歌词
--- Lesson 94 Future champions
未来的冠军
--- First listen and then answer the question.
^听录音，然后回答以下问题。
--- What kind of race do the children compete in?
Experiments have proved that children can be instructed in swimming at a very early age.
^实验证明，儿童在很小的时候就可以开始学习游泳。
At a special swimming pool in Los Angeles,
^在洛杉矶的一个特设的游泳池里，
children become expert at holding their breath under water even before they can walk.
^孩子们甚至在还没有学会走路时就已经能熟练地在水下屏住呼吸了。
Babies of two months old do not appear to be reluctant to enter the water.
^两个月的婴儿并未显得不愿意入水。
It is not long before they are so accustomed to swimming that they can pick up weights from the floor of the pool.
^他们很快便适应了游泳，以致能捡起池底的物品。
A game that is very popular with these young swimmers is the underwater tricycle race.
^这些幼小的游泳运动员非常喜爱的一种游戏是水下三轮车比赛。
Tricycles are lined up on the floor of the pool seven feet under water.
^三轮车并排放在7英尺深的游泳池底上。
The children compete against each other to reach the other end of the pool.
^孩子们比赛看谁先到达游泳池的另一端。
Many pedal their tricycles, but most of them prefer to push or drag them.
^很多孩子用脚蹬车，但多数孩子更愿意推或是拉着三轮车。
Some children can cover the whole length of the pool without coming up for breath even once.
^有些孩子能够跑完游泳池的全长而不用露出水面换气。
Whether they will ever become future Olympic champions, only time will tell.
^他们将来是否能成为奥林匹克的冠军，这只能由时间来作出回答。
Meanwhile, they should encourage those among us who cannot swim five yards before they are gasping for air.
^与此同时，他们对我们中的那些游不了5码就已喘不过气来的人应该是种鼓舞。
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