新概念英語(yǔ)第二冊(cè)Lesson 36 Across the Channel 橫渡海峽(精講)

Lesson 36
Across the Channel
橫渡海峽
First listen and then answer the question.
聽(tīng)錄音，然后回答以下問(wèn)題。
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 oclock 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. Debbies 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 Debbies school friends will be waiting for her on the English coast. Among them will be Debbies mother, who swam the Channel herself when she was a girl.

New words and expressions 生詞和短語(yǔ)
record n. 記錄
strong adj. 強(qiáng)壯的
swimmer n. 游泳運(yùn)動(dòng)員
succeed v. 成功
train v. 訓(xùn)練
anxiously adv. 焦急地
intend v. 打算
solid adj. 固體的，硬的

參考譯文
橫渡海峽
黛比.哈特準(zhǔn)備明天橫渡英吉利海峽。她打算早上5點(diǎn)鐘從法國(guó)海岸出發(fā)。黛比只有11歲，她希望創(chuàng)一項(xiàng)新的世界紀(jì)錄。她是一個(gè)游泳能手，很多人認(rèn)為她一定能成功。黛比的父親將乘一條小船同她一道出發(fā)。哈特先生訓(xùn)練她的女兒已經(jīng)多年了，明天他將焦急地注視著女兒游過(guò)這段漫長(zhǎng)的距離到達(dá)英國(guó)。黛比計(jì)劃每?jī)尚r(shí)休息一下。她將喝些飲料，但不吃固體食物。黛比的大部分同學(xué)將在英國(guó)海岸等候她。他們當(dāng)中還會(huì)有黛比的母親，她本人還是個(gè)姑娘時(shí)，也曾橫渡過(guò)英吉利海峽！

【New words and expressions】 生詞和短語(yǔ)

★record [5rekC:d] n. 記錄  record [rI5kC:d] vt

如果同一詞音節(jié)落在第一個(gè)音節(jié)的重音, 肯定是名詞, 重音落在第二個(gè)音節(jié)肯定是動(dòng)詞

recorder [rI5kC:dE(r)]錄音機(jī)

如present n adj [5preznt] v [ pri5zent ] / desert n [5dezEt] v [dI5z\:t]

break the record 破記錄 / set up a new record 創(chuàng)記錄

hold the record 保持記錄 / keep the record 保持記錄

equal[5i:kwEl] adj.相等的, 均等的, 勝任的, 平靜的, 合適的, 不相上下的

n.相等的事物(或數(shù)量), 對(duì)手, 匹敵, 同輩

vt.等于, 比得上等號(hào), 等于

equalize the recorder 平記錄 (equalize [5i:kwElaiz] vt.使相等, 補(bǔ)償)

★strong adj 強(qiáng)壯的

as strong as horse 象牛一樣壯(馬)

strong wind 大風(fēng) heavy rain 大雨

strong girl (隱示不是很瘦, 結(jié)實(shí))

strong mind意志堅(jiān)強(qiáng)

out of sight,out of mind  眼不見(jiàn), 心不煩

sturdy [5stE:di] adj. : 結(jié)實(shí)的, 強(qiáng)健的

robust [rE5bQst] [rEJ5bQst] adj. : 身體結(jié)實(shí)  (“樂(lè)百事” 英文名)

strong swimmer :

strong +運(yùn)動(dòng)員 : 獲勝把握比較大, 強(qiáng)有力的(“強(qiáng)有力的對(duì)手” 中的 “強(qiáng)有力” 就用 “strong” 表達(dá))

swimmer : 確切的意思為 : 游泳者, 游泳的人

athlete [5AWli:t] n : 運(yùn)動(dòng)員(運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì)上常說(shuō)的運(yùn)動(dòng)員)

swimming athlete游泳運(yùn)動(dòng)員 (這里的 “-ing” 以為 “用來(lái)” )

★swimmer n 游泳運(yùn)動(dòng)員, 游泳者

★succeed v 成功

success n 成功, 成功的人

successful adj 成功的

succeed in doing sth / be successful in doing sth

fail v   fail to do sth

failure [5feiljE] n. 失敗, 失敗者, 缺乏, 失靈, 故障, 破產(chǎn), 疏忽, <美>不及格

★train v 訓(xùn)練

train sb to do sth (教, 而且有讓人形成某種技能) / teach sb to do sth (只是教, 會(huì)不會(huì)不管)

trainer教練 / training center 訓(xùn)練中心

★anxiously adv 焦急

anxiousl adj

★intend v 打算

① be to/② be about to/③ be going to:表將來(lái)

④ intend to do sth＝be going to do sth打算做某事

⑤ plan計(jì)劃 : plan to do sth 計(jì)劃作某事

⑥ mean to do sth 打算做某事 : what do you mean to do(intend to do)

⑦ aim to do sth 打算做某事

aim [eim] n 目標(biāo)

I am going to have a company. / I intend to have a company.

⑧ I will do sth＝I intend to do sth

plan to do / mean to do / aim to do / hope to do / want to do 這類(lèi)詞本身沒(méi)有將來(lái)時(shí)態(tài), 本身就表示將來(lái), 用一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)表示將來(lái)時(shí)

★solid adj 固體的, 硬的

the ice is solid冰很硬

ballet dancers/football player (ballet [5bAlei, bA5lei] n.芭蕾舞, 芭蕾舞劇, 芭蕾舞樂(lè)曲)

1 work as+地點(diǎn)

2 工作怎么樣

(1)interesing/boring/exciting (bore [bC:(r)] v n 使煩擾)

(2)人對(duì)工作的喜歡程度, she/he likes the job very much.

channel 海峽

the Channel＝the English channel (當(dāng) “C” 大寫(xiě)時(shí), 一定是指the English channel)

across 橫渡, across the Channel

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