练习材料：

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 lined up 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.

ɪksˈpɛrɪmənts hæv pruːvd ðæt ˈʧɪldrən kæn biː ɪnˈstrʌktɪd ɪn ˈswɪmɪŋ æt ə ˈvɛri ˈɜːli eɪʤ. æt ə ˈspɛʃəl ˈswɪmɪŋ puːl ɪn Los ˈeɪnʤəlz, ˈʧɪldrən bɪˈkʌm ˈɛkspɜːt æt ˈhəʊldɪŋ ðeə brɛθ ˈʌndə ˈwɔːtər ˈiːvən bɪˈfɔː ðeɪ kæn wɔːk. ˈbeɪbiz ɒv tuː mʌnθs əʊld duː nɒt əˈpɪə tuː biː rɪˈlʌktənt tuː ˈɛntə ðə ˈwɔːtə, ɪt ɪz nɒt lɒŋ bɪˈfɔː ðeɪ ɑː səʊ əˈkʌstəmd tuː ˈswɪmɪŋ ðæt ðeɪ kæn pɪk ʌp weɪts frɒm ðə flɔːr ɒv ðə puːl. ə geɪm ðæt ɪz ˈvɛri ˈpɒpjʊlə wɪð ðiːz jʌŋ ˈswɪməz ɪz ði ˈʌndəˈwɔːtə ˈtraɪsɪkl reɪs. ˈtraɪsɪklz ɑː laɪnd ʌp ɒn ðə flɔːr ɒv ðə puːl ˈsɛvn fiːt ˈʌndə ˈwɔːtə. ðə ˈʧɪldrən kəmˈpiːt əˈgɛnst iːʧ ˈʌðə tuː riːʧ ði ˈʌðər ɛnd ɒv ðə puːl. ˈmɛni ˈpɛdl ðeə ˈtraɪsɪklz, bʌt məʊst ɒv ðɛm priˈfɜː tuː pʊʃ ɔː dræg ðɛm. sʌm ˈʧɪldrən kæn ˈkʌvə ðə həʊl lɛŋθ ɒv ðə puːl wɪˈðaʊt ˈkʌmɪŋ ʌp fɔː brɛθ ˈiːvən wʌns. ˈwɛðə ðeɪ wɪl ˈɛvə bɪˈkʌm ˈfjuːʧər əʊˈlɪmpɪk ˈʧæmpiənz, ˈəʊnli taɪm wɪl tɛl. ˈmiːnˈwaɪl, ðeɪ ʃʊd ɪnˈkʌrɪʤ ðəʊz əˈmʌŋ ʌs huː ˈkænɒt swɪm faɪv jɑːdz bɪˈfɔː ðeɪ ɑː ˈgɑːspɪŋ fɔːr eə.

任务配置：

L0＋L4

知识笔记：

新词：reluctant 不情愿的；accustomed 习惯的；tricycle 三轮车；gasp 喘气

词组：instruct in 教导；

练习感悟：

看见已经是倒数第三课了，再往后翻几页，看到分隔大片大片的空白。新概念英语第三册这几个字，看上去长得和“道阻且长，唯有向上”很像。

明天和后天就是期末考试了。考完刚刚好进入新三，这也算是一种美好的机缘巧合吧。

加油。