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Hello, Mona. Remember me?
你好 梦娜 记得我吗
Maya said you were a swimmer.
玛雅说你是个游泳健将
What's your stroke? Butterfly? Free style?
游什么花式 蝶式还是自由式
Free style. Yeah. You swim?
自由式 你也游泳吗
I was all-conference in high school.
我高中时是全能健将
Oh. Impressive.
厉害呀
Swimming definitely wasn't Maya's thing.
游泳绝对不是玛雅的长项
Unless there were floaties involved.
除非套着救生圈
Our cousins used to always get together
我们几个堂兄妹每个暑假
every summer for a few weeks at my grandpa's.
都会去我爷爷那里聚几周
Stinson beach, right?
廷森海滩 对吧
One day, all the guys decided that we would swim
有一天 所有男孩决定
from the beach to the dock and back.
要从沙滩游到码头再游回来
It's about a mile each way.
之间相隔一英里左右
And Maya insisted on joining us.
玛雅坚持要加入我们
But after a few minutes, she started fading fast.
但过了几分钟 她开始退缩了
Wanted to prove she could hang with the boys,
为了证明自己不比男孩子弱
so she decided if she couldn't swim, she'd row.
她决定既然自己不会游泳 那就划船吧
Got in her canoe and rode all the way there.
她坐上独木舟一路不停地划
She beat us too.
最后我们都输给她了
It became a daily thing.
这成了日常活动
Every morning, she'd row next to us to the dock and back.
每天早上她都划船陪着我们往返于海滩和码头间
I should get going.
我得走了
I gotta get to class.
我得去上课了

重点解释

妙语佳句:

And Maya insisted on joining us.玛雅坚持要加入我们。

insist on:坚持, 强调, 坚决要求

I must insist on more regular hours.

我必须强调起居定时。

I always insist on wholemeal bread.

我一贯主张要吃全麦面包。

Wanted to prove she could hang with the boys,为了证明自己不比男孩子弱

prove:证明

There wasn't enough evidence to prove his guilt.

没有充分的证据能证明他有罪。

He weighed in to prove the point.

他插手来证实那个论点。

prove, certify, demonstrate这些动词均含有“证明、证实”之意。

prove普通用词，指通过某种手段或方式提供证据以验证某事物真实与否，某结论正确与否等情况。

certify较正式用词，多指有签字盖章的、合符法律程序的书面证明。

demonstrate指通过推理、辩论、实验或以实例来确定事物的正确与否。常用于理论、学说、定律等的证明上。

But after a few minutes, she started fading fast.但过了几分钟，她开始退缩了

fade:逐渐消失

disappear, fade这些动词均有“消失”之意。

disappear普通用词，强调从视线或脑海中消失。这消失可能是暂时的、突然的或永久的，视上下文而定。

fade侧重逐渐消失。

Fade out the storm effect here, and turn up the music.

至此宜使雷雨声的音响效果减弱而使音乐声渐强。

The colour in this silk material will not fade.

这种绸布料子不会褪色。

考考你:

游泳绝对不是玛雅的长项。

玛雅坚持要加入我们。

上期答案:

I was just hoping they'd have some kind of service here.

That's sort of why I called.