SHELLY: I wanted to talk to you a little before you leave. About our lesson.
DAVE: How did it go?
SHELLY: I think you will be a strong swimmer. But I want you to remember some tips.
DAVE: Well, you told me what I was doing wrong while we were in the pool.
SHELLY: I know, but I also like to talk with my students after lessons.
I think it helps.
DAVE: So what can you tell me?
SHELLY: First of all, next time I want you to relax more.
You are far too stiff in the water.
DAVE: But I don't know how to swim. I'm not comfortable being in the pool.
SHELLY: I know. But it is very important to try your best to relax.
When your muscles are stiff, you can't swim. You sink.
If you just let yourself go, you will naturally float.
That is something all beginner's need to learn.
DAVE: It's hard.
SHELLY: I know it's hard. But nothing can happen to you.
There's no reason to be scared.
DAVE: I'm not really scared. I know it's not dangerous.
But I'm doing my best to do the strokes you want. So my muscles are stiff.
SHELLY: So maybe you are trying to control yourself too much.
DAVE: But I have to control myself to do the strokes right.
SHELLY: Hmm. Maybe next time we'll work on more floating techniques.
I can see you are a strong person, so I thought we could start with strokes.
But maybe that was a mistake.
DAVE: You are the expert.
SHELLY: To swim well, one must allow most of one's body to be free. It is like dancing.
If you dance, you don't want all your muscles to be struggling. You won't be able to dance.
DAVE: I understand your point. I am a decent dancer, by the way.
SHELLY: Really? What kind of music do you like?
DAVE: Oh, I mostly like Latin music. I like the Cuban dance clubs.
SHELLY: Wow! That's interesting. Me too.
DAVE: Hmm. Maybe we could go dancing sometime. If you like.
SHELLY: Really? I think I would like to. I will give you my card, alright?
DAVE: Great.
SHELLY: You can call me, and we can set it up.
DAVE: Any more tips about swimming?
SHELLY: Yes, of course. But we can talk about it at next week's lesson.
雪莉:在你走之前,我想跟你聊聊我們上課的情形。
迪夫:我游得如何?
雪莉:你可以游得很好,不過我想你記住一些訣竅。
迪夫:在游泳池的時(shí)候,你已經(jīng)告訴過我哪里要改進(jìn)了。
雪莉:我知道,但是下課后我也喜歡和學(xué)生聊聊。
我覺得這會(huì)有幫助。
迪夫:那你有什么告訴我呢?
雪莉:首先下次你要再放輕松點(diǎn),
你在水中太僵硬了。
迪夫:但我不知道該怎么游,在游泳池我有點(diǎn)不知所措。
雪莉:我了解,不過盡量放輕松是很重要的。
你肌肉僵硬的話,游不動(dòng),會(huì)下沉。
如果你放松,自然就會(huì)浮起來。
這是所有初學(xué)者要學(xué)的。
迪夫:那很困難。
雪莉:我知道的確不容易,但是不會(huì)怎么樣的。
不需要害怕。
迪夫:我不是真的害怕,我知道并不危險(xiǎn)。
但是我想做好你要求的動(dòng)作,所以肌肉就很僵硬。
雪莉:那或許你對自己控制太過分了。
迪夫:但是我必須要求自己動(dòng)作正確。
雪莉:唔,也許下次我們多上一點(diǎn)浮水的技巧。
我看你很強(qiáng)壯,所以我想我們可以從游的動(dòng)作開始。
不過好像不太好。
迪夫:你是專家。
雪莉:要游得好必須讓身體放松,就像跳舞一樣。
當(dāng)你跳舞時(shí)肌肉不能太緊張,否則跳不起來。
迪夫:我懂你所說的,順便說一句,我的舞跳得還不錯(cuò)。
雪莉:真的啊?你喜歡跳哪種舞?
迪夫:我最喜歡拉丁舞,我喜歡"古巴舞蹈俱樂部"。
雪莉:哇!真有意思,我也是。
迪夫:唔,如果你愿意的話,也許我們?nèi)蘸罂梢砸黄鹑ァ?/p>
雪莉:真的?我很樂意,我給你我的名片好嗎?
迪夫:太好了。
雪莉:你可以打給我,我們再約。
迪夫:還有什么游泳的訣竅嗎?
雪莉:當(dāng)然有,不過下星期上課時(shí)再說吧。