直击里约奥运：领奖台之外的趣闻轶事

There are lifeguards at all Olympic swimming events
奥运会泳池配备救生员

No bombing, no diving, no petting - you wouldn't think Olympians would need to be told all this. Or that Adam Peaty or Simone Manuel might need rescuing.
严禁推碰追逐，严禁跳水，严禁携带宠物——正如你觉得用不着和奥运选手说这些话，你一定也认为没必要为亚当•皮缇或西蒙娜•曼纽尔这样的专业选手安排救生员。

But Brazilian law insists that swimming pools over a certain size are watched over by lifeguards. There are about 75 on duty at the various Olympic centres during swimming, diving, synchronised swimming, water polo and white-water kayaking events. Some 150 lifeguards were also in attendance same at the London games in 2012.
但是巴西法律里严格规定，超过一定尺寸大小的泳池必须配备救生员。在游泳、跳水、花样游泳、水球和激流皮艇赛事期间，有约75位救生员在各个奥运场馆待命。有150位救生员还曾在2012年伦敦奥运会当值。

There isn't really very much for them to do, and onlookers have commented how bored many of them look.
实际上这些救生员没什么事可干，旁观者表示，他们当中许多人满脸写着空虚无聊。

You may think they would be pleased to have a prime seat for the games, on the other hand it's reported they get paid just £260 ($341) for a fortnight's work.
你可能会觉得他们因占据观赛最佳位置而喜不自胜，但据报道，他们工作14天的报酬只有341美金（折合260英镑）。