谷愛凌的巔峰時刻

李全忠

谷愛凌，2003年9月3日出生于美國加利福尼亞州圣弗朗西斯科，昵稱“青蛙公主”，是中國女子自由式滑雪運動員。2022年，她奪得北京冬奧會自由式滑雪女子大跳臺和U型場地技巧的兩枚金牌。

1Teen freestyle skiing sensation Eileen Gu won herfirst gold medal at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics inthe womens big air competition， sparking an extremelyhappy celebration in the stands and on Chinese media.

2Gu jumped into the top position with her thirdrun， scoring 94.50 with a 1620 performance and a perfect landing—making her totalscore 188.25 in the events debut at the Winter Olympics.

3She narrowly beat Frances Tess Ledeux， who took the silver medal with a score of187.50. Switzerlands Mathilde Gremaud won the bronze medal.

4“That was the best moment of my life. The happiest moment， day， whatever—of mylife. I just cannot believe what just happened，”said Gu after her win， according to theOlympic 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 decidedin 2019 to compete for China. Known as the“snow princess”in China， Gu—already areigning world champion—has become the unofficial face of Chinas Olympic ambitions.

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

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

8The Chinese social media exploded in joy after Gus victory. The topic dominatedsearches on Chinas Twitter?like platform Weibo， where seven of the 10 top trending topicswere all about Gus win. Fans on her Weibo， where she has 6.5 million followers， left morethan 90，000 comments in just half an hour after her win. Related hashtags， such as“GuAiling won the gold medal”， received more than 300 million views within an hour—eventu?ally crashing the entire Weibo site due to the massive number of users.

Reading Check

Inference

1. What can we infer about Gus first gold medal？

A. She won the medal with much confidence.

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？

A. Gus fans.

B. Trending topics.

C. Gus 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(xiàn)在分詞作結(jié)果狀語

Gu jumped into the top position with her third run， scoring 94.50 with a 1620 perfor?mance and a perfect landing—making her total score 188.25 in the events debut at theWinter Olympics. 在第三輪比賽中，谷愛凌以雙周偏軸轉(zhuǎn)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(dǎo)的非限制性定語從句

Ledeux， who had been leading the competition until the last run when she overbal?anced on the landing， sank to the ground in tears after the final result. 此前，勒德一直領(lǐng)先，但在最后一場比賽中，她在落地時失去平衡。最終結(jié)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(fā)出

in tears 流著淚;含著淚

more than 多于;比……多

the number of ……的數(shù)量