Across the Channel横渡海峡

　　　　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！

重点用法：

1. set up a new record：建立一个新记录
record　n. 记录    recorder:录音机
break the record:打破记录
set up：建立       hold（keep) the record:保持记录

2. intend　v. 打算

intend to do sth＝be going to do sth
plan to do do计划做某事
mean to do：打算在某事

aim to do sth：打算做某事

hope to do希望做某事
want to do 想要做某事

What do you mean to do(intend to do)?
I am going to have a company.
I intend to have a company.
I intend to do sth=I will do sth.
3. Every two hours 每两个小时

“every＋基数词 (大于或等于2)＋复数名词”意思是“每„„”。例如：

 The old man went to hospital every five days

.那老汉每五天／每隔四天就去看一次病

 There are buses to the station every ten minutes.每十分钟／每隔九分钟就有公共汽车去火车站

We hand in our homework every three days.我们每三天／每隔两天交一次作业。

“every＋序数词 (大于或等于2)＋单数名词”意思是“每第„„”。例如：

 The Olympic Games are held every fourth year.奥林匹克运动会每四年／每隔三年举办一次。

He comes to see his uncle every third week.他每三周／每隔两周来看望他的叔叔。

课后练习答案：

关键句型答案P168

 C 1.We are going to leave at six o'clock.
2.I am going to pay these bills tomorrow.
3.Are you going to write to him?
4.She is not going to look for a new job.
5.When are you going to buy a new car?

难点练习p168

1.      firm  2.watched  3.look at  4.aolid/firm  5.firm

多项选择练习

1a  2d  3d  4c  5d  6c  7c  8b  9a  10d  11c  12c

详解

1. a    只有a. Both Debbie’s parents are very interested in their daughter’sattempt to swim the Channel 是正确的，符合课文的实际情况。其他3个选择都与课文内容不符。

2. d   根据课文第8行Debbie intends to take short rests every two hours(黛比打算每隔两个小时休息一会儿)可以判断，只有d. will stop at intervals during the swim 符合课文的真实情况，其他3个选择都与课文的内容不符。

3. d    只有选d. of 才符合习惯用法和语法，sure of 是“确信，肯定”的意思。 其他3个选择都不能同sure搭配。

4. c    只有c. while 是连词，可以引导时间状语从句，表示“当……时”。因此c.是最合乎语法和题目意思的，应该选c.  a. though meanwhile 不是正确的表达方式；b. meanwhile(与此同时)是副词，不能引导从句；d. during(在……期间)，是介词，也不能引导从句。

5. d    本句的回答是Every two hours,因此可以推断本句是针对频率提问的，只有d. How often是针对频率提问的，所以选d.其他都不是针对频率提问的。

6. c    只有选c. most 最符合习惯用法和题目意思，most of them “他们中的大部分”的意思，因此c 是正确的答案。a. more , 和d. the more 都不对，通常可以用some of them, many of them, 或 mostof them,但一般不用more of them这样的表达方式。b. the most 也不符合习惯用法，在most of them这样的短语中不需要加定冠词the.

7. c    只有选c. among 最合乎题目意思。 Among(在……中间)指在许多人或事物中间。 而a. between的意思是“在两者之间”，而crowd 是“一群人”的意思，故不能选a; b. beside(在……旁边)不合乎题目意思； d. around(在……周围)也不合乎题目意思。

8. b    只有b. make 可以同本句中的record 连用构成固定短语make a record,意思是“创造一个记录”。 a. do (做)，c. building(建筑)，d. fix(固定)这3个词都不能同record 构成固定短语，所以都不合乎题目意思。

9. a   b. success(成功)是名词，不能单独用在动词be后面做表语。c. succession (连续)，d. a succession同前一句中的succeed 意思不符，因此不合乎逻辑；只有a. successful(成功的)同succeed意思相符，可以用在动词be后面做表语，所以选a.

10. d    a. leader(领导,领袖) b. guide(向导) , c. trainee(受训者), d. instructor(教练,教导员)这4个选择中只有d.与前一句中trained(训练)有关系,因此选d符合逻辑,其他3个选择词义都不符合题目意思.

11. c    只有c. worried(担心，着急)与前一句中的anxiously(焦虑地)意思相符，因此应该选c.  a. sad (忧愁，难过)， b. unhappy(不高兴)， d. thoughtful(沉思的，体贴的)这3个词都与anxiously 的含义不符。

12. c    a. stay(逗留), b. remain(留下,剩下), c . relax(放松,轻松), d. sleep(睡觉),4个选择中,只有c.同前一句的take short rests(休息一会儿)意思最接近,所以选c.