英语新闻听写 九岁小男孩打破纪录横渡恶魔岛

On Tuesday, a nine year old boy braved the waves of San Francisco Bay¹ 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。

Californian² James Savage³ 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。

1 bay   

n.海湾，狗吠声，月桂；vt.吠，使走投无路；vi.吠

参考例句：

• I enjoy the view of the bay in the starlight.我喜欢星光下的海湾风景。
• Dogs sometimes bay at the moon.狗有时会朝着月亮吠叫。

2 Californian   

adj.加利福尼亚的n.加利福尼亚人

参考例句：

• Jack London Californian, has even more energy and rather less sophistication. 杰克、伦敦、加利福尼亚的精力更加充沛，但不通达人情世故。 来自辞典例句
• By contrast, the chilly Californian nihilism of Robinson Jeffers was a refreshing tonic. 相形之下，罗宾逊？杰弗斯的加州冷冰冰的虚无主义反而给人以清新兴奋之感。 来自辞典例句

3 savage   

adj.野蛮的；凶恶的，残暴的；n.未开化的人

参考例句：

• The poor man received a savage beating from the thugs.那可怜的人遭到暴徒的痛打。
• He has a savage temper.他脾气粗暴。