Lesson 36  Across the Channel

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.

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！  

Grammar points.

将来时be going to 和will的用法。

补充：be going to do表示当前计划，思考过的有意图的行为；同时be going to do还可以表示客观迹象，表示马上发生； will do表示的是事先没有计划和思考过的计划和意图。

Exercises.

用括号中动词的适当形式填空

1. Look at the clouds in the sky, __________ rain this afternoon.

A. it’s going       B. it’s going to      C. it will         D. it will to

2. There __________ an English evening tomorrow.

A. is going to      B. is going to have   C. will have     D. will be

1.解析：本题考查一般将来时的用法，be going to do可以表示客观迹象，故答案为B.

2.解析：本题考查的是there be句型的将来时态，故答案为：D