- Hand signals
To my surprise, the three-day training period proved to be anything but a disaster. Our lessons involved three parts. First, an instructor introduced us to all of the scuba equipment as well as the hand signals for communicating underwater. This part wrapped up with a test to make sure we understood what we had just learned.
Next, we headed to a swimming pool where we practiced breathing techniques. We began at the pool's surface. Each new technique we practiced allowed us to go deeper in the water. Eventually, we made it to the bottom of the pool.
On day three, we took all of our new knowledge to the ocean! After suiting up in all our equipment, we followed our instructor's lead into the water. We made sure to follow each step of the process carefully. Before I knew it, I was really scuba diving!
An attitude for life
I hovered above the ocean floor as all kinds of fish swam by. I felt gladness for the opportunity to literally discover new depths. With Doris' words still ringing in my ears, I knew the experience gave me a new attitude for life.
Language Lab
instructor n.
a person who teaches a subject or skill : someone who instructs people
- Ellen works as a part-time aerobics instructor at a nearby gym.
- The karate instructor is quite famous and has many students in his studio.
instruct v.
to teach (someone) a subject, skill, etc. — usually + in or on
- The passengers were instructed to stay in their seats until the airplane came to a complete stop.
wrap up v.
a brief statement that gives the most important information about what has happened or been done : summary
- After five hours of discussion, the meeting finally wrapped up around 5 p.m.
- Alex wrapped up his speech and headed home right afterwards.
wrap up
- Alison wrapped up the gift in beautiful silver and gold paper.
suit up v.
to put on a uniform or special clothing
- The players suited up in their new uniforms for today's game.
- The passengers all suited up in life jackets before getting into the rubber boat.
- Tina got her son suited up for the bike ride with a helmet, elbow pads and knee pads.
hover v.
to float in the air without moving in any direction
- The helicopter was hovering over the area trying to locate the missing mountaineers.
to stay very close to a person or place
- The girl hovered outside the classroom waiting to talk to the teacher when he emerged.
Info Cloud
info cloud: sink or swim 不成功便成仁
Hello friends and welcome to info cloud. Joe and I were just talking about his experience of getting into graduate school in Taipei.
Yes, it was really sink or swim. If I didn’t pass the entrance exam, I couldn’t attend the program.
I like the phrase you used to describe your experience, sink or swim.
This is a great expression to use when you want to say that there are only two choices, failure or success.
The phrase is especially used when talking about a single person’s effort deciding the end result of something.
Right. Imagine, a person jumping into a pool of water, they only have two choices. They can either do nothing and sink to the bottom of the pool or they can start to swim in the water.
So to use this phrase, someone might talk about a situation a person is facing and then to describe it as sink or swim.
Life is hard, sometimes, it’s just sink or swim.
From this sentence, I can know that the speaker means some situations in life are a matter of failure or success with very little in between.
When you are facing a sink-or-swim situation, focus on doing your best in those situations you can only control the effort not the result.
