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Lesson94 Future champions 未来的冠军 Experiments have proved that children can be instructed in swimming at a very early age. 实验证明，儿童在很小的时候就可以开始学习游泳。 instruct [instr?kt] v.指导，① vt. 指导，教，传授 Children can be instructed in swimming at a very early age.儿童在很小的时候就可以开始学习游泳。 Dan instructs chemistry at a nearby college.丹在附近的一所学院教化学。 She instructed me in the use of the telephone.她教我使用电话。 ② vt. 批示，命令，吩咐 The doctor instructed Jimmy to stay in bed for a week.医生嘱咐吉米卧床一星期。 I’ve been instructed to give you this parcel.我奉命将这个包裹交给您。 After having been instructed to drive out of town, I began to acquire confidence.在接到把车开出城的指令后，我开始信心十足了。 （3）通知： I will instruct you when we will start.我会通知你我们出发的时间。 近义词：teach:教授 inform:通知 direct:指导 command:命令 instruction:名词：教授，指导，说明书 At a special swimming pool in Los Angeles, children become expert at holding their breath under water even before they can walk. 在洛杉矶的一个特设的游泳池里，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。 Los Angeles [l?s?nd?ili:z] 洛杉矶 expert at/in doing sth.……方面的专家，熟练者 Rex soon became an expert at opening the gate. hold one’s breath 屏住呼吸 Last night, when I heard a strange noise coming from the bar, I held my breath and listened carefully. When the film became very exciting, Tom and Sally would hold their breath.电影演到激动人心处时，汤姆和萨莉就会屏住呼吸。 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. 两个月的婴儿并未显得不愿意入水。他们很快便适应了游泳，以致能捡起池底的物品。 reluctant [ril?kt?nt] a.勉强的，weight [weit] n.重物 not long before 不久，很快 pick up:捡起 be accustomed to n./doing sth. 习惯的，适应了的 weight在这里表示比重较大的物品（因此能沉入水底） He soon became accustomed to his new job.他很快适应了新工作。 My mother is accustomed to getting up early. A game that is very popular with these young swimmers is the underwater tricycle race. 这些幼小的游泳运动员非常喜爱的一种游戏是水下三轮车比赛。 underwater [??nd?w?:t?] a.水下的 tricycle [traisik?l] n.三轮车 popular深受……的欢迎，为……所喜爱， 常与with/among连用。 Mary is popular with/among children. 玛丽