丹尼尔和妈妈在做热身运动，忽然听到一阵欢呼声，原来大家在围着大屏幕观看水上表演，精彩的表演让丹尼尔变得兴奋起来。
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Daniel: Look! Mom, that's amazing! I can't believe the girls have so neat movements.
Mom: Yeah, they all received very strict training. A minute on the stage takes ten-year practice.
Daniel: And all their movements are so elegant. It seems like dancing in the water.
Mom: Exactly, you know, water ballet puts dancing, music and swimming together.
Daniel: There you go! Daddy has told me that water ballet is also called Synchronized Swimming.
Mom: That's my boy! Katherine Curtis created this activity in 1920. And in 1984, it was authorized as one activity in Olympic Games.
Daniel: Wow, Mom is more knowledgeable than Dad. I must learn from you.
Mom: My little boy, you should learn more from me. I'm almost thirty years older than you.
Daniel: OK, you're the boss. Look, Mom, one guy has just jumped into the swimming pool.
Mom: Oh, my God. It's so dangerous. And he might break his leg. You mustn't do anything like that.
Daniel: I'll never learn from him. His gesture is so awful. The Olympic diving champion Tian Liang is the only person I admire.
Mom: Is he your “shining star”? As far as you see, why he can get the champion in Olympic Games?
Daniel: Of course, he succeeds in crouched jump and backward spinning dive. And he has a clean entry. The degree of difficulty is also very high.
Mom: It seems that you know much about him. And I believe you can do it as well as him one day.
Daniel: That's an obvious thing. I'm a reliable man. Right?
Mom: Well, but the first thing is that you have to learn how to swim. Let's get down to business.
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丹尼尔: 妈妈，快看。那太神奇了！我真不敢相信她们的动作这么整齐。
妈妈: 嗯，她们都经过严格的训练。台上一分钟台下十年功。
丹尼尔: 她们的动作那么优雅。看起来像在水中跳舞。
妈妈: 确实，你知道吗？水上芭蕾是将舞蹈、音乐和游泳融合起来了。
丹尼尔: 那就是了，爸爸告诉我水上芭蕾又叫花样游泳。
妈妈: 这才是我的儿子。柯蒂斯在1920年创建了这个活动。在1984年，它被正式列为奥林匹克的一项运动。
丹尼尔: 哇，妈妈比爸爸更有知识。我要向你学习。
妈妈: 小家伙，你应该向我学更多的东西。我可比你大三十岁呀。
丹尼尔: 好，听你的。快看，妈妈有个人跳进游泳池里了。
妈妈: 喔，我的天哪！好危险呀！他可能会扭断自己的腿。你不要像他那样做。
丹尼尔: 我不会像他学习的。他的姿势那么难看。奥运冠军田亮才是我所佩服的人。
妈妈: 他是你的偶像吗？据你看，他为什么在奥运会上夺得冠军呢？
丹尼尔: 当然，他成功地完成了抱膝跳水和向后旋转跳水。他落水时水花很少。难度系数十分高。
妈妈: 看起来你对他很了解呀。我相信有一天你能跟他做的一样好。
丹尼尔: 那是再明显不过了。我是个可以信任的人，不是吗？
妈妈: 嗯，但是你首先该做的事情是学会游泳。让我们开始吧！
