丹尼爾和媽媽在做熱身運動,忽然聽到一陣歡呼聲,原來大家在圍著大屏幕觀看水上表演,精彩的表演讓丹尼爾變得興奮起來。
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Daniel: Look! Mom, that's amazing! I can't believe the girls have so neat movements.
Mom: Yeah, they all received very strict training. A minute on the stage takes ten-year practice.
Daniel: And all their movements are so elegant. It seems like dancing in the water.
Mom: Exactly, you know, water ballet puts dancing, music and swimming together.
Daniel: There you go! Daddy has told me that water ballet is also called Synchronized Swimming.
Mom: That's my boy! Katherine Curtis created this activity in 1920. And in 1984, it was authorized as one activity in Olympic Games.
Daniel: Wow, Mom is more knowledgeable than Dad. I must learn from you.
Mom: My little boy, you should learn more from me. I'm almost thirty years older than you.
Daniel: OK, you're the boss. Look, Mom, one guy has just jumped into the swimming pool.
Mom: Oh, my God. It's so dangerous. And he might break his leg. You mustn't do anything like that.
Daniel: I'll never learn from him. His gesture is so awful. The Olympic diving champion Tian Liang is the only person I admire.
Mom: Is he your “shining star”? As far as you see, why he can get the champion in Olympic Games?
Daniel: Of course, he succeeds in crouched jump and backward spinning dive. And he has a clean entry. The degree of difficulty is also very high.
Mom: It seems that you know much about him. And I believe you can do it as well as him one day.
Daniel: That's an obvious thing. I'm a reliable man. Right?
Mom: Well, but the first thing is that you have to learn how to swim. Let's get down to business.
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丹尼爾: 媽媽,快看。那太神奇了!我真不敢相信她們的動作這么整齊。
媽媽: 嗯,她們都經過嚴格的訓練。臺上一分鐘臺下十年功。
丹尼爾: 她們的動作那么優雅??雌饋硐裨谒刑琛?/P>
媽媽: 確實,你知道嗎?水上芭蕾是將舞蹈、音樂和游泳融合起來了。
丹尼爾: 那就是了,爸爸告訴我水上芭蕾又叫花樣游泳。
媽媽: 這才是我的兒子??碌偎乖?920年創建了這個活動。在1984年,它被正式列為奧林匹克的一項運動。
丹尼爾: 哇,媽媽比爸爸更有知識。我要向你學習。
媽媽: 小家伙,你應該向我學更多的東西。我可比你大三十歲呀。
丹尼爾: 好,聽你的??炜?,媽媽有個人跳進游泳池里了。
媽媽: 喔,我的天哪!好危險呀!他可能會扭斷自己的腿。你不要像他那樣做。
丹尼爾: 我不會像他學習的。他的姿勢那么難看。奧運冠軍田亮才是我所佩服的人。
媽媽: 他是你的偶像嗎?據你看,他為什么在奧運會上奪得冠軍呢?
丹尼爾: 當然,他成功地完成了抱膝跳水和向后旋轉跳水。他落水時水花很少。難度系數十分高。
媽媽: 看起來你對他很了解呀。我相信有一天你能跟他做的一樣好。
丹尼爾: 那是再明顯不過了。我是個可以信任的人,不是嗎?
媽媽: 嗯,但是你首先該做的事情是學會游泳。讓我們開始吧!