Future Champions

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[00:01.90]Lesson 94
[00:04.63]Future champions
[00:14.33]What kind of race do the children compete in?
[00:20.92]Experiments have proved that 
[00:23.30]children can be instructed in swimming at a very early age.
[00:29.27]At a special swimming pool in Los Angeles,
[00:32.94]children become expert at holding their breath 
[00:35.57]under water even before they can walk.
[00:39.85]Babies of two months old do not appear to be reluctant to enter the water.
[00:45.76]It is not long before they are so accustomed to swimming
[00:49.51]that they can pick up weights from the floor of the pool.
[00:54.35]A game that is very popular with these young swimmers
[00:57.89]is the underwater tricycle race.
[01:01.59]Tricycles are lined up on the floor of the pool seven feet under water.
[01:08.14]The children compete against each other to reach the other end of the pool.
[01:13.87]Many pedal their tricycles but most of them prefer to push or drag them.
[01:21.20]Some children can cover the whole length of the pool
[01:24.22]without coming up for breath even once.
[01:28.09]Whether they will ever become future Olympic champions,only time will tell.
[01:33.94]Meanwhile,they should encourage those among us
[01:36.76]who cannot swim five yards before they are gasping for air.