The 2023 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, make history by introducing esports as a medal event, highlighting digital transformation. From September 23 to October 8, 2023, this edition includes seven games with full medal status, progressing from their 2018 role as demonstration sports.
Esports at the Asian Games 2023 showcases digital technology and offers insights into Al and data processing. AI and simulation games revolutionize gameplay analysis and strategy with machine learning algorithms (算法) processing gameplay data, including match statistics, player movements, and in-game decisions.
The September 23, 2023, opening ceremony pays tribute to China’s heritage and embraces the nation’s technological outlook, incorporating AI and eco-friendly tech. A unique digital torch-lighting ceremony features millions of torch-bearers transforming digital flames into a digital human figure on the Qiantang River. This spectacle (精彩表演) includes 3D animation and augmented reality (VR/AR) , enhancing the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium experience.
The 19th Asian Games, with nearly 12,500 athletes from 45 countries, involves 40 sports, 61 disciplines, and 481 events. Esports event tickets were distributed through a ballot lottery (抽奖) due to high demand, with most sessions expected to sell out.
Esports, or electronic sports, encompass organized, multiplayer video game competitions, often featuring professional players competing individually or as teams. This Asian Games edition showcases esports’ growing presence, particularly in mobile games, making it a popular spectator event. It reflects a global sports shift, as even the Olympics hosted The Olympic Esports Series 2023 in June 2023, allowing spectators to engage with virtual and simulated sports and interact with professionals.
The integration of technology into sports promises greater accessibility and digital team sports’ evolution. Asian Esports Federation President Huo Qigang acknowledges the growing Asian esports industry, connecting people from diverse backgrounds, cultures, and countries.
1. What is a significant highlight mentioned in the article about the 2023 Asian Games in Hangzhou?A.The participation of millions of torch-bearers. |
B.The inclusion of esports as a medal event. |
C.Advancements in AI-driven analysis and strategy. |
D.The use of 3D animation and augmented reality. |
A.High ticket prices for esports events. |
B.Protection of organizers’ rights. |
C.Special VIP access for esports players. |
D.Limited availability of tickets with high demand. |
A.Esports competitions primarily involve board games. |
B.Esports competitions are only for professional players. |
C.Esports is now officially featured in the Olympics. |
D.Esports has gained wide recognition at the Asian Games. |
A.Esports has a promising future in Asia. |
B.The Asian esports industry is in decline. |
C.Esports can only attract specific cultural backgrounds. |
D.The Asian Esports Federation needs more government support. |
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【推荐1】Youth Stories is a magazine popular with young people in China. We share the best stories of the youth, and provide an opportunity for publication. The magazine is published twice yearly in Spring and Autumn.
New Competition in 2021: My China Story
As China is well on its way to achieving its 14th Five-Year Plan goals, the country is more open than ever and more appealing to every member of society. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to share your memorable moments of China? Thanks to the Bank of China’s generosity, the New Competition in 2021: My China Story is on! School students between the age of 12 and 16 are welcome to share your stories!
Requirements:
●Your submission(提交) must be made via this online form by June 30th.
●Your stories should be limited to 500 words.
●Entries with pictures are preferred.
●The entry fee is 3 yuan per person.
Prizes:
Winners will be honored at a special ceremony on Friday, July 30th. Guest speakers will present prizes to the students. Winning entries will be published in our magazine, about two months after the ceremony date of July 30th. All the winners will receive two copies of the magazine with your articles in it.
For further information, please click here: http://youthstories.com.
1. What do we know about the new competition?A.It is held every two years. | B.It is aimed at all school students. |
C.It is supported by the Bank of China. | D.It is totally free for all the participants. |
A.Sending their articles by email. | B.Writing more than 500 words. |
C.Submitting their articles on July 30th. | D.Including no pictures in their articles. |
A.A story book. | B.An official report. | C.A text book. | D.A website. |
【推荐2】All over the world people enjoy sports. Sports help to keep people healthy and happy, and to live longer. Many people like to watch others play games. They buy tickets or turn on their TVs to watch the games. Often they get very excited when “their” player or team wins.
Some sports are so interesting that people everywhere go in for them. Football, for example, has spread around the world. Swimming is popular in all countries near the sea or in those with many rivers. What fun it is to jump into a pool or lake, whether in China, Egypt or Italy! And think of people in cold countries. Think how many people love to skate or ski in Japan, Norway or Canada. Some sports or games go back thousands of years, like running or jumping. Chinese wushu, for example, has a very long history. But basketball and volleyball are rather new. They are about one hundred years old. People are inventing new sports or games all the time. Water-skiing is one of the newest in the family of sports.
