Gu Ailing's peak moment

山東 李全忠

主題語境：人與社會 篇幅：339詞 建議用時：6分鐘

1Teen freestyle skiing sensation Eileen Gu won her first gold medal at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics in the women's big air competition,sparking an extremely happy celebration in the stands and on Chinese media.

2Gu jumped into the top position with her third run,scoring 94.50 with a 1620 performance and a perfect landing—making her total score 188.25 in the event's debut at the Winter Olympics.

3She narrowly beat France's Tess Ledeux,who took the silver medal with a score of 187.50.Switzerland's Mathilde Gremaud won the bronze medal.

4“That was the best moment of my life.The happiest moment,day,whatever—of my life.I just cannot believe what just happened,”said Gu after her win,according to the Olympic site.“That was a trick I have never done before,had never attempted before.”

5Fans filled the stands to cheer for Gu,who was born in the United States but decided in 2019 to compete for China.Known as the“snow princess”in China,Gu—already a reigning world champion—has become the unofficial face of China's Olympic ambitions.

6Supporters waved Chinese flags and blue Beijing 2022 flags,and erupted into cheers when her score was announced.

7Ledeux,who had been leading the competition until the last run when she overbalanced on the landing,sank to the ground in tears after the final result.Gu and Gremaud both knelt on the snowy floor to console her,pulling Ledeux into a hug and rubbing her back.

8The Chinese social media exploded in joy after Gu's victory.The topic dominated searches on China's Twitter-like platform Weibo,where seven of the 10 top trending topics were all about Gu's win.Fans on her Weibo,where she has 6.5 million followers,left more than 90,000 comments in just half an hour after her win.Related hashtags,such as“Gu Ailing won the gold medal”,received more than 300 million views within an hour—eventually crashing the entire Weibo site due to the massive number of users.

Reading Check

Inference 1.What can we infer about Gu's first gold medal?

A.She won the medal with much confidence.

王樹林的內心因此柔情升騰。他安慰道，我說這一天怎么心神不定呢？原來魂掉在你身上了，感謝你給我送來。請你站在原地不要動，我來迎接我的魂。

B.She narrowly beat her competitor.

C.She has finished the trick many times.

D.She won with the help of Tess Ledeux.

Vocabulary 2.What does the underlined word“console”in paragraph 7 mean?

A.Comfort.

B.Chase.

C.Strike.

D.Instruct.

Detail 3.What does the last paragraph stress most?

B.Trending topics.

C.Gu's popularity.

D.Worldwide views.

Inference 4.Which of the following words can best describe Gu?

A.Enthusiastic and easy-going.

B.Ambitious and cautious.

C.Cooperative and generous.

D.Courageous and professional.

Language Study

Ⅰ.Discover useful structures in the text

1.現在分詞作結果狀語

Gu jumped into the top position with her third run,scoring 94.50 with a 1620 performance and a perfect landing—making her total score 188.25 in the event's debut at the Winter Olympics.在第三輪比賽中，谷愛凌以雙周偏軸轉體1620度的高難度動作和完美落地獲得94.50分，躍居第一，這使她在冬奧會滑雪首秀中獲得總分188.25分。

2.who引導的非限制性定語從句

Ledeux,who had been leading the competition until the last run when she overbalanced on the landing,sank to the ground in tears after the final result.此前，勒德一直領先，但在最后一場比賽中，她在落地時失去平衡。最終結果公布后，她淚流滿面地倒在地上。

Ⅱ.Memorize some theme-centered chunks

cheer for 為……喝彩；為……加油

compete for 為……比賽

erupt into 爆發出

in tears 流著淚；含著淚

more than 多于；比……多

the number of……的數量