体育美语-016 The Most Popular Olympic Sports

Y: 我们今天谈谈奥运会最受欢迎的比赛项目。Patrick, what is your favorite Olympic sport?
P: Synchronized¹ swimming.

Y: 花样游泳？Be serious! Patrick.

P: OK, Madam. I'll be serious. Which sport do you think is the most fun to watch?

Y: Swimming. 当然是游泳了。特别是那些游泳运动员，他们的身材多棒，我最喜欢Michael Phelps了。He is so handsome!

P: Yang Chen, Yang Chen, don't get carried away. We are here to talk about swimming, the sport of swimming, not the hot, toned body of Olympic swimmers.

Y: You're right. Let's talk about swimming.

人们喜欢游泳比赛是因为比赛非常精彩，金牌数目多，当然还有运动员身材好！

P: Yang Chen!

Y: OK. 游泳分蛙泳：

P: Breast stroke is the type of swimming where you swim like a frog.

Y: Lets move on to蝶泳。

P: In the butterfly, you swim with both arms moving simultaneously².

Y: 背朝下的游泳姿势就是仰泳：

P: Backstroke. It is also the only swimming event that starts in the water.

Y: 最后是自由泳：

P: Freestyle is the fastest form of swimming.

Y: 自由泳是速度最快的。

P: Yang Chen, which style are you good at?

Y: Let me see. Dog paddle!

P: I knew it.
 

1 synchronized   

同步的

参考例句：

• Do not use the synchronized keyword in Managed Objects. 不要在管理对象上使用synchronized关键字。 来自互联网
• The timing of the gun was precisely synchronized with the turning of the plane's propeller. 风门的调速与飞机螺旋桨的转动精确同步。 来自辞典例句

2 simultaneously   

adv.同时发生地，同时进行地

参考例句：

• The radar beam can track a number of targets almost simultaneously.雷达波几乎可以同时追着多个目标。
• The Windows allow a computer user to execute multiple programs simultaneously.Windows允许计算机用户同时运行多个程序。