课文
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 lo 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.
译：
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！
词
record：**n.记录**
set up a new world record「创造一个新的世界记录」
hold/keep a record「保持记录」
break a record「打破纪录」
record-holder「记录保持者」
off the record「不宜公开的」
v.记录，录
**v.成功**
succeed in sth./doing sth.「在某事上比较成功/做某事比较成功」
success「n.成功」
successful「adj.成功的」
successfully「adv.成功地」
solid「adj.坚固的」
This is a solid table.「这张桌子很结实」
firm「adj.坚定的（态度、信念）」
stable「adj.可靠的、稳重的（指人）」
He is not a very stable person.「他不太稳重」
句子
限定性定语从句和非限定性定语从句
限定性定语从句「28课」
I met your friend who was staying in Paris.
your friend未能完全确定范围「哪个朋友」，所以后限定，无逗号隔开
非限定性定语从句
I met your mother, who was staying in Paris.
your mother确定了（就一个亲妈），所以不需要强制限定，后用逗号隔开
限定还是非限定主要看被修饰名词范围是否限定，非限定一般用于专业名词，如著名地名、人名以及上下文已经提到的确定的对象
非限定定语从句更加严格，连接词不能用that，在从句里作宾语不能省略。指人在从句作宾语时只能用whom，作主语用who
特殊的非限定性定语从句「从句修饰整个句子」
连接词只能用which/as
用which时只能接在被修饰句子后
as可放句首、句中作插入语和句子后「比较灵活」
A person’s early life and its conditions are often the greatest gift to an individual, which/as any biographer knows.「任何传记作家都知道，一个人的早年生活及其所处的环境往往是他得到的最好礼物」
as any biographer knows, A person’s early life and its conditions are often the greatest gift to an individual.
A person’s early life and its conditions, as any biographer knows, are often the greatest gift to an individual.
课文句子
Tomorrow he will be watching her anxiously as she swims the long distance to England.「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」
主句用将来时，时间状语从句虽是将来的动作，但用的一般现在时
I‘ll be meeting her at the station when she arrives tomorrow.「她明天到达时我将在车站接她」
Debbie intends to take short rests every two hours.「黛比计划每两小时休息一下」
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」