A：Look! Mom, that's amazing! I can't believe the girls have so neat movements.

妈妈，快看。那太神奇了!我真不敢相信她们的动作这么整齐。

B：Yeah, they all received very strict training. A minute on the stage takes ten-year practice.

嗯，她们都经过严格的训练。台上一分钟台下十年功。

A：And all their movements are so elegant. It seems like dancing in the water.

她们的动作那么优雅。看起来像在水中跳舞。

B：Exactly, you know, water ballet puts dancing, music and swimming together.

确实，你知道吗?水上芭蕾是将舞蹈、音乐和游泳融合起来了。

A：There you go! Daddy has told me that water ballet is also called Synchronized Swimming.

那就是了，爸爸告诉我水上芭蕾又叫花样游泳。

B：That's my boy! Katherine Curtis created this activity in 1920. And in 1984, it was authorized as one activity in Olympic Games.

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。

A：Wow, Mom is more knowledgeable than Dad. I must learn from you.

哇，妈妈比爸爸更有知识。我要向你学习。

B：My little boy, you should learn more from me. I'm almost thirty years older than you.

小家伙，你应该向我学更多的东西。我可比你大三十岁呀。

A：OK, you're the boss. Look, Mom, one guy has just jumped into the swimming pool.

好，听你的。快看，妈妈有个人跳进游泳池里了。

B：Oh, my God. It's so dangerous. And he might break his leg. You mustn't do anything like that.

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。

注释:

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

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。