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Lesson94 Future champions

Experiments have proved that children can be instructed in swimming at a very early age. At a special swimming pool in Los Angeles, children become expert at holding their breath under water even before they can walk. Babies of two months old do not appear to be reluctant to enter the water, It is not long before they are so accustomed to swimming that they can pick up weights from the floor of the pool. A game that is very popular with these young swimmers is the underwater tricycle race. Tricycles are linedup on the floor of the pool seven feet under water. The children compete against each other to reach the other end of the pool. Many pedal their tricycles, but most of them prefer to push or drag them. Some children can cover the whole length of the pool without coming up for breath even once.Whether they will ever become future Olympic champions, only time will tell.Meanwhile, they should encourage those among us who cannot swim five yards before they are gasping for air.

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任务配置：L0+L4

笔记：

1.听写错误

reluctant:不顾的，勉强的，难得到的

accustomed：adj. 习惯于; 通常的; 惯常的;   v.使习惯(于); 使适应;

weights:n.重量; 分量; 重; 重物;"

tricycle:三轮车

pedal：n. (自行车等的) 脚蹬子，踏板; v.骑自行车; 踩踏板;"

gasp：喘息，气喘（不懂这个词，但是拼写出来了）

2.知识点

（1）…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。

①expert表示“熟练者”、“专家”，后面通常跟 at/in+ doing sth.结构

②hold one's breath 为固定短语，表示“屏住呼吸”

（2）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。

    bereluctant to do something，不情愿做某事的意思

（3）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。

not long before 通常译为“不久”、“很快”。

so…that 引导的是结果状语从句。

pick up 表示“捡起”。

weight 在这里指比重较大(因此能沉在水底)的物品。

be accustomed to 表示“习惯的”、“适应了的”，后面通常跟名词或动名词。

（4）Tricycles are lined up on the floor of the pool…三轮车并排放在游泳池底上……

line up 为短语动词，表示“(使)排成行/排队”

练习感悟：

    听写的时候长句非常要命，听完下半句，上半句已经不记得说了些啥了，有时大概懂意思的，还能用自己的话诌出来。而且听写的时候我感觉自己比较像在听单词默写，而不是听一整句话整体在表达什么，只抓点，没有提高一个层次去看待，这样就会导致我听不懂整句想表达什么。