Futurechampions

未來的冠軍

instruct

v.指導(dǎo)，傳授

LosAngeles

洛杉磯reluctant

adj.勉強(qiáng)的，不愿意的

weight

n.重物underwater

adj.水下的

tricycle

n.三輪車compete

v.比賽，對(duì)抗

yard

n.碼gasp

v.喘氣★instruct（1）

v.指導(dǎo)，傳授（2）v.指令、訓(xùn)令instructsbtodo命令，指導(dǎo)某人做某事instructthat（正式）通知

instructionn.講授、教育、指導(dǎo)、命令、指示followinstructions＝givesbinstructions遵從指示instructorn.教師、指導(dǎo)者★L(fēng)osAngeles 洛杉磯美國加利福尼亞洲California西南部的大城市（簡稱L.A）在西班牙語中表示”天使們”之意★reluctant adj.勉強(qiáng)的，不愿意的（unwilling）

areluctantanswer勉強(qiáng)的答復(fù)

areluctanthelper不愿意幫忙bereluctanttodo不愿做某事★weight n.重物、分量、重量grossweight毛重；netweight凈重throwone’sweightabout＝throwone’sweightaround大擺架子、作威作福weighv.秤……重量，有…….重★underwater adj.水下面的amunderwatercamera水下照像機(jī)

under-前綴（1）……之下的underarm腋下的；underground地下的underline在……下滑線（2）不足夠的underage未成年的；

★tricycle n.三輪車（trike）tri-表“三”triangle三角形；

tricolor三色旗bi-表“兩個(gè)”“兩次”bicycle自行車bicentenary

[?baisen?teni?l]n.兩百周年紀(jì)念★compete v.比賽，對(duì)抗competitionn.

[?k?mp??ti??n]競(jìng)爭(zhēng)，比賽beincompetitionwith與…….的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)

competitive

[k?m?petitiv]a.競(jìng)爭(zhēng)的，比賽的的；好競(jìng)爭(zhēng)的；有競(jìng)爭(zhēng)力的★yard n.碼（約91.4cm縮寫為y/yd）長度單位：inch英寸；foot英尺；yard碼；meter米yardgoods（美）論碼賣的布料

★gasp（1）

v.喘氣、上氣不接下氣gaspforair氣喘（2）v.喘著氣說

……（與out,forth連用）（3）v.（因驚嚇、恐嚇引起的）屏息、喘息gaspwithsurprise＝gaspinsurprise吃驚地屏住呼吸（4）n.屏息、喘息、接不上氣inshortgasps氣喘吁吁；atone’slastgasp奄奄一息地tothelastgasp直到臨終Text:Experimentshaveprovedthatchildrencanbeinstructedinswimmingataveryearlyage.AtaspecialswimmingpoolinLosAngeles,childreneexpertatholdingtheirbreathunderwaterevenbeforetheycanwalk.Babiesoftwomonthsolddonotappeartobereluctanttoenterthewater.Itisnotlongbeforetheyaresoaccustomedtoswimmingthattheycanpickupweightsfromthefloorofthepool.Agamethatisverypopularwiththeseyoungswimmersistheunderwatertricyclerace.Tricyclesarelineduponthefloorofthepoolsevenfeetunderwater.Thechildrencompeteagainsteachothertoreachtheotherendofthepool.Manypedaltheirtricycles,butmostofthemprefertopushordragthem.Somechildrencancoverthewholelengthofthepoolwithoutcomingupforbreathevenonce.WhethertheywilleverefutureOlympicchampions,onlytimewilltell.Meanwhile,theyshouldencouragethoseamonguswhocannotswimfiveyardsbeforetheyaregaspingforair.Notesonthetext課文講解：★Experimentshaveprovedthatchildrencanbe

instructedinswimmingataveryearlyage.實(shí)驗(yàn)證明，兒童在很小的時(shí)候就可以開始學(xué)習(xí)游泳。※beinstructedin被訓(xùn)練ataveryearlyage在很小的時(shí)候AtaspecialswimmingpoolinLosAngeles,childreneexpertatholdingtheirbreathunderwaterevenbeforetheycanwalk.在洛杉磯的一個(gè)特設(shè)的游泳池里，孩子們甚至在還沒有學(xué)會(huì)走路時(shí)就已經(jīng)能熟練地在水下屏住呼吸了。※eexpertat＝eexpertin＝beexpertat＝beexpertin在……很熟練※holdone’sbreath屏住呼吸

outofbreathatabreath＝inabreath一口氣地underone’sbreath＝belowone’sbreath壓著嗓子，低聲地loseone’sbreath喘不過氣來，氣喘吁吁saveone’sbreath不要浪費(fèi)口舌Babiesoftwomonthsolddonotappeartobereluctanttoenterthewater.兩個(gè)月的嬰兒并未顯得不愿意入水。※雙重否定，加強(qiáng)語氣Itisnotlongbeforetheyaresoaccustomedtoswimmingthattheycanpickupweightsfromthefloorofthepool.他們很快便適應(yīng)了游泳，以致能撿起池底的物品。※Itisnotlongbeforethat很快※beaccustomedto適應(yīng)、習(xí)慣于（to為介詞）accustomoneselfto使自己習(xí)慣※pickup（1）撿起

（2）接picksbup★Agamethatisverypopularwiththeseyoungswimmersistheunderwatertricyclerace.這些幼小的游泳運(yùn)動(dòng)員非常喜愛的一種游戲是水下三輪車比賽?！鵥epopularwith＝bepopularamong在……中間流行、受……的歡迎popularmusicn.流行音樂,通俗音樂popularnewspaper受歡迎的報(bào)紙,流行的報(bào)紙popularity[’p?pju，l?riti]n.普及；流行；名望winpopularity得人心→

losepopularity失人心Tricyclesare

lineduponthefloorofthepoolsevenfeetunderwater.三輪車并排放在7英尺深的游泳池底上?！鵥elinedup使……排成一列

lineup(使)排成行，(使)排隊(duì)Thechildrencompeteagainsteachothertoreachtheotherendofthepool.孩子們比賽看誰先到達(dá)游泳池的另一端。

Manypedaltheirtricycles,butmostofthemprefertopushordrag（拖，拽）them.很多孩子用腳蹬車，但多數(shù)孩子更愿意推或是拉著三輪車。Somechildrencancoverthewholelengthofthepoolwithoutcomingupforbreathevenonce.有些孩子能夠跑完游泳池的全長而不用露出水面換氣。※cover走完、讀完、看完、飛過（不用被動(dòng)結(jié)構(gòu)）※comeup上升（鄉(xiāng)下）上（城市）

comeupon偶遇WhethertheywilleverefutureOlympicchampions,onlytimewilltell.他們將來是否能成為奧林匹克的冠軍，這只能由時(shí)間來作出回答。※以whether引導(dǎo)的從句是tell的賓語，放在句首是為了強(qiáng)調(diào)。Meanwhile,theyshouldencouragethoseamongus(whocan