9.-History repeats!Lucy won another first prize in the skating competition. -I'm not surprised._____.She has skated day and night,thousands of times.( )
27.Martin Strel knows one thing or two about rivers.The 63-year-old swimmer has been swimming in them since he was a young boy.Although he holds five world records in marathon swimming,he is best known for using his sport to warn people of water pollution.After years of swimming in dirty water,he decided he had to do something.Strel says he began to swim to develop peace,friendship and clean water.He hopes to see environmental laws improved and put into practice. To achieve this,he has swum in many of the world's most famous rivers.In 2000,he swam in Europe's second longest river,the Danube.He swam 1.866 miles in 58 days and kept a world record for long distance (距離) swimming.The Danube is heavily polluted by factory waste. In 2002,Strel swam in the Mississippi River and covered a distance of 2,360 miles in 68 days.The Mississippi is one of the most polluted rivers in the United States.It is so polluted that it is called the dead zone (地帶).Strel became so sick by the end of his Mississippi swim that he had to stay in hospital for three days. In 2007,he swam 3,274 miles of the Amazon River in 66 days.Most of the pollution in the Amazon comes from harmful materials.He lost 42 pounds and was so weak that he couldn't feed himself. Strel plans to keep on swimming for peace,friendship and clean water,but he would choose to do it in the ocean (海洋).Sadly,the world's rivers are simply too dirty. "Everyone would like to go swimming in clean water," says Strel,He dreams of a day when that will be possible for people around the world.
(1)Is Strel good at swimming?
(2)How many world records in marathon swimming does Strel hold?