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大家或许都知道,游泳横渡英吉利海峡在今天已不再是什么希罕的事了,在英国,差不多每年都要举行一次这样的活动。然而,当我们的记忆回到一百多年以前,有那么一个人,他只身一人有史以来第一次不穿救生衣游泳横渡了英吉利海峡。他的成功那是实实在在引起过人们的惊叹和轰动。创造这一奇迹的人是英国船长麦修·书伯。麦修·韦伯船长一八四一年一月十九日出生在一个普通医生的家庭,一生充满传奇色彩。他从小酷爱游泳。七岁的时候,他已经差不多练就了一身好水性。他曾在家乡的塞文河中救起过想跟
As you may all know, swimming across the English Channel is no longer a feat today, and almost every year in the UK. However, when our memory came back more than a hundred years ago, there was a man who, for the first time in history, swam across the English Channel without swimming in a lifejacket. His success has really aroused people’s surprise and sensation. The man who created this miracle was Captain Matthew Booker. Captain Matthew Weber was born on January 19, 1841 in a family of general practitioners, full of legendary life. He is fond of swimming. At the age of seven, he had almost practiced a good water. He had rescued himself in the home of the Severn