(单词翻译:单击)
听力文本
On Tuesday, a nine year old boy braved the waves of San Francisco Bay to complete the two mile swim to Alcatraz and back.
周二，一名九岁的男孩勇敢面对旧金山湾海浪，完成两英里游泳往返恶魔岛。
Californian James Savage has been swimming since he was 5. He and his coach worked together to train for the big swim.
加州的杰姆斯从5岁开始练习游泳。他和他的教练一起为这次横渡作训练。
James said that about 30 minutes into the two hour swim, the waves were hitting him so hard in the face that he wanted to give up.
游泳耗时2小时，杰姆斯说大约30分钟的时候海浪猛击他的脸颊，他想放弃。
But the paddlers who were keeping pace with him encouraged him to keep going.
但陪同游泳的人鼓励他坚持下去。
James is now the youngest person to swim to the former prison island, after a ten year old boy made that record last year.
现在杰姆斯是横渡前监狱岛最年轻的人，去年一名十岁男孩创造了这个纪录。
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词汇解析
1、give up
放弃；戒除
Coastguards had given up all hope of finding the two divers alive.
海岸警卫队对两位潜水员生还已完全不抱希望。
smokers who give up before 30.
30岁以前戒烟的人
辞去（工作）
She gave up her job to join her husband's campaign.
她辞去工作，加入到丈夫的宣传活动中。
He is thinking of giving up teaching.
他在考虑辞去教书的工作。
投降；认输；放弃
After a fruitless morning sitting at his desk he had given up.
他在书桌前徒劳地坐了一上午之后便放弃了。
2、encourage
鼓励;激励
When things aren't going well, he encourages me, telling me not to give up.
事情进展不顺的时候，他鼓励我说不要放弃。
使有希望;使有信心
Investors were encouraged by the news.
那个消息给了投资者信心。
Mr Blair said he had been encouraged by recent Irish statements about the issue.
布莱尔先生说最近爱尔兰有关这一问题的申明使他看到了希望。
鼓动；劝说；怂恿
We want to encourage people to go fishing, not put them off.
我们希望鼓励人们去垂钓，而不是打消他们的热情。
Herbie Hancock was encouraged by his family to learn music at a young age.
赫尔比·汉考克年幼时家人就鼓励他学音乐。
