A French swimmer will try to become the first, person to swim across the Pacific Ocean. BenLecomte,51, will set off from Japan on Tuesday. He will have to swim for eight hours a day to reach the west coast of America finally. There will be sharks, jellyfish, storms and very low water temperatures. He may also be too tired to go on." You should always think about the good things to keep you hopeful," Ben said.
Ben has been training for six years to take up this challenge(挑战). He has practiced swimming every day in the sea. In this way， he can make sure that he is in top physical condition (状态). He needs to have a strong mind because it will be a very lonely swim. Ben says he does the swim to raise the awareness(意识)of climate change and to ask more people to save the environment.
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A. So what you think during the swim is very important. B. He has also been training his mind. C. It will take him over six months to complete the swim. D. Ben Lecomte is a French swimming star. E. Why does he want to do it? F. Ben found it very easy to swim across the ocean. G. He will have to face many dangers during the swim. |
