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Well, hello everyone. I hope you are all well. And I didn't see you last week because we had a week break between our books. And we're going to start some new stories.
嗯，大家好。我希望你们都很好。我们上周没有开课，因为在幼少儿导读第5、6季之间，我们有一周的休息时间。从今天起，我们将开始阅读一些新故事。
Somany children haveread the Oxford Reading Tree. There are set of books which go from a very early age, right the way through to when you are quite a bit older. Some of them are really complicated books.
很多孩子都读过《牛津阅读树》的书籍。《牛津阅读树》是一套系列丛书，从很小的年龄段开始，一直到比较高的年龄段，进行分级阅读。系列中包含了一些阅读难度较高的书籍。
And lots of you have read these stories, so you will know about Biff, Chip and Kipper. And some of the really early books are very very simple. And I didn't want to do those.
你们中的很多人都读过这些故事，因此会认识其中的人物：毕夫、奇普和基珀。其中一些面向年幼孩子的故事内容非常简单。而我也不打算导读那些故事。
But what they do do are a series of books which are really for adults to read to children, but for children that are quite good readers can read them themselves.
但《牛津阅读树》中的一系列书籍，是需要大人读给孩子们听的书籍，不过对于阅读能力很强的孩子来说，他们也可以自行阅读。
So I was brought up when I was a teacher at a school, when I taught younger children, we did lots of the Oxford Reading Tree. And they're really nice stories. And the reason that they're really nice stories is that they help you to learn to read, and learn new words, but they're also quite nice little stories in themselves.
所以当我在一所学校里当老师的时候，当我负责教授年幼的孩子们时，我们读了《牛津阅读树》的很多书籍。它们是非常好的故事。它们是非常好的故事，是因为它们能帮助你学会阅读，并学习新单词，但它们本身也是相当不错的小故事。
Now I'm going to share the screen. And this one is called Learning to Swim. Now, I really hope that you have learned to swim, or for some of you are learning to swim. It's a really important skill to learn. And there's two reasons why.
现在我将分享屏幕。这个故事叫做《第一次学游泳》。我真希望你们已经学会了游泳，或者是正在学习游泳。这是一项应该学习的重要技能。原因有二。
First of all, swimming is great fun. It's a really good sport to keep you really fit and healthy. That's always really important, isn't it? Any sport that we do is really important.
首先，游泳是非常有趣的。这是一项很好的运动，可以使你保持身体健康。这始终是非常重要的，不是吗？我们所做的任何运动都是非常重要的。
But the main reason why learning to swim is important is also for your safety. Because depending where you live, you might at some time find yourself in water. And water, as you will know, is something that we need to drink.
但我们要学会游泳的主要原因也是为了自己的安全着想。因为根据你居住的地方，你可能在某些时候会发现自己落入水中。而水，正如你所知道的，是我们需要饮用的东西。
But water can also be quite dangerous when we have places like swimming pools and lakes and ponds and streams. If we ever find ourselves in water, we fall into the water, learning to swim can actually save your life.
但是当我们有游泳池、湖泊、池塘和溪流等地方时，水也可能是相当危险的存在，如果我们发现自己落入水中，我们掉入水中，那么，学会游泳就可以拯救你的生命。
And where I live in England, I live by the seaside. The sea is about...I have to get in my car, but it's probably about 10 minutes from my house. There's a very big city called Brighton, which isn't very far from me and has the seaside, but I actually have somewhere a little bit closer.
我在英国居住的地方就在海边。去海边的话……我得开车过去，但距离我家大概只有10分钟的路程。有一个叫做布莱顿的大城市，它距离我家不远，也靠近海边，但我家这边的海滨离我更近一些。
And for my own children, they're grown up now, but when they were little, when we took them to the seaside, it was really important that they could swim. So they could go into the sea and really enjoy it without it being dangerous.
对于我自己的孩子来说，虽然她们已经长大了，但在她们小时候，我们会带她们去海边游玩。因此学会游泳对她们而言非常重要，这样当她们在海里的时候，可以真正地享受其中，不会有什么危险发生。
Now, the sea is always a dangerous place. If you swim out too far you can get into trouble. But when you're just playing in by the beach, it's really important that you can swim in the sea. Otherwise, it could be really dangerous.
现在，大海总是一个危险的地方。如果你游得离岸边太远，就会遇到麻烦。但当你只是在海滩边玩耍时，能在海里游泳真的很重要。否则的话，就会变得非常危险。
So actually, learning to swim saves lives as well. So it's a very important thing to do.
