经典背诵 Recitation
Daniel: The girls performing water ballet are really amazing. They have neat and elegant movements, and dance in the water. I know water ballet is also called Synchronized Swimming. That is what my Dad told me. My idol is the Olympic diving champion Tian Liang. I'll learn from him.

生词小结
meat adj. 整齐的

synchronized swimming adj. 花样游泳

authorize vt. 批准，许可

gesture n. 姿势

crouched jump 抱膝跳水

backward spinning dive 向后旋转跳水

clean entry 落水水花少

注释
A minute on the stage takes ten year practice.

台上一分钟台下十年功。就是说在台上一分钟的表演就需要台下十年之久的训练。可见任何成就都是需要付出努力的。

The Olympic diving champion Tian Liang

田亮，2000年悉尼奥运会男子10米跳台冠军

Katherine Curtis

1920 年花样游泳创始人柯蒂斯将跳水和体操的翻滚动作编排成套在水中表演，后传入美国和加拿大。1984年，它被正式列为奥运会的比赛项目。

Material 语素
Surfing

Surfing is a sport of gliding toward the shore on a breaking wave. Surfers originally used long, cumbersome wooden boards but now ride lightweight synthetic boards that allow a greater degree of maneuverability. It developed in Hawaii and became very popular with American youth in the 1960s.

冲浪

冲浪是一种破浪向海岸滑行的运动。冲浪者最初使用又长又笨重的木头板，但是现在使用轻便的合成板，它拥有更高的操作性。这种运动在夏威夷发展，20世纪60年代在美国青年中十分流行。

Water Skiing

Water skiing is a surface water sport and recreational activity. It is popular in many countries around the world where appropriate conditions exist-an expanse of water unaffected by wave motion. Standard water skis were originally made of wood but now are usually constructed out of fiberglassbased composites.

水上滑板

水上滑板是一种水面上的体育运动也是一种消遣娱乐的活动。它在世界很多国家流行，只要他们有平静的广阔的水域这种条件。标准的水上滑板起初是木制的，但是现在通常是由玻璃纤维合成物构制。