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 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.