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　　Tracy Caulkings is known as the first American to set an American record and win an American title in each of four swimming strokes：breaststroke, butterfly, backstroke, freestyle．

　　Tracy Caulkins was born in Minnesota and lived in Iowa until she was six．She began swimming when she was eight, after the family had moved to Nashville, Tennessee．While unwilling at first to swim in cold water or get her face wet, she began to train in earnest(认真地)as her talent became clear．Though her father worked for the public schools, the family sent her to a private school when the public schools could not accommodate(适应)her training schedule．

　　At age 13, Tracy Caulkins took part in the trials for the 1976 Olympics, but did not make the team．She continued to win national and international titles, and was disappointed in 1980 when the U．S．didn’t attend the Moscow Olympics．She continued to train and compete．

　　In 1981,Tracy Caulkins began college, graduating in 1985．In college, she continued competing and training, though she had slowed down from her peak(顶峰)years．

　　Caulkins trained especially hard for the 1984 Olympics, and not only made the team, but was captain of the swim team, and at Los Angeles, won three gold medals and was named Sportswoman of the Year by the U．S．Olympic Committee．After that she retired from swimming, and was a commentator(解说员)for swimming events as well as taking advantage of her fame to do business．

　　Tracy Caulkins married Australian swimmer, Mark Stockwell, in 1991, their romance having begun at the 1984 Olympics when he jumped into a warm-up pool to introduce himself．They married in Nashville and moved to Australia, where they had three children who have dual citizenship．Caulkins continued to be professionally involved in sports．

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　　Tracy Wong is a well-known Chinese-American writer．But her writing 　　1　　 was something she picked up by herself．After her first 　　2　　, teaching disabled children, she became a part-time writer for IBM．　　3　　, writing stories was simply a 　　4　　 interest．Tracy sent three of her stories to a publisher(出版商)．

　　　　5　　, they immediately suggested that she put them together to make a single one long 　　6　　 and paid Tracy a ＄50,000 advance．“A pretty money,”said the publisher,“for 　　7　　 writer．”

　　　　8　　 Tracy’s characters are interesting, her stories sometimes 　　9　　 readers uneasy：those about the supernatural．“My mother believed I could 　　10　　 the afterlife world,”she told a close friend．“She used to have me speak with my grandmother, who died many years ago．”

　　“Can I?I don’t think I can,”Tracy said with a laugh．“But l do have 　　11　　 when things come to me 　　12　　．”Once, she was wondering how to complete a 　　13　　 set in ancient China．　　14　　 the doorbell rang．It was a FedEx delivery man, with a copy of a book on Chinese 　　15　　．It came without her having 　　16　　 it．

　　Though she has published 10 books, Tracy has remained 　　17　　 by her fame．She lives in the same 　　18　　 she lived 27 years ago－although in a more comfortable home．There’s more room for 　　19　　 in her life-and it wasn’t just 　　20　　．