five o'clock in the morning. Debbie is only eleven years old and she hopes to t up a new world record. She is a strong swimmer and many people feel that she is sure to succeed. Debbie's father will t out with her in a small boat. Mr. Hart has trained his daughter for years. Tomorrow he will be watching her anxiously as sh
e 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 herlf 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!
【课文讲解】
1、Across the Channel across 横渡
the Channel＝the English Channel 英吉利海峡(当“C”大写时, 一定是指the English Channel)
2、She is going to t out from the French coast at five o'clock in the morning.
t out 出发； t out from… 从某地出发
3、Debbie is only eleven years old and she hopes to t up a new world record.
hope to do sth. 希望自己做……
hope that+从句希望别人做……
t up 为“创立，建立”，可以指某个具体的事物，如t up a school；也可以指抽象的，如某个机构、组织等。
t up a new world record 创造新的世界纪录
4、She is a strong swimmer and many people feel that she is sure to succeed.
feel (that) +从句认为……，相信……（宾语从句中的that 冲上云霄2的英文插曲可以省略）
My parents feel that they can believe in you.
be sure to do sth. 一定能够, 必定会（肯定语气比“must”（must + 动词原形，表示一定, 一种推测）强，对某件事情动词有把握）
be sure of… (对某件事情, 名词做宾语)
be sure that… (对某件事情, 某人做某事有把握)
I am sure that I can do sth.＝I am sure of sth.＝I am sure to do sth.
I am sure of my success. = I am sure to succeed.
I am sure that I can succeed/be successful.
5、Debbie's father will t out with her in a small boat.
...with her 同她一道
by boat ， in a boat乘船
6、Tomorrow he will be watching her anxiously as she swims the long distance to England.
cmts
will be doing 将来进行时表达将来
as＝when
swim + 距离游过多长距离
All the world will be watching anxiously as the war broke out.
We will be watching anxiously as you went (go) out. （牵挂)
7、Debbie intends to take short rests every two hours.
rest作“休息”讲时，可以是可数名词，也可以是不可数名词：
Today is my day of rest. 今天是我的休息日。
After a long rest, he went on with his work.
have(take) a break(rest) 休息
take short rests 休息短时间
every用在表示时间的名词之前时可译为“每”，every two hours 每两个小时
I will plant another tree every three trees. 每隔三棵树我会再种一棵
8、She will have something to drink but she will not eat any solid food.
something to drink 可以喝的东西（不定式作定语）
have something to eat/read/do
9、Most of Debbie's school friends will be waiting for her on the English coast.
suit是什么意思most +n. = most of the +n. 大多数的……
most young people / most of the young people
will be waiting 将来进行时
I will be right here waiting for you.
on the coast 在海边
10、Among them will be Debbie's mother, who swam the Channel herlf when she was a girl.
among prep. 在……之中, ……之一(三者或三者以上)
among them 在他们当中（很多人之中）
between them 左右各一个人
限定性定语从句/非限定性定语从句
如果是有逗号的是非限定性定语从句, 没有逗号的是限定性定语从句，日语在线学习 非限定性定语从句不可以用that，限定性定语从句少了后面的句子, 这句话意思不完整,非限定性定语从句前面
的句子完整, 后面的句子起着补充说明的作用，非限定性定语从句一旦有逗号隔开, 后面的句子和前面的句子关系不紧密, 起补充作用。
