73.学游泳

　　Swimming 

　　学游泳

　　A: Can you teach me to swim?

　　A： 你能教我游泳吗？

　　B: Why don't you take a class instead?

　　B： 你为什么不去上课呢？

　　A: Swim classes are embarrassing¹.

　　A： 游泳课很尴尬。

　　B: I suppose I can teach you.

　　B： 我想我可以教你。

　　A: How did you learn to swim?

　　A： 你是怎么学会游泳的？

　　B: My father threw me into a lake when I was 4 years old.

　　B： 我4岁时，我父亲把我扔进了湖里。

　　A: You could have drowned²!

　　A： 你可能淹死了！

　　B: I could have, but I swam instead.

　　B： 我本来可以，但我还是游泳了。

　　A: Is that how you plan to teach me?

　　A： 你打算这样教我吗？

　　B: It's the best way to learn.

　　B： 这是最好的学习方式。

　　A: I think I will sign up for the class after all.

　　A： 我想我终究会报名参加这个班。

　　B: Okay. That is less work for me.

　　B： 好的。这对我来说是更少的工作。

1 embarrassing   

adj.使人尴尬的，令人为难的v.（使）窘迫，（使）局促不安( embarrass的现在分词)

参考例句：

• His jokes didn't even raise a smile, which was embarrassing. 听了他讲的笑话，都没人笑一下，真是太尴尬了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I was in the embarrassing position of having completely forgotten her name. 当时我完全忘记了她的名字，很是尴尬。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 drowned   

v.（使）淹没， （使）溺死( drown的过去式和过去分词 )；浸透；浸泡；压过

参考例句：

• Voices rose in a crescendo and drowned him out. 人们讲话的声音越来越大，盖过了他的声音。
• Two children drowned after falling into the river. 两个孩子掉进河里淹死了。