A：Look! Mom, that's amazing! I can't believe the girls have so neat movements.

媽媽，快看。那太神奇了!我真不敢相信她們的動作這么整齊。

B：Yeah, they all received very strict training. A minute on the stage takes ten-year practice.

嗯，她們都經(jīng)過嚴(yán)格的訓(xùn)練。臺上一分鐘臺下十年功。

A：And all their movements are so elegant. It seems like dancing in the water.

她們的動作那么優(yōu)雅。看起來像在水中跳舞。

B：Exactly, you know, water ballet puts dancing, music and swimming together.

確實，你知道嗎?水上芭蕾是將舞蹈、音樂和游泳融合起來了。

A：There you go! Daddy has told me that water ballet is also called Synchronized Swimming.

那就是了，爸爸告訴我水上芭蕾又叫花樣游泳。

B：That's my boy! Katherine Curtis created this activity in 1920. And in 1984, it was authorized as one activity in Olympic Games.

這才是我的兒子。柯蒂斯在1920年創(chuàng)建了這個活動。在1984年，它被正式列為奧林匹克的一項運動。

A：Wow, Mom is more knowledgeable than Dad. I must learn from you.

哇，媽媽比爸爸更有知識。我要向你學(xué)習(xí)。

B：My little boy, you should learn more from me. I'm almost thirty years older than you.

小家伙，你應(yīng)該向我學(xué)更多的東西。我可比你大三十歲呀。

A：OK, you're the boss. Look, Mom, one guy has just jumped into the swimming pool.

好，聽你的?？炜?，媽媽有個人跳進(jìn)游泳池里了。

B：Oh, my God. It's so dangerous. And he might break his leg. You mustn't do anything like that.

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。

注釋:

meat adj. 整齊的

synchronized swimming adj. 花樣游泳

authorize vt. 批準(zhǔn)，許可

gesture n. 姿勢

crouched jump 抱膝跳水

backward spinning dive 向后旋轉(zhuǎn)跳水

clean entry 落水水花少

A minute on the stage takes ten year practice.

臺上一分鐘臺下十年功。就是說在臺上一分鐘的表演就需要臺下十年之久的訓(xùn)練?？梢娙魏纬删投际切枰冻雠Φ摹?/P>