Swimming is an interesting， active， and healthy way to spend leisure time.

有趣的、積極的、健康地度過(guò)閑暇時(shí)光的方式就是游泳了。

Swimming has a long history. In the Prehistoric era， people had to swim across the river for food. Swimming was the basic skill to survive in the fight with other people or beasts.

游泳運(yùn)動(dòng)有著悠久的歷史。史前時(shí)代人們狩獵時(shí)，為求取食物而登山涉水。在人與人或人與獸戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)格斗時(shí)，為求生存，游泳是最基本的技能。

Modern swimming started in England. It became popular in Yorkshire region in 1660s. The first swimming pool was built in Liverpool George Wharf in 1828. The first Swimming Association was set up in England in 1837. And breaststroke was widely used in swimming.

現(xiàn)代游泳始于英國(guó)，17世紀(jì)60年代流行于約克郡地區(qū)。1828年在利物浦喬治碼頭修建了世界上第一個(gè)室內(nèi)游泳池。世界上第一個(gè)游泳協(xié)會(huì)于1837年在英國(guó)成立，那時(shí)人們普遍采用的泳姿是蛙泳。

There were three swimming items in the first modern Olympics in 1896. But there was no widely accepted rule for swimming. So， in 1908 Federation International de Nation (FINA) was founded.

在1896年的第一屆現(xiàn)代奧運(yùn)會(huì)上，共有3項(xiàng)游泳比賽，但是卻并沒(méi)有一個(gè)被廣泛接受的規(guī)則。國(guó)際游泳聯(lián)合會(huì)(FINA)于1908年誕生。

Nowadays， there are six major items of 32 small items of freestyle， breaststroke， butterfly， backstroke， medley and relay (freestyle and medley). It is the second only after the Track and Field in Olympic Games.

到目前為止，奧運(yùn)會(huì)游泳比賽共有自由泳、蛙泳、蝶泳、仰泳、混合泳和接力(自由泳與混合泳)6大項(xiàng)32個(gè)小項(xiàng)，是奧運(yùn)會(huì)僅次于田徑運(yùn)動(dòng)的金牌大戶。