Английский язык. Александрова Г.А. - 78 стр.

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Text 3
Read this story and then answer the questions that follow.
Every summer many people, girls and women as well as boys and
men, try to swin from England to France or from France to England. The
distance at the nearest points is only about twenty miles, but because of
the strong tides, the distance that must be swum is usually more than twice
as far. There is a strong tide from the Atlantic Ocean. This divides in two
in order to pass round the British Isles. There is a strong tide which goes
round the north of Scotland then into the North Sea, and then south, to-
wards the Dutch and Belgian coast. There is a stromg tide up the English
Channel. The two tides meet near the mouth of the Thames, and the strong
currents they cause make it impossible to swim in a straight line across the
Channel.
The first man to succeed in swimming the Channel was Captain
Webb, an Englishman. This was in August 1875. He landed in France 21
hours 45 minutes after entering the water in Dover. Since then there have
been many successful swims and the time has been shortened. One French
swimmer crossed in 11 hours and 5 minutes. Numerous Egyptain swim-
mers have been successful.
Because the sea is usually cold, swimmers cover their bodies with
grease. This, they say, helps to keep out the cold. They are fed during the
swim by men who go with them in small boats.
Notes:
tide - прилив и отлив
grease - сало (топленое); смазка (жировая)
to feed - fed - fed - кормить
1. How far is it from England to France at the nearest points?
2. When a man swims from England to France, does he swim only twen-
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                                  Text 3
       Read this story and then answer the questions that follow.

        Every summer many people, girls and women as well as boys and
men, try to swin from England to France or from France to England. The
distance at the nearest points is only about twenty miles, but because of
the strong tides, the distance that must be swum is usually more than twice
as far. There is a strong tide from the Atlantic Ocean. This divides in two
in order to pass round the British Isles. There is a strong tide which goes
round the north of Scotland then into the North Sea, and then south, to-
wards the Dutch and Belgian coast. There is a stromg tide up the English
Channel. The two tides meet near the mouth of the Thames, and the strong
currents they cause make it impossible to swim in a straight line across the
Channel.
        The first man to succeed in swimming the Channel was Captain
Webb, an Englishman. This was in August 1875. He landed in France 21
hours 45 minutes after entering the water in Dover. Since then there have
been many successful swims and the time has been shortened. One French
swimmer crossed in 11 hours and 5 minutes. Numerous Egyptain swim-
mers have been successful.
        Because the sea is usually cold, swimmers cover their bodies with
grease. This, they say, helps to keep out the cold. They are fed during the
swim by men who go with them in small boats.

       Notes:
       tide - прилив и отлив
       grease - сало (топленое); смазка (жировая)
       to feed - fed - fed - кормить

1. How far is it from England to France at the nearest points?
2. When a man swims from England to France, does he swim only twen-
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