1.      Words and Phrases

1) At my first swim meet a couple of years ago, Dad told me that when the umpire shot off the starter pistol, I was supposed to dive in and start swimming.

umpair: 裁判员; 仲裁人

starter pistol: 发令枪; 也可以说starter gun; 打空枪可以说fire blank

仿写: The umpire shot off a blank starter pistol.

2) And second of all, we were all crammed into two lanes, so I always had somebody on my tail trying to get around me.

get around sb: the act of gathering around a person cause their super awesome.

仿写: She is very pretty and always got a lot of people around her.

3) I actuall tried to convince Dad to let me do Water Jazz instead of swim team, but he wouldn’t go for it.

go for it: means go ahead.

仿写：If you want to leave, just go for it.

2.      Sentences

Halfway through the summer, I decided I was pretty much done with swim team.

仿写: He is always complaining about things, I am pretty much done with him.

3.  Dairy

People are more concerned about their health nowadays. To keep you slim, there are several foods I would like to recommend. One of it is almonds. Dieters who ate 3 ounces of these nuts every day reduced their weight and body-mass index by a solid 18 percent compared with an 11 percent drop in the no-nut group, a study in the International Journal of Obesity found. Almonds are high in alpha-linolenic acid, which can speed the metabolism of fats. Stick to 12 per serving. This helps a lot for your diet.