The Nation’s Daughter
On the evening of August 6th, Quan Hongchan won the gold medal in the women’s 10-meter platform final at the Paris Olympics with a score of 425.60. The whole Chinese audiences in the City Water Center got really excited and
Quan Hongchan was born in an ordinary family in Maihe village, Mazhang town, Zhanjiang City, Guangdong Province in 2007. Her family background was ordinary.
On her growth path, the help of good teachers is necessary. Chen Ruolin, the head coach has successfully performed in the diving world. Chen Ruolin
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In 2023, the 25-year-old got the title of Best Male Swimmer of the Year and won the World Aquatics Championship. No one had a
However, Qin’s swimming journey was not always smooth. In 2016, Qin missed the c
From then on, Qin threw himself into hard training, focusing on every detail of his swimming skills. Changing swimming habits is no easy task, though, e
After two years of training, Qin finally became a hit in 2023, taking home 33 gold medals in total and earning the nickname “Breaststroke King”. Still, he kept a low profile. He c
“When I was a child, I was like a small stream. Then it gradually became a small river, and then a big river, finally flowing into the ocean,” Qin told China Daily.
3 . Spud Webb was born in Texas, the USA, in 1963. He was very small—much smaller than the other kids at school. However, he had a big dream—he wanted to play in NBA.
While attending junior high, Spud tried out for the school team, but he was refused to play at first because he was too small. He did not lose heart. When he finally got the chance, he scored 20 points in his first game. From then on, he was the star of the team.
In senior high, Spud often had to sit in the stands because of his height. He practiced even harder and got the coach to change his mind. Spud went on to become leader of the team. In his last year of senior high, he was named Player of the Year in Texas.
However, no university would invite him to play basketball simply because he was only 170 cm tall. He decided to play at a junior college. There he led his team to the national championship. This brought him to the attention of North Carolina State University. As a result, he succeeded in getting a scholarship.
Although he was a great player at university, the NBA was not interested in him because all its players were more than 20 cm taller than he was. After he graduated, he was forced to play in another basketball league. He remained there for about a year before the NBA took notice of him. In 1985, he joined the Atlanta Hawks and became the shortest player to have ever played in the NBA. He had many great achievements, but his proudest moment came in 1986—he won the Slam Dunk Contest.
Through hard work, Spud Webb proved that size and body type really does not matter-you can do almost anything if you never give up.
1. Where and when was Spud born?2. What was Spud’s dream?
3. When did he become the star of his team?
4. Why was the NBA not interested in Spud?
5. What’s your dream? Please tell something about your dream.
Skipping to victory
Zhou Qi is a 17-year-old student from Hangzhou. Zhejiang. Last September he broke the Guinness (吉尼斯) World Record for the most single skips in one minute, with a result of 374. The record had stood unbroken for ten years. Daisuke Mimura from Japan held it with 348 skips in 2013.
Interestingly, Zhou’s new record is not even his personal best. “My best performance was 396 times in one minute. That was done in the 2nd Primary and Secondary School Students’ Rope Skipping Championship in 2020. My coach said I had already broken the world record. It was at that time that I made up my mind to apply for the Guinness World Record,” Zhou said.
However, the road to success was far from smooth. For years, Zhou practised with a special steel rope designed for competítion. It’s light and strong. But because of the rope he used, his first Guinness application was considered invalid (无效). After online communication with the records management team, Zhou quickly changed to a common rope recognized (认证) by the Guinness World Records. He soon got used to it.
Whatever kind of rope Zhou used, his strict training stood him in good sporting condition. Zhou has been in the school rope skipping team for seven years. He has jumped rope for about four hours each day. He would also run around the playground to improve his physical strength.
Now a high school student, Zhou said he’ll put his studies first. But he won’t stop training and still hopes to beat his own record one day.
注：每题答案不超过6个词。1. When did Zhou Qi break the Guinness World Record for the most single skips?