所以，实际上，学会游泳还能拯救生命。因此，这是一件非常重要的事情。
And this story is called Learning to Swim.
这个故事叫做《第一次学游泳》。
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「The family went to the swimming pool. Kipper was going to have his first swimming lesson. 」
「基珀一家去了游泳馆。基珀要在这里上他的第一堂游泳课。」
「His friend Anna was going to the lesson too. Kipper was glad that she would be there. He was feeling a bit scared.」
「他的朋友安娜也一起上课。基珀很高兴安娜和他一起上课。因为他感到有点害怕。」
So here we have the pictureof the swimming pool. And you can see somebody, look, can you see their feet? They're sticking out of the water. I think they're being a bit silly in the swimming pool. It's quite good fun to do that. I wonder whether you have ever done that. It's we call it doing a handstand.
所以在这里，我们看到了游泳馆的样子。而且你能看到有些人……看哪，你能看到他们的脚吗？他们的脚伸出了水面。我认为他们在游泳池里的表现有点傻。但这样做是相当有趣的。我想知道你是否曾经做过这种事呢？我们将这个动作称为“倒立”。
So the family were going to the swimming pool. Kipper was going to have his first swimming lesson. His friend Anna was going to the lesson too. Remember, that means “as well”.
所以，基珀一家去了游泳馆。基珀要在那里上他的第一堂游泳课。他的朋友安娜也一起上这堂课。记住，“too”是“aswell（也）”的意思。
Kipper was glad that she would be there. He was feeling a bit scared. Why do you think he might be feeling a little bit scared? Hmm...it's a difficult question, isn't it?
基珀很高兴安娜能和他一起上课。因为他感到有点害怕。你认为他为什么会感到有点害怕呢？嗯……这是一个难以回答的问题，不是吗？
It might, probably, a better word to probably say, was that he would be feeling a little bit nervous. Feeling a little bit “nervous” rather than saying “scared”. And you sometimes might feel a little bit nervous if you were doing something which was a little bit new. And as I said at the beginning, sometimes swimming can be a little bit dangerous. So we have to be very careful.
或许，我们有一个更好的词语来形容他的心情，那就是他可能会感到有点“nervous（紧张）”。感到有点紧张（nervous），而不是感到害怕（scared）。如果你在做一件稍微有点新鲜的事物，你有时可能会感到有点紧张。而且正如我在开始时所说，游泳有时候可能有点危险。所以我们必须非常小心。
「Dad took Kipper and Chip to get changed. They had a shower. 」
「爸爸带着基珀和奇普去换衣服。他们洗了个澡。」
「Biff and Chip were going to have a swimming lesson too.」
「毕夫和奇普也要上游泳课。」
「“We're learning to swimon our backs,” said Biff.」
「“我们要学习仰泳。”毕夫说。」
Now, I wonder if you can work out why you should have a shower before you get into the swimming pool. Yes, that's right, I'm sure you will guess it. It's really important that we wash off any dirt on our body before we actually get into the pool, otherwise, it might not be very nice for all of the other people.
现在，我想知道你是否想到为什么我们在进游泳池之前，需要先洗个澡呢？是的，没错，我相信你会猜到的。在我们进入游泳池之前，把身上的污垢洗掉真的很重要，否则，对所有其他人来说，可能就不是很好了。
And what a Biff and Chip doing in this story? Well, they've got their own swimming lesson, and they're learning how to swim on their backs. So sometimes we swim on our front, we do something called front crawl or breaststroke, but sometimes we learn to swim on our backs.
毕夫和奇普在这个故事里要做什么呢？他们有自己的游泳课，他们要学习如何仰泳。所以，有时我们会俯身游泳，我们会学习一些叫做自由泳或蛙泳的姿势，但有时我们也会学习仰泳。
I got to tell you a bit of a secret: I'm not very good at swimming on my back. I like swimming on my front. I don't really like swimming on my back very much. I'm not very good at it.
我得告诉你一个小秘密：我不太擅长仰泳。我喜欢俯身游泳。我不太喜欢仰泳。我不是很擅长仰泳。
But it isone of those funny things with swimming, is that often in sport, we often think that “Oh, adults would be really good at it.” but actually swimming is one of those things that sometimes children are even better swimming than adults.
