《New Hampshire girl, 16, swims across English Channel》 - 免费有声读物

A 16-year-old from New Hampshire successfully swam across the English Channel, completing a 33-mile (53-kilometer) swim she called an “adventure.” A 16-year-old girl successfully swam across the English Channel.Vera Rivard of New Hampshire called the 33-mile, or 53-kilometer, swim an “adventure.”The Valley News says she left Dover in the United Kingdom and arrived more than 14 hours later on a beach in France.She’s the second American to cross the channel this year.The newspaper says a support boat accompanied Rivard across the channel through favorable conditions,.Rivard’s swim cost her family around $15,000, about a third of which was covered by donations and sponsorships..….and the trip included a two-week quarantine in Dover.