[00:01.61]Lesson 94
[00:03.21]instruct
[00:04.58]指导
[00:05.96]Experiments have proved that children can be instructed in swimming
[00:08.89]实验证明，儿童在很小的时候
[00:11.83]at a very early age.
[00:13.71]就可以开始学习游泳。
[00:15.60]He instructed his students in mathematics.
[00:18.23]他教授学生数学。
[00:20.87]The doctor instructed him to lie in bed for three weeks.
[00:23.95]医生嘱咐他卧床三周。
[00:27.04]Los Angles
[00:28.66]洛杉矶
[00:30.28]At a special swimming pool in Los Angles,
[00:32.65]在洛杉矶的一个特设的游泳池里，
[00:35.03]children become expert at holding their breath under
[00:38.27]孩子们甚至在还没有学会走路时就已经能熟练地
[00:41.51]even before they can walk.
[00:43.59]在水下屏住呼吸了。
[00:45.66]reluctant
[00:47.09]勉强的
[00:48.51]Babies of two monthes old do not appear to be reluctant to enter the water.
[00:52.05]两个月的婴儿并未显得不愿意入水。
[00:55.59]He seemed reluctant to join us.
[00:58.11]他似乎不情愿加入到我们当中来。
[01:00.63]He made a reluctant promise.
[01:02.62]他勉强允诺下来。
[01:04.60]weight
[01:05.83]重物
[01:07.06]It is not long before they are so accustomed to swimming
[01:10.30]他们很快便适应了游泳，
[01:13.53]that they can pick up weights from the floor of the pool.
[01:16.41]以致能捡起池底的物品。
[01:19.28]The sack was such a weight.
[01:21.27]那袋子竟是这么个重家伙。
[01:23.25]They put some weights on the boat to keep the balane.
[01:26.07]他们在船上放上重物以保持平衡。
[01:28.89]underwater
[01:30.37]水下的
[01:31.85]A game that is very popular with these young swimmers
[01:34.47]这些幼小的游泳运动员非常喜爱的一种游戏
[01:37.10]is the underwater tricycle race.
[01:39.28]是水下三轮车比赛。
[01:41.46]The underwater world is really fascinating.
[01:43.73]水下世界真是引人入胜。
[01:46.00]The documentary was filmed with an underwater camera.
[01:48.89]这部记录片是用水下摄影机拍的。
[01:51.78]tricycle
[01:53.15]三轮车
[01:54.52]Tricycles are lined up on the floor of the pool seven feet under water.
[01:57.96]三轮车并排放在7英尺深的游泳池底上。
[02:01.39]He was taken to the hospital with a tricycle.
[02:03.87]用三轮车把他送到了医院。
[02:06.35]A tricycle was in my way.
[02:08.27]一辆三轮车挡了我的道。
[02:10.19]compete
[02:11.58]比赛
[02:12.96]The children compete against each other to reach the other end of the pool.
[02:16.14]孩子们比赛看谁先到达游泳池的另一端。
[02:19.31]They competed with each other for her attention and favor.
[02:22.34]他们彼此竞争想赢得她的注意和好感。
[02:25.37]Two candidates competed for the vacancy.
[02:27.96]两个应征者竞争这一空缺。
[02:30.54]yard
[02:31.82]码
[02:33.10]Meanwhile,they should encourage those among us who cannot swim five yards
[02:36.53]与此同时，他们对我们中的那些游不了5码
[02:39.95] before they are gasping for air.
[02:41.84]就已喘不过气来的人应该是种鼓舞。
[02:43.74]One yard is nearly a meter in length.
[02:46.01]一码约有一公尺长。
[02:48.28]The yard is 100 yards long and 80 yards wide.
[02:51.61]这个院子长100码，宽80码。
[02:54.94]gasp
[02:56.63]喘气
[02:58.31]The exhausted runner gasped when he dashed to the finishing line.
[03:01.24]筋疲力尽的赛跑运动员在冲向终点线时直喘气。
[03:04.16]I gasped in surprise at the unexpected news.
[03:07.05]对这则出人意外的消息，我惊诧得透不过气来。