课文对话 · Future champions 未来的冠军（课本 Lesson 94，印刷页 426-429）
1Experiments have proved that children can be instructed /ɪn'strʌktɪd/ v. 指导，传授 in swimming at a very early age.
实验证明，儿童在很小的时候就能接受游泳训练。
2At a special swimming pool in Los Angeles /lɒs ˈændʒələs/ 洛杉矶, children become expert at holding their breath under water even before they can walk.
在洛杉矶的一个特设游泳池里，孩子们甚至在会走路之前就已精通在水下屏息了。
3Babies of two months old do not appear to be reluctant /rɪ'lʌktənt/ adj. 勉强的，不愿意的 to enter the water.
两个月的婴儿似乎并不怕下水。
4It is not long before they are so accustomed to swimming that they can pick up weights /weɪts/ n. 重物 from the floor of the pool.
用不了多久，他们就习惯到能从池底捡起重物。
5A game that is very popular with these young swimmers is the underwater /'ʌndəwɔːtə/ adj. 水下的 tricycle /'traɪsɪkl/ n. 三轮车 race.
这些幼小的游泳者非常喜爱的一项游戏是水下三轮车比赛。
6Tricycles are lined up on the floor of the pool seven feet under water.
三轮车并排摆在池底七英尺深的水下。
7The children compete /kəm'piːt/ v. 比赛，对抗 against each other to reach the other end of the pool.
孩子们互相比赛，看谁能先到达池子的另一端。
8Many pedal their tricycles, but most of them prefer to push or drag them.
许多孩子蹬着三轮车，但大多数人更喜欢推着或拉着它们。
9Some children can cover the whole length of the pool without coming up for breath even once.
有些孩子能游完全程而不浮出水面换一次气。
10Whether they will ever become future Olympic champions, only time will tell.
他们将来是否能成为奥林匹克冠军，只有时间才能作出回答。
11Meanwhile, they should encourage those among us who cannot swim five yards /jɑːdz/ n. 码 before they are gasping /'ɡɑːspɪŋ/ v. 喘气 for air.
与此同时，他们应该鼓励我们当中那些游不到五码就要大口喘气的人。
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