22个月大的"滑水健将"

You're so not shy.

When we first met Cole Marsolek, (It will take him a little maybe.) he was still wiping away the sleep, (And he got a good nap.) from his daily afternoon nap.

Keep coming.

It's what you'd expect from a toddler.

You wanna get in the water? Let's get in the water.

This is not.

Yeah, good job, buddy¹.

Good job, pal².

There aren't a lot of folks on Tainter Lake in Menomonie who can say they caught onto water skiing before they mastered the potty.

Well, it was something that he kind of initiated³ to us. He had said, you know, ski, ski please, ski. 'Coz he would always watch my husband and I ski.

Well, that makes sense. So you remind yourself, Cole is still a month shy of his second birthday. It helps to come from a water-skiing family though Cole's parents, Chad and Lisa, came to skiing, way later.

She started when she was three.

Cole had tubing down in May, moved to disc skiing with his dad in June.

And that's when Lisa found this training ski on the Internet.

Are you ready? (Yeah.) Say 'go'. Go.

First day we had it, he was up and just loved it, so ever since then, it's been the nightly ritual to go out on the lake.

Despite the attention he draws, today Cole was playing it cool, though he has been known to acknowledge his fans when the mood hits him.

For us, he's just our little boy skiing.

Good job, buddy.

Just like riding a bike, some would say, Cole will have to get back to you on that one.

Good job, let go. You had a good job.

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wipe away :擦去
toddler:a very young child who is learning how to walk 初学走路的孩子
potty:a container used as a toilet by young children 便壶

1 buddy   

n.（美口）密友，伙伴

参考例句：

• Calm down,buddy.What's the trouble?压压气，老兄。有什么麻烦吗？
• Get out of my way,buddy!别挡道了，你这家伙！

2 pal   

n.朋友，伙伴，同志；vi.结为友

参考例句：

• He is a pal of mine.他是我的一个朋友。
• Listen,pal,I don't want you talking to my sister any more.听着，小子，我不让你再和我妹妹说话了。

3 initiated   

n. 创始人 adj. 新加入的 vt. 开始，创始，启蒙，介绍加入

参考例句：

• He has not yet been thoroughly initiated into the mysteries of computers. 他对计算机的奥秘尚未入门。
• The artist initiated the girl into the art world in France. 这个艺术家介绍这个女孩加入巴黎艺术界。