Suzy Bernard took a breath(吸了一口气) and jumped into the deep end of her village swimming pool with a splash(水花；扑通声).
苏西·伯纳德吸了一口气，扑通一声跳进村里游泳池的深水区。
“There’s a wonderful feeling of wellbeing in the water,” said the former hospital healthcare assistant, who recently learned to swim aged 75 and was now gliding along with her daughter and grandson.(“在水中有一种美妙的幸福感，”这位前医院护理助理说，她最近在75岁时学会了游泳，现在正和女儿、孙子一起在水中滑行。)
“在水中有一种美妙的幸福感，”这位前医院护理助理说，她最近在75岁时学会了游泳，现在正和女儿、孙子一起在水中滑行。
The municipal(市政的；市立的) swimming pool, bordered by(被……环绕) shady oak trees in the village of Châteauneuf-sur-Sarthe, in western France, has been the Bernard family’s daily refuge(避难所；庇护) from the sweltering(酷热的；闷热的) heatwaves this summer. Bernard is a member of the village collective, Touche Pas à Ma Piscine(“别碰我的游泳池”运动) (Hands Off My Pool), campaigning to(致力于；开展运动) defend the Châteauneuf-sur-Sarthe facility and calling for more government support for rural swimming pools. “We’ll fight to make sure this pool survives and stays open,” she said.
这座市政游泳池位于法国西部萨尔特河畔沙托讷夫村，四周绿树成荫，橡树环绕，今年夏天一直是伯纳德一家躲避酷暑热浪的日常避难所。伯纳德是村庄集体组织“别碰我的游泳池”的成员，该组织致力于捍卫这座设施，并呼吁政府为乡村游泳池提供更多支持。“我们会努力确保这个游泳池存活并继续开放，”她说。