但关于游泳的有趣之处在于，在体育运动中，我们时常会认为“噢，成年人会更擅长做这个运动”，但实际上，游泳是那些儿童甚至会比成年人游得更好的体育项目之一。
And unless people learn to swim often when they're quite young, that it’s quite hard to learn to swim when you're a lot older. So I always say to children, “Learn to swim when you're young, it's much easier.”
除非人们在很小的时候就经常学习游泳，否则当你长大后，就很难学会游泳了。所以我总是对孩子们说：“在你还小的时候学游泳，因为那要容易得多哦。”
It's a bit like riding a bicycle. When we're old and we have to learn to ride a bicycle, it's really difficult. When we're younger, it's a little bit easier. And swimming is one of those skills that the earlier we can do it, it's often the better. So they're having a lesson onto learn to swim on their backs.
这和学自行车有点像。当我们年岁渐长，并且必须学习骑自行车时，会发现这真的很难。而在年轻时学骑自行车，就会相对容易一些。游泳也是如此的技能之一，越早学习就越容易掌握这项技能。因此，他们正在上一堂课，学习仰泳。
「Kipper's swimming teacher was called Jan. She showed the children how to get into the pool safely. 」
「基珀的游泳老师名字叫做简，她示范给孩子们看该如何安全地进入游泳池。」
「Then she asked the children to stand in a circle. They held hands and jumped up and down.」
「然后她让孩子们站成一个圈。他们手拉着手，上下跳着。」
「“This is fun,” said Anna.」
「“这真有趣。”安娜说道。」
So here they are...Kipper’s getting into the water very carefully, and it says “to get into the pool safely”. So often I bet you some of you do this: we just jump into the water.
所以在这里……基珀非常小心地进入水中，而且这里写着“小心翼翼地进入游泳池”。我打赌你们中的一些人经常这样做：直接从岸上跳入水中。
But actually, that can be quite dangerous because sometimes we don't know whether we are in the shallow end where we can stand up, or sometimes in the deep end. And even when we can swim well, sometimes jumping into the deep end, we suddenly go, “Oh, I didn't realize!” So there is a safe way to get into the pool.
但实际上这可能相当危险，因为有时我们不知道自己是在可以站起来的浅水区岸边，还是站在深水区的岸边。而且，即使我们能游得很好，有时跳进深水区时，我们会不禁惊道：“哦，我没注意！”因此，它在这里示范了安全进入游泳池的动作。
And why do you think the children are getting in a circle and jumping up and down? I think the reason is probably to get used to the water. But if you look at Kipper's face, he does look maybe a little bit nervous, a little bit scared.
那么你认为孩子们为什么要围成一圈，上下跳跃呢？我认为可能是为了适应水中的环境。但如果你看看基珀的脸，他确实看起来有点紧张，有点害怕。
「“Let's see who can get their chins wet,”」
「“让我们看看谁能把下巴弄湿，”」
Here's your chin, it's here.
这是你的下巴，它在这里。
「...said Jan. “Who can blow bubbles?” she asked.」
「……简说道。“谁能在水中吹泡泡？”她又问道。」
「Anna put her face in the water and blew bubbles. 」
「安娜把脸伸进水里，吹起了泡泡。」
「Kipper didn't want to. He didn't like getting his face wet.」
「基珀不想这样做。他不喜欢把自己的脸弄湿。」
Now, that may seem like a quite a strange thing. But actually, lots of children don't like getting their faces wet. And they have to learn to get used to it.
现在，这可能看起来是一件相当奇怪的事情。但实际上，很多孩子都不喜欢把自己的脸弄湿。他们必须学会适应它。
I don't really know why people sometimes don't like getting their faces wet. I actually have always, when I was little, I enjoyed swimming underwater. But often children don't like getting their face wet. Doesn't feel very nice.
我真的不知道为什么人们有时不喜欢弄湿自己的脸，实际上，在我小的时候，我一直很喜欢在水里游泳。但是孩子们往往不喜欢把脸弄湿。他们不喜欢那种感觉。
And I think the mainreason is probably sometimes the water can go into your mouth. I wonder whether you've ever had that. Or worse up your nose, and that's not very nice at all. Hmm...But Anna's being brave. But poor Kipper, he's feeling a bit scared, I think.
我认为主要原因可能是，有时候水会进入你的嘴里。我不知道你是否曾经有过这样的经历。或者更糟糕的是，水会进入你的鼻子，这就不太妙了。嗯……但安娜很勇敢。但可怜的基珀，我认为他感到有点害怕。
【未完待续……】
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