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wild swimming / 野泳 / (yěyǒnɡ) 

A: The weather is really hot. Let's go swimming. 

天气炎热。我们去游泳吧。

(tiānqì yánrè.wǒmén qù yóuyǒnɡ bā)

B: I saw the creek water in the park is rather clear, how about we go there to swim?   

我看到公园里溪水清澈,我们去那里游泳怎么样？

(wǒ kàndào ɡōnɡyuán lǐ xīshuǐ qīnɡchè, wǒmén qù nàlǐ yóuyǒnɡ zěnmeyànɡ?)

A: That's wild swimming. It's very dangerous!

那可是野泳,很危险的！

(nà kěshì yěyǒnɡ, hěn wēixiǎn de!)

B: Can you explain in detail how wild swimming is dangerous? 

你能给我具体讲一下野泳为何危险吗？

(nǐnénɡ ɡěiwǒ jùtǐ jiǎnɡyīxià yěyǒnɡ wéihé wēixiǎn ma?)

A: Wild swimming refers to swimming in open waters like rivers and lakes. The water is deep and dangerous in these places; the underwater topography is complicated and there are no lifeguards, so drownings can easily occur. 

野泳指的是到江河、湖泊等开放水域游泳。这些地方水深危险,水下地形复杂。没有急救人员,非常容易发生意外溺水。

(yěyǒnɡ zhǐde shì dào jiānɡhé,húbó děnɡ kāifànɡ shuǐyù yóuyǒnɡ.zhèxiē dìfānɡ shuǐshēn wēixiǎn, shuǐxià dìxínɡ fùzá.méiyǒu jíjiù rényuán, fēichánɡ rónɡyì fāshēnɡ yìwài nìshuǐ.) 

B: What you say makes sense. Wild swimming is dangerous. It's best we go to a safe, aboveboard place to swim. 

你说的很有道理,野泳危险,游泳还是要去安全正规的游泳馆。

(nǐ shuōde hěnyǒu dàolǐ, yěyǒnɡ wēixiǎn, yóuyǒnɡ háishì yàoqù ānquán zhènɡɡuī de yóuyǒnɡ ɡuǎn.)

Illustration: Xia Qing/Global Times