游泳 Talking About Swimming in Chinese

我wǒ以前yǐqián不bú会huì游泳yóuyǒng，但是dànshì我wǒ丈夫zhàngfu游yóu得de非常fēicháng好hǎo。

I couldn't swim before, but my husband swims very well.

他tā对duì我wǒ说shuō：“游泳yóuyǒng对duì身体shēntǐ很hěn好hǎo，你nǐ和hé我wǒ一起yìqǐ去qù吧ba！”

He said to me, "Swimming is good for your health — come with me!"

上个月shàng ge yuè我们wǒmen开始kāishǐ每měi个ge星期xīngqī去qù游yóu两liǎng次cì。

Last month we started going swimming twice every week.

开始kāishǐ的de时候shíhou，我wǒ游yóu一yì分钟fēnzhōng就jiù累lèi了le。

At the beginning, I got tired after swimming for just one minute.

现在xiànzài我wǒ已经yǐjīng能néng游yóu很hěn长cháng时间shíjiān了le。

Now I can already swim for a long time.

昨天zuótiān丈夫zhàngfu看kàn我wǒ游泳yóuyǒng，他tā笑xiào着zhe说shuō：“你nǐ游yóu得de真zhēn好hǎo！”

Yesterday my husband watched me swim, and he said with a smile, "You swim really well!"

我wǒ觉得juéde游泳yóuyǒng是shì最zuì快乐kuàilè的de运动yùndòng。

I think swimming is the happiest sport of all.

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Key words 生词

游泳yóuyǒngto swim; swimming

丈夫zhàngfuhusband

会huìcan (learned skill)

次cìtime (occurrence)

累lèitired

最zuìthe most

会 — a skill you have learned

会 means 'can' for learned skills like swimming or speaking a language: 我以前不会游泳，现在会了.

我以前不会游泳。— I couldn't swim before.

次 — measure word for times

次 counts how many times something happens; the number goes before it: 两次 (twice), 每个星期去两次.

我们每个星期去游两次。— We go swimming twice every week.

1. Who swims very well?

2. How often do they go swimming?

3. What does the writer think of swimming now?