After appearing as a special event at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and the 2014 Nanjing Youth Olympic Games, Wushu, widely known as Chinese Kungfu, will make its first appearance as an official (官方的) sport at the 4th Youth Olympic Games in 2022.
It’s a long-awaited breakthrough（期待已久的突破）for the International Wushu Federation (协会) (IWF), which made applications to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 2001, 2008 and 2011, but failed. The first two applications were refused at the very beginning. The third application made it to the final voting for taking part in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games but missed out once again.
Over the years, both the International Wushu Federation and Chinese Wushu Association (CWA) have done a lot to make improvement with strong support from the State General Administration of Sport of China (中国体育总局). The Administration not only offers technical (技术的) support, often sending experts or teachers to help their Wushu training camps, but also generously provides a great deal of Wushu equipment (设备) for free.
Every year, many local Wushu groups are sent abroad to put on Wushu shows, trying to improve the influence of Wushu in foreign countries. Through their continuous efforts. Wushu has become widely popular across the world, especially among young Wushu fans. Studies show that, today, about 120 million people are attracted to Wushu around the world.
China got Wushu accepted as an official Olympic event successfully in January, 2020, which helps to make it more international quickly.
A total of 48 athletes from across the world will compete in four Wushu events: men’s and women’s Changquan and men’s and women’s Taijiquan.
News: Wushu Is Included in Youth Olympics | |
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All around the globe, on any given day, you will find some sort of sports event on your local television station. With networks dedicated(专注于) only to sports, you can find things like boxing, bowling, basketball, football, baseball and soccer on 24 hours a day!
In the United State, there are several sports that seem to be much more popular than others. The most popular sports in the United States today, being watched live and on screens, are:
(1) Baseball is one of the top sports being played in the United States. Having been played in the United States the longest, baseball attracts millions of fans to ball fields every year. Proud parents everywhere enjoy watching their children learn and play the game. When it comes to sports, professional and amateur (业余爱好者) baseball is ranked (分等级) right up there at the top.
(2) Football began as a college sport in the United States in the mid-1800s. Football is truly the “American Sport”, since the modern football originated(起源于) in the United States. It has grown from being played only in college to having professional teams and being played by students in both elementary and high schools.
(3) Basketball is a popular sport worldwide. The number of people around the world playing basketball can reach 300 million! Basketball is one of some professional sports in the United States to welcome foreign players onto teams, with many players of professional basketball being recruited(招募) from other countries and brought to the United States to play.
(4) Hockey is one of the newer sports gaining popularity in America. It did not originated in the United States, but it has found its way into their sporting life and become one of the fastest growing sports. Ice hockey is the most popular form of this sport, with street hockey being popular with older kids everywhere.
1. Which sport has been played in the United States longest, baseball, football or basketball?2. When did football begin as a college sport in the United States?
3. Why can we say football is truly the “American Sport”?
4. How many people play basketball around the world?
5. Street hockey is the most popular form of this sport, isn’t it?
6. Are you interested in one of the sports in the passage or not? Why?
【推荐2】The year 2022 will be a big year for sports in China. That’s because it will hold not only the 24th Winter Olympics in Beijing, but also the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou.
On August 6, 2018, the official emblem (会徽) for the Hangzhou Asian Games came out. The city won the hosting right (主办权) for the 2022 Asian Games in 2015. It will be the third Chinese city to host the Asian Games after Beijing and Guangzhou in 1990 and 2010.
People first held the Asian Games in 1951. It is the largest sports event in Asia. It also means a lot to China. The Beijing Asian Games were the first large international sports event that was hosted by China. To make the games a great success, Chinese people worked hard to prepare. Beijing built a great number of roads and stadiums (体育场) , including the famous Beijing Olympic Sports Center and Asian Games Village. The Games helped the world see China and its achievements. Since then, China has improved its global image (形象) .
For the coming 2022 Asian Games, Hangzhou has already started building 33 sports venues (场馆) .The themes of the Hangzhou Asian Games are “green, smart, economical (经济的) and civilized (文明的)”. All the Games’ buildings will be environmentally friendly.
1. Which city will host the 2022 Asian Games?2. How many times has China hosted the Asian Games?
3. Did Beijing only build stadiums to get ready for the Asian Games?
4. What did the world see through the Beijing Asian Games?
5. What are the themes of the 2022 Asian Games?
Baby panda says hello to world
Three years ago, Bing Dwen Dwen became the mascot（吉祥物）for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.
The design comes from 5,816 works from 38 countries and areas. Cao Xue, the chief designer of Bing Dwen Dwen, said the idea first came from the traditional Chinese snack bingtanghulu. But a simple snack couldn’t stand for（代表）a country by itself. Cao’s team tried many animals and plants and finally decided on a panda.
However, there were already too many cartoon images of pandas. Cao first decided that it should be a baby panda instead of an adult one, so its body is as long as its head.