2. What is Zhou Qi’s Guinness World Record for the most single skips?
3. Why was Zhou Qi’s first Guinness application considered invalid?
4. Which English saying will you use to describe Zhou Qi according to Paragraph 4?
5. What is Zhou Qi’s dream?
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introduction | 中国最优秀的跳水运动员之一；获得过许多奖 |
Experiences | 2007年3月28日出生于广东湛江一个贫苦家庭； 家里一共五个孩子，排行老三； |
2014年在湛江体校开始训练；训练刻苦努力 | |
2020年加入国家队 | |
2021年获得东京奥运会女子单人10米跳台金牌；并打破世界纪录 | |
Your opinions | 成功和勇气的象征；以她为骄傲；…… |
东京奥运会Tokyo Olympic Games 湛江体校 Zhanjiang Sports School
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Wang Shun, a swimmer, took home six gold medals at the 14th National Games in September, 2021.
Wang first took part in the 2012 Olympics,
(player) of the Chinese swimming team, but he is
“No gold medal is a certainty (确切无疑)
7 . Quan Hongchan, born in Zhanjiang, Guangdong Province on March 28th, 2007, is a young athlete (运动员) on the Chinese National Diving (跳水) Team. Nobody knew the name Quan Hongchan before the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in 2021. Some even thought Chen Yuxi was the biggest hope to win the gold me dal at that time. And nobody had thought that Quan became the black horse of the game. She gave such an surprising performance and won the gold medal, while Chen won the second place.
What’s more interesting is that if the Tokyo Olympics was held in 2020, Quan Hongchan wouldn’t have the chance to take part in the game because she was only 13 years old then and couldn’t meet the age requirement (要求) for the Olympics— at least 14 years old at the time of the competitions (竞赛).
During the training, Quan Hongchan was the first one to stand on the 3-meter board, followed by the 5-meter platform (跳台), 7- meter platform and so on. Two years later, again she was the first one to stand on the 10- meter platform and jump off without hesitation.
“I didn’t think so much. I jumped as soon as I closed my eyes,” Quan said. That’s why her couch (教练) said that she was really brave (勇敢).
“There are only 5 rounds in the women’s 10-meter platform event in the Olympics. I just thought about each one of them and then did my best in diving.”
1. According to Paragraph 1, we can learn that ________.| A．Chen Yuxi won the gold medal in the game |
| B．Quan Hongchan comes from Zhejiang Province |
| C．the Tokyo 2020 Olympics was held in 2020 |
| D．few people knew Quan Hongchan before the Tokyo Olympics |
| A．10. | B．12. | C．13. | D．14. |
| A．困难 | B．帮助 | C．猜忌 | D．犹豫 |
| A．Each said that Chen Yuxi was really brave. |
| B．Quan Hongchan won the gold medal in the game. |
| C．A 13-year-old athlete has the chance to take part in the Olympics. |
| D．There are more than 5 rounds in the women’s 10- meter platform event. |
| A．A brave coach. | B．A diving competition. |
| C．A young athlete. | D．A surprising performance. |
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Hangzhou held the 19th Asian Games from September 23 to October 8, 2023. Let’s come to see some photos of women sports stars. All of them are great players in the world. | |
| Quan Hongchan was born on March 28, 2007 in Zhanjiang, Guangdong province. She began training at the age of four. She jumps more than 400 times a day by herself. She won the first place in the diving (跳水) competition (比赛) at the Asian Games. |
| Zhang Yufei was born in Xuzhou, Jiangsu in 1998. She is good at swimming, especially butterfly. After many years’ hard work, Zhang Yufei came true her Olympic dream. She won two gold medals at Tokyo Olympic Games and six gold medals at the 19th Asian Games. |
| Sun Yingsha is a Chinese table tennis player. She comes from Shijiazhuang, Hebei. She started to practice table tennis at the age of five. Her parents asked her to practice table tennis because they wanted her to have something to do after school and be healthier. At the age of 17, she started to join many games and make her name in the world. |
1. How long does the 19th Asian Games last?
| A．For 3 weeks. | B．For a week. | C．For half a month. | D．For a month. |
| A．Quan Hongchan. | B．Zhang Yufei. | C．Sun Yingsha. | D．No one. |
| A．Two. | B．Four. | C．Five. | D．Six. |
| A．She started to played table tennis at 4. |
| B．She played table tennis to keep healthy. |
| C．She made her name in the world at the age of 15. |
| D．She played table tennis to come true her parents’ dream. |
| A．a story book | B．a science magazine | C．a sports newspaper | D．a travel book |
9 . Sun Yingsha is a talented (有天赋的) Chinese table tennis player.
