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广东省广州市南沙区2020年初中毕业班英语学业水平适应性测试
On September 17, 2019, Sarah Thomas has become the first person to swim the English Channel four times without stopping. It was really not easy for her, because she had cancer a short time ago and faced a lot of challenges while swimming.
On Sunday morning, Sarah began her swimming and finished at 6:30 a.m. on Tuesday.Lewis Pugh, another swimmer, said that Sarah's achievement was "extraordinary, amazing, super-human!"
The English Channel is the stretch of water between England and France. The Dover Strait, the narrowest part of the Channel, is 18 to 25 miles wide and its depth ranges from 120 to 180 feet. Although it has natural barrier (天险), there is a long history of people trying to swim across the Dover strait between Dover and Calais.However, his record has been kept for many years.
The Dover Strait is the busiest shipping route in the world. According to the Guinness Book of Records, 600ships travel between Dover of England and Calais of France every day.
This means that currents in the water can push swimmers away from where they need to be. Swimmers must overcome so many difficulties and they need to be energetic again quickly as they need to keep going even if they are very tired. As a result, Sarah was expected to swim around 80 miles but ended up swimming 130 miles!
Who knows if it will ever be broken and someone will attempt to break it?
A. Now this new record has been set. B. Swimmers need to avoid these boats. C. The first person to do it was Martin Webb in 1875. D. At the finish line, she celebrated by having some chocolate. E. Another problem is the wave and tidal power of the Channel. |
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