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--- Lesson 36 Across the Channel |
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--- First listen and then answer the question. |
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--- What is Debbie going to try to do? |
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Debbie Hart is going to swim across the English Channel tomorrow. |
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She is going to set out from the French coast at five o'clock in the morning. |
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Debbie is only eleven years old and she hopes to set up a new world record. |
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She is a strong swimmer and many people feel that she is sure to succeed. |
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Debbie's father will set out with her in a small boat. |
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Mr.Hart has trained his daughter for years. |
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Tomorrow he will be watching her anxiously as she swims the long distance to England. |
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Debbie intends to take short rests every two hours. |
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She will have something to drink but she will not eat any solid food. |
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Most of Debbie's school friends will be waiting for her on the English coast. |
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Among them will be Debbie's mother, who swam the Channel herself when she was a girl. |
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