Baby swimmer
- Published: 2 Jul 2013 at 09.24
- Online news: Easy News
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One of the latest videos to go viral on YouTube shows a 16-month-old girl swimming unaided across a family pool. It's impressive, but is it safe?
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16-month Elizabeth is on her way across the family pool. This time she didn't stop to take a breath
Baby swimmer
One of the latest videos to go viralon YouTube shows a 16-month-old girl swimming unaidedacross a family pool. It's impressive but is it safe?
The girl is named Elizabeth and video was posted by her father 10 months ago. It has only gone viral recently however, after big news organisations started running the video clip on television channels across the world.
To most people watching the video, Elizabeth's most impressiveskill is not the swimming which she does face down, but her ability to flipover when she needs to take a breath
But is it really safe to put an infantin a swimming pool alone? Here, even Elizabeth's parents will agree that it definitelyis not safe – unless the infanthas been trained. That breathing break, for example, is not something a child will do naturally
Elizabeth’s father says she has been taught to swim by an experienced lifeguardand he himself is a registered nursewith special training in the care of infants. “I was 100% prepared to jump in (the pool) at first sign of distress” he says.
He also stresses that Elizabeth herself was determinedto learn to swim. “At no point do we force our child to do anything she is unwillingto try.”
From the comments accompanying the YouTube video, most people seem satisfiedwith that explanation and are very supportiveof Elizabeth and her parents.
But not all. “Parenting fail,” reads one comment. “Not sure if this is cruelor impressive” says another. Watch the video for yourself and see what you think.
The girl is named Elizabeth and video was posted by her father 10 months ago. It has only gone viral recently however, after big news organisations started running the video clip on television channels across the world.
To most people watching the video, Elizabeth's most impressiveskill is not the swimming which she does face down, but her ability to flipover when she needs to take a breath
But is it really safe to put an infantin a swimming pool alone? Here, even Elizabeth's parents will agree that it definitelyis not safe – unless the infanthas been trained. That breathing break, for example, is not something a child will do naturally
Elizabeth’s father says she has been taught to swim by an experienced lifeguardand he himself is a registered nursewith special training in the care of infants. “I was 100% prepared to jump in (the pool) at first sign of distress” he says.
He also stresses that Elizabeth herself was determinedto learn to swim. “At no point do we force our child to do anything she is unwillingto try.”
From the comments accompanying the YouTube video, most people seem satisfiedwith that explanation and are very supportiveof Elizabeth and her parents.
But not all. “Parenting fail,” reads one comment. “Not sure if this is cruelor impressive” says another. Watch the video for yourself and see what you think.
Vocabulary
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Part of speech/Pronunciation
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Meaning
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cruel
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adjective
/ˈkruəl; krul/
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deliberately causing pain to other people or animals
ป่าเถื่อน โหดร้าย
Example: Her eyes were cruel and hard.
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determined
adjective
/dɪˈtərmənd/
wanting to do something very much and not letting anyone or any difficulties stop you
- ตั้งใจจริง, ซึ่งมุ่งมั่น
Example: I'm determined to succeed.
distress
noun
/dɪˈstrɛs/
a feeling that you have when you are very unhappy, worried or upset
- ความกังวลใจ
Example: deep emotional distress
flip:
verb
/flɪp/
to turn over into a different position with a sudden quick movement
- สะบัด,พลิก
Example: The plane flipped and crashed.
impressive
adjective
/ɪmˈprɛsɪv/
something that people admire because it is very good, very large or shows great skill
ซึ่งน่าประทับใจ
Example: She was very impressive in the interview.
infant
noun
/ˈɪnfənt/
a baby or a very young child - ทารก, เด็กอ่อน
Example: a day care center for infants
stress
stress
noun
/strɛs/
to emphasise something; to say that something is important
- เน้นย้ำ
Example: to suffer from stress
supportive:
adjective
/səˈpɔrt̮ɪv/
giving help, encouragement or sympathy to somebody - เป็นกำลังใจ, สนับสนุน
Example: a supportive family
Unwilling
adjective
/ʌnˈwɪlɪŋ/
not wanting to do something and refusing to do it –
ไม่เต็มใจ, ไม่สมัครใจ
Example: They are unwilling to invest any more money in the project.
unaided:
adjective
/ʌnˈeɪdəd/
without receiving any help –
ไม่ได้รับการช่วยเหลือ, ไม่มีใครช่วย
Example: He can now walk unaided.
ไม่มีความคิดเห็น:
แสดงความคิดเห็น