People from different countries often become good friends after a game together. Sports help them to understand each other. One learns to fight hard but fight fair, to win without pride and to lose with grace.
1. Why do people all over the world enjoy sports?A.Because they want to keep healthy. |
B.Because they are happy. |
C.Because they want to live longer. |
D.All the above. |
A.their favorite team wins |
B.they win the game |
C.they get the good news |
D.they can’t help themselves |
A.they train their character in the game |
B.they understand each other |
C.they are friendly to each other |
D.they help each other |
【推荐3】U. S. Open Championships
The US Open has been in existence for almost 140 years. The first tournament was held in 1881 at the Newport Casino. It was called the US National Singles Championship. Entry was limited to only those clubs which were members of the United States National Lawn Tennis Association, and the competitors were all male, competing in both single and doubles. Richard Sears won the men’s championship and he went on to win the next six men’s singles championships.
The Wimbledon
In 1875, the All England Croquet Club was troubled financially due to declining membership. A new sport called lawn tennis was gaining fast in popularity and taking away the members. Two years later, a new roller was needed for maintaining its lawns so the club proposed to hold a tournament to raise money. Twenty-two players entered that first Wimbledon tournament which was won by Spencer Gore in straight sets over W. C. Marshall. Two hundred spectators each paid a shilling to watch the final game, enabling the club to buy the needed roller plus some extra cash.
The French Open
The very first French Championship was held way back in 1891, and the tournament has since grown into one of the four tennis Grand Slam tournaments we know today. The first competition was a one-day national championship which was won by a British. The competition was poorly attended by world class players. It took 24 years before it became fully international and an accepted tennis grand slam event. After the First World War, French tennis was achieving stature(重要性). Suzanne Lenglen was the predominant(卓越的)French player, winning the championships six times between 1920 and 1926.
The Australian Open
The very first tennis tournament ever played in Australia was held in January 1880, on the courts of the Melbourne Cricket Club. In 1905, the Australian Open was established as the Australasian Tennis Championship and was played at the Warehouseman’s Cricket Ground in Melbourne. It became the Australian Championship in 1927 and the Australian Open in 1969. Women’s events were added in 1922.
1. What do we know about the first U. S. Open?A.It was sponsored and organized by a tennis club. |
B.Only men were allowed to play in the game. |
C.Richard Sears won six men’s championships. |
D.It has remained the same through all these years. |
A.raise some fund for a lawn roller |
B.attract more people to play tennis |
C.celebrate the renaming of the club |
D.make the game more enjoyable |
A.the tournament has been played in the same place all these years |
B.twenty-two players played in the first tournament |
C.few good tennis players took part in the first French Championship |
D.the players played in singles and doubles in the tournament |
A.they were all born in the same year |
B.they have all experienced financial difficulties |
C.they all had only male players at the beginning |
D.they all have had a history of 130 years or more |
A.how the four international tennis tournaments came into being |
B.how long it took for women to play in the tennis tournaments |
C.what the international tennis tournaments brought to the world |
D.why the tennis tournaments are held in these four countries |
【推荐1】In 1947 a group of famous people from the art world decided to hold an international festival of music, dance and theatre in Edinburgh. The idea was to reunite Europe after World War Ⅱ.
It quickly attracted famous names such as Alec Guinness, Richard Burton, Dame Margot Fonteyn and Marlene Dietrich as well as the big symphony orchestras (交响乐团). It became a fixed event every August and now attracts about 400,000 people yearly.
At the same time, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe (the Fringe) appeared as a challenge to the official festival. Eight theatre groups turned up uninvited in 1947, believing that everyone should have the right to perform, and they did so in a public house that had been disused for years.
Soon, groups of students firstly from the University of Edinburgh, and later from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, Durham and Birmingham were making the journey to the Scottish capital each summer to perform plays by little-known writers in small halls.
Today the Fringe, once less embraced, has far outgrown the festival with around 1,500 performances of music, dance and theatre on every one of the 21 days it lasts. And yet as early as 1959, with only 19 theatre groups performing, some said it was getting too big.
A paid administrator (管理人员) was first employed only in 1971, and today there are eight administrators working all year round and the number rises to 150 during August itself. In 2004 there were 200 places housing 1,695 shows by over 600 different groups from 50 different countries. More than 1.25 million tickets were sold.