Sun comes from Hebei, China. She started to practice table tennis at the age of five. Her parents asked her to practice table tennis because they wanted her to keep fit. She soon showed great talent for playing it. At the age of ten, she started to play for Hebei Province. Five years later, she joined the national team. When she was 17, she started to take part in many games and become famous in the world.
Sun is getting more and more popular with people. But her success isn’t easy. She is very talented, but she is also very hard-working. She practices for hours every day to be better. She is modest, too. She always learns from others. She sees Zhang Yining as her idol (偶像). Before the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, she often asked her for advice (建议).
Now, Sun is very successful as a table tennis player. But she will not stop here. She is trying harder to bring us more surprises.
1. Sun Yingsha started to play table tennis ________.| A．at 3 years old | B．to keep healthy |
| C．because of Zhang Yining | D．to follow her parents’ dream |
| A．10 | B．15 | C．17 | D．20 |
| A．温柔的 | B．谨慎的 | C．聪慧的 | D．谦虚的 |
①she is getting more and more popular with people
②she is very hard-working
③she is talented and modest
| A．① | B．①② | C．①③ | D．①②③ |
| A．A Great Table Tennis Player | B．A Wonderful Ball Game |
| C．A Lesson for Young Players | D．A Modest Idol |
10 . Su Yiming believes the two Olympic medals he earned at the Beijing Winter Games were the best gifts on his 18th birthday on Friday.
“The gold medal is for sure the best gift for my birthday. The gold and silver medals mean a lot to me. People can see how hard I’ve been working to achieve them,” Su said in an interview in Beijing on Thursday.
Su won China’s first Olympic gold in the men’s snowboard Big Air (单板滑雪大跳台) competition on Feb 15, after winning a slopestyle (单板滑雪自由式) competition on Feb 7. His excellent performance, including the gold-winning 1,800 tricks, has made him a well-known name in China. He said that before he was 14 years old, snowboarding was just a sport for fun during vacations. But after he knew about the Beijing Winter Games, he realized this could be a life-changing opportunity. He was still part of the TV audience during the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, but he told his parents that one day he wanted to compete at the Olympic Games.
“I told myself that I was going to try to reach the Olympic Games, and I would never give up trying to win medals. The reason why I’m doing all this training, and taking part in competitions and the Olympic Games is because of love. I started to practice snowboarding when I was 4 because my parents both love snowboarding,” said Su.
The first time when Su competed at a World Cup, the Shougang Big Air venue (体育场) hosted its first international event. Su, who was just 15 years old, failed for the finals. “I still remember three-and-a-half years ago at Shougang, the same place and the same jump, it was my first Big Air World Cup. That was a great contest for me as I had never taken part in a World Cup before,” Su said
“I missed the final by just one spot at that time at 11th place. So from that time, I saw the difference between me and those top riders. That pushed me harder in the past three years. Now finally I got my best birthday gift.”
1. What does the underlined word “them” in paragraph 2 refer to?| A．Getting his birthday present. | B．Winning medals. |
| C．Competing in Beijing Winter Games. | D．Having fun. |
| A．Because he started to practice snowboarding when he was 4. |
| B．Because his parents both love snowboarding, and he wants to make them happy. |
| C．Because he loves winning medals. |
| D．Because he is crazy about the sport. |
| A．a science book | B．a modem novel | C．a popular magazine | D．a guide book |
| A．Su Yiming’s dream comes true. | B．Su Yiming would never give up trying to win medals. |
| C．Su wins memorable 18th birthday “gifts”. | D．Su Yiming, the Chinese Snowboarding superstar. |
