1. Naturally, the name change didn't cause Debbie / Lynne's professional achievement — but it surely helped if only by adding a bit of self-confidence to her talents. 当然, 黛比 (或林恩) 的职业成就并不是改名带来的,但是它肯定给她带来了好处,虽说改名仅使她对自己的才能增加了一点点自信。
2. Debbie Hart is going to swim across the English Channel tomorrow. 黛比.哈特准备明天横渡英吉利海峡。
3. Debbie is only eleven years old and she hopes to set up a new world record. 黛比只有11岁,她希望创一项新的世界纪录。
4. Debbie´s father will set out with her in a small boat. 黛比的父亲将乘一条小船同她一道出发。
5. Debbie intends to take short rests every two hours. 黛比计划每两小时休息一下。
6. Among them will be Debbie´s mother, who swam the Channel herself when she was a girl. 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!
7. "My name has always made me think I should be a cook," she complained. "I just don't feel like a Debbie." "我的名字老是使我觉得自己应该是一个女厨子," 她抱怨道。"我真的不想要黛比这个名字。"
8. "As soon as I stopped calling myself Debbie, I felt more comfortable with myself ... and other people started to take me more seriously." "我一停止称自己为黛比,我就对自己感到比较舒坦了……而且其他人也开始更认真地对待我了。"
9. Most of Debbie´s school friends will be waiting for her on the English coast. 黛比的大部分同学将在英国海岸等候她。
10. One day, while filling out an application form for a publishing job, the young woman impulsively substituted her middle name, Lynne, for her first name Debbie. 一天,在填写出版工作申请表时,这位小姐一时冲动,用她的中名林恩替换了她的名字黛比。