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6. 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.

在1929,三年后他飞越北极,美国探险家R,伯德,首次成功地飞越了南极。虽然,在第一,伯德和他的人可以采取许多横亘,他们很快就陷入了困境。在这一-点上,飞机似乎肯定会崩溃的。它只会在山在上升到10000英尺。伯德马上命令他的助手们把两个沉重的食品袋。于是飞机可以上升了,它离山头400英尺。伯德这时知道他将能够达到300英里以外的南极了,因为没有更多的山了。飞机可以毫无困难地飞越这一 望无际的茫茫雪原。