Human beings have been swimming for millennia. According to Wikipedia, Stone Age cave drawings depict individuals swimming and there are written references in the Bible and the Greek poems "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey" dating back 1,500 to 2,000 years. There are even Egyptian clay seals from 4000 BC showing four swimmers doing a version of the crawl, and the most famous swimming drawings were apparently found in the Kebir desert and were estimated to be from around 4000 BC.Swimming burns lots of calories, is easy on the joints, supports your weight, builds muscular strength, and improves endurance. It also improves cardiovascular fitness, cools you off and refreshes you in summer, and is one that you can continue to do safely even as you age. In this article, we will review the history of swimming, the benefits, the strokes, how to get started, what to wear, the equipment you need, where to swim, and more.Anita Alvarez is an artistic swimmer. She is 25 years old. She comes from the US.
Last week, her coach saves her life. In Budapest, Hungary, Alvarez swims at the world championship. She is feeling great. She is happy with her work.
Suddenly, Alvarez can’t feel her fingers. Everything goes black. She stops swimming and breathing. She falls to the bottom of the pool. Her coach quickly jumps into the water. She pulls the swimmer out of the water.
Something similar happens last year. Alvarez faints at an event in Spain. Her coach saves her that time, too.
Difficult words: artistic swimmer (a person who swims and dances in water), go black (to feel and see nothing), faint (to feel as if you will go to sleep and you do not know what is happening).
You can watch the original video in the Level 3 section.Human beings have been swimming for millennia. According to Wikipedia, Stone Age cave drawings depict individuals swimming and there are written references in the Bible and the Greek poems "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey" dating back 1,500 to 2,000 years. There are even Egyptian clay seals from 4000 BC showing four swimmers doing a version of the crawl, and the most famous swimming drawings were apparently found in the Kebir desert and were estimated to be from around 4000 BC.Swimming burns lots of calories, is easy on the joints, supports your weight, builds muscular strength, and improves endurance. It also improves cardiovascular fitness, cools you off and refreshes you in summer, and is one that you can continue to do safely even as you age. In this article, we will review the history of swimming, the benefits, the strokes, how to get started, what to wear, the equipment you need, where to swim, and more.Anita Alvarez is an artistic swimmer. She is 25 years old. She comes from the US.
Last week, her coach saves her life. In Budapest, Hungary, Alvarez swims at the world championship. She is feeling great. She is happy with her work.
Suddenly, Alvarez can’t feel her fingers. Everything goes black. She stops swimming and breathing. She falls to the bottom of the pool. Her coach quickly jumps into the water. She pulls the swimmer out of the water.
Something similar happens last year. Alvarez faints at an event in Spain. Her coach saves her that time, too.
Difficult words: artistic swimmer (a person who swims and dances in water), go black (to feel and see nothing), faint (to feel as if you will go to sleep and you do not know what is happening).
You can watch the original video in the Level 3 section.
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