Gu Ailing's peak moment

山东 李全忠

主题语境：人与社会 篇幅：339词 建议用时：6分钟

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.

王树林的内心因此柔情升腾。他安慰道，我说这一天怎么心神不定呢？原来魂掉在你身上了，感谢你给我送来。请你站在原地不要动，我来迎接我的魂。

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.现在分词作结果状语

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.在第三轮比赛中，谷爱凌以双周偏轴转体1620度的高难度动作和完美落地获得94.50分，跃居第一，这使她在冬奥会滑雪首秀中获得总分188.25分。

2.who引导的非限制性定语从句

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，勒德一直领先，但在最后一场比赛中，她在落地时失去平衡。最终结果公布后，她泪流满面地倒在地上。

Ⅱ.Memorize some theme-centered chunks

cheer for 为……喝彩；为……加油

compete for 为……比赛

erupt into 爆发出

in tears 流着泪；含着泪

more than 多于；比……多

the number of……的数量