#Person1#: Congratulations on breaking the records at the recent Olympics, Miss Green!
#Person2#: Thank you, Mr. Rarker.
#Person1#: Oh, look at those trophies! You became a swimming star at the age of fifteen, didn't you?
#Person2#: Yeah, you're right.
#Person1#: Could you tell me something about your plans for the future?
#Person2#: To tell you the truth, I'm going to give up swimming from now on.
#Person1#: I beg your pardon?
#Person2#: I mean I'd rather not swim at all. I'm too old to...
#Person1#: Excuse me, if I'm not wrong, you've only twenty now. Is it too old at twenty?
#Person2#: Yes, too old for a swimmer. If I swim in an international competition, I'll hardly be able to win.
#Person1#: But...er...don't you enjoy swimming?
#Person2#: Certainly, and I enjoy visiting other countries, and the Olympics are very exciting. However, I missed more important things. I had to work very hard at swimming. There was training before school, after school, and at weekends. While other girls were growing up, I was swimming, swimming. But life isn't merely swimming, is it?
#Person1# congratulates Miss Green on breaking the records at the recent Olympics, but Miss Green says she'll give up swimming because she's too old to be a swimmer and she wants to enjoy more important things in life.
give up swimming