1. Why did some famous people hold an international festival in 1947?A.To honor heroes of World War Ⅱ. |
B.To introduce young theatre groups. |
C.To attract great artists from Europe. |
D.To bring Europe together again. |
A.They came to take up a challenge. |
B.They thought they were also famous. |
C.They wanted to take part in the festival. |
D.They owned a public house there. |
A.accepted. | B.checked. | C.allowed. | D.controlled. |
A.To prove different groups have come to the festival. |
B.To show administrators are busy in August. |
C.To prove the tickets of the festival sell well. |
D.To show the festival has grown rapidly. |
【推荐2】American love pets. Many pet owners treat these friends as part of the family. Sometimes they spice their pets’ life with entertaining videos and amusing toys. If they have an eye for fashion, pet owners can dress their pets in fashionable clothes. For special occasions, they can use perfume to make their dogs smell well.
Leading a dog’s life in America isn’t such a bad thing. Many grocery stores sell various pet foods to owners eager to please their pets. In Houston, Texas dogs can have their dinner delivered to their homes. Well-to-do dogs can attend doggy daycare center, which is usually expensive, while their owners work. Pets can even accompany their owners on vacation. Fancy hotels are beginning to accommodate both man the beast.
Beneath all these things, there lies a basic American belief: pets have a right to be treated well. At least 75 animal welfare organizations exist in America. They provide care and adoption service for homeless and abused (被虐待的) animals. Vet (兽医) can give animals an incredible level of medical care for an incredible price. People can even bury their pets in a respectable cemetery.
The average American enjoys having pets around for a good reason. Researchers have discovered that interaction with animals lowers a person’s blood pressure. Dogs can offer protection from burglars and unwelcome visitors. Cats can help rid the home of unwanted pests. Pets even encourage social relationships: they give their owners an appearance of friendliness, and they provide a good topic of conversation.
Pets are basic to American culture as hot dogs or apple pies. To Americans, pets are not just property, but part of the family. After all, pets are “people”, too.
1. The underlined phrase “have an eye for” (in Paragraph 1) probably means ________.A.look down upon | B.look up to |
C.have a proper sense of | D.keep a watch on |
A.their owners are wealthy | B.their owners are eager to please them |
C.they do well while their owners are at work | D.they are very clever |
A.medical care for animals is free |
B.the price of medical care for pets is extremely low |
C.Americans believe that pets have a right to be treated well |
D.there are many animal welfare organizations in America |
A.can deliver dinner to their homes in Houston |
B.are liked by Americans better than cats |
C.can offer burglars and unwelcome visitors protection |
D.can provide companionship and love for people |
A.Americans have many reasons to love pets. | B.Pets are part of American families. |
C.Pets have a comfortable life in America. | D.Americans have a childish love for pets. |
【推荐3】Parents and kids today dress alike, listen to the same music, and are friends. Is this a good thing?
Sometimes, when Mr. Ballmer and his 16-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, listen to rock music together and talk about interests both enjoy, such as pop culture, he remembers his more distant relationship with his parents when he was a teenager.
“I would never have said to my mom. Hey, the new Weezer album is really great. How do you like it?” says Ballmer. “There was just a complete gap in taste.”
Music was not the only gulf. From clothing and hairstyles to activities and expectations, earlier generations of parents and children often appeared to move in separate orbits.
Today, the generation gap has not disappeared, but it is getting narrow in many families. Conversations on subjects such as sex and drugs would not have taken place a generation ago. Now they are comfortable and common. And parent-child activities, from shopping to sports, involve a feeling of trust and friendship that can continue into adulthood.
No wonder greeting cards today carry the message, “To my mother, my best friend.”
But family experts warn that the new equality can also result in less respect for parents. “There’s still a lot of strictness and authority on the part of parents out there, but there is a change happening.” says Kerrie, a psychology professor at Lebanon Valley College. “In the middle of that change, there is a lot of confusion among parents.”
Family researchers offer a variety of reasons for these evolving roles and attitudes. They see the 1960s as a turning point. Great cultural changes led to more open communication and a more democratic process that encourages everyone to have a say.
“My parents were on the ‘before’ side of that change, but today’s parents, the 40-year-olds, were on the ‘after’ side.” explains Mr. Ballmer. “It’s not something easily accomplished by parents these days, because life is more difficult to understand or deal with, but sharing interests’ does make it more fun to be a parent now.”
1. The underlined word “gulf” in Para. 4 most probably means _______.A.interest | B.distance | C.difference | D.separation |
A.more confusion among parents |
B.new equality between parents and children |
C.less respect for parents from children |
D.more strictness and authority on the part of parents |
A.describe the difficulties today’s parents have met with |
B.discuss the development of the parent-child relationship |
C.suggested the ways to handle the parent child relationship |
D.compare today’s parent-child relationship with that in the past |