Thursday, Aug. 14, 2008 By HANNAH BEECH - The Beijing Olympics may boast one of the coolest natatoriums in Olympic history — the luminescent bubble-wrapped confection called the 'Water Cube' — but Chinese swimmers weren't expected to make much of a splash in its pool lanes. But Liu Zige, a 1.81m (5'11") butterfly specialist, had other ideas.
周四，8月14日，汉娜.比奇--北京奥运会将以他奥运史上最冷的游泳馆之一而自豪--用冰冷的泡泡--包围着，称为“水立方”--但是中国的游泳运动员并未期望能够在这个水池里获得什么收获。但是刘子歌，一位身高1.81米的蝶泳运动员却不这样认为。

On Aug. 14th, the 19-year-old grabbed a gold by setting a world-record time in the 200m butterfly final. Just behind her was her Chinese compatriot Jiao Liuyang, who claimed the silver. Australian Jessicah Schipper took the bronze. "I didn't expect I could swim so fast," said a delighted Liu, who demolished Schipper's previous world record by 1.22 seconds — an eternity in the split-second world of swimming.
8月14号， 19岁的刘子歌在200米蝶泳决赛上获得一枚金牌并刷新世界记录。在她后面是银牌得主她的中国队友焦刘洋。澳大利亚选手杰西卡.Schipper获得铜牌。“我也没想过能够游这么快，”刘高兴的说，她打破了Schipper保持的前世界记录，超出1.22秒--一个世界泳坛上瞬间创造的永恒。。