Cao’s team looked all over the world to collect all the panda designs they could find. They wanted to make sure their panda looked special. They visited the panda nature reserve in Wolong, Sichuan, to get ideas. They found that baby pandas are pigeon-toed（内八字）and often lean in while standing.
Now the panda in an ice shell is made into toys and models, as well as printed on notebooks, badges（徽章）and bags. People of all ages like them very much. “Design is like dancing with chains. I’m glad we performed（表演）a good dance.” Cao said.
Bing Dwen Dwen —The mascot for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic | |
When it becomes the mascot | In 2019 |
Who the chief | Cao Xue |
How the idea came out | ♦It came from the traditional Chinese snack bingtanghulu, but a siimple snack couldn’t stand for a country by itself. Finally, they used a ♦Its body is as long as its head ♦They looked all over the world to collect all the designs to make sure their panda looked ♦They even visited the Wolong Nature Reserve to |
| ♦The helmet made of ice makes the mascot look ♦It waves its left hand ♦The colourful lines around its head stand for | |
How | It is made into all kinds of souvenirs（纪念品）. |
Welcome to HongKong! Here is some information that can help you know the city very well.
Hong Kong lies in the southeastern part of China. She returned to our motherland in 1997. If you go to Hong Kong by air, you will arrive at Kai Tak Airport, because there was not enough land. This airport was built out into the sea. It is in the part of Hong Kong called Kowloon. Kowloon is one of the two big cities in Hong Kong.The other city is Hong Kong itself. It is on an island. You can get there by ship or through a tunnel under the sea. Much of Hong Kong is farmland and mountains.
The population(人口) of Hong Kong is over six million. People from all over the world travel to Hong Kong every year. You can watch horse racing or motor racing. Some places are quiet and beautiful. When you are hot and tired, there are small cool gardens to rest in. There are also a lot of buildings to live in. Hong Kong is also a good place for Chinese food. You can enjoy many kinds of cooking. For example, fish, meat and vegetables. Beijing duck is famous. There is certainly a lot to see and to do in Hong Kong.
1. Where is Hong Kong? ( In 9 words )2. When did Hong Kong return to our motherland? ( In 2 words )
3. What’s the population of Hong Kong? ( In 9 words )
4. If you go to Hong Kong by air, where will you arrive? ( In 7 words )
5. How many big cities are there in Hong Kong? ( In 3 words )
Forests are home to many plants and animals. They also matter to humans in different ways. In China, Tree Planting Day arrives on March 12. It was set up to remind people about the importance of forests.
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They enrich the soil. They take in CO2 and give out O2.
They provide food They are home to 80 percent of the
for millions of people. world’s animals, plants and insects.
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China’s forest coverage（覆盖率）
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China planted 3.6 million hectares of forest in 2021, according to the National Afforestation Committee（国际造林委员会）. That’s more than double the area of Beijing. The committee called on all adults to plant three to five trees a year. During the past 40 years, volunteers planted nearly 79 billion trees across China. China has become the country with the largest increase in forest resources（资源）and the largest area of planted forests.
People are also encouraged to take part in greening projects. Alipay’s Ant Forest is one way to help. Users get “green energy” points through daily actions, and the project will plant real trees for them. More than 600 million Chinese have used this app to live greener lifestyles and help protect the environment. Ant Forest has planted more than 360 million trees in China since 2016.
Besides big projects, China also focuses on（专注于）small actions in cities. The committee said China now has more than 20,000 “pocket parks”—mini parks in cities. It has also built more than 80,000 kilometers of green pathways（道路）across the country.
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In the future, China will take more actions to help our environment so that we can reach the goal of achieving carbon neutrality（碳中和）before 2060 successfully.
1. Please translate the underlined sentence into Chinese.2. Please add a subtitle（小标题）in
3. How many percent of China’s forest coverage were increased from 2003 to 2021?
4. How can we get “green energy” points from Ant Forest?（Two examples are OK.）
5. What small actions has China taken to go green?
6. What can you do for our country’s greening projects?
【推荐3】People love proverbs. They are always impressed because the proverbs express a lot of information in just a few words. A good proverb quickly sums up ideas that are sometimes hard to express. And the person can understand it at once.
Proverbs come from two main places-ordinary people and famous people. These two sources（来源）are not always distinct（明显的）. Common and popular proverbs are often used by famous people. And the common people often borrow something that is said or written down by a well-known person. For example, "Bad news travels fast" probably comes from the experience of housewives. However, "All's well that ends well" was written by the famous writer-William Shakespeare.
Proverbs are used everywhere in the world. If you can understand a culture's proverbs, you can better understand the culture itself. There are many different ways that we use proverbs in our life. Here are some examples.
| Proverbs can | Proverbs | Meanings |
| give advice | ①A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. | Something you have is better than something you might get. |
| teach a lesson | ② Money doesn't grow on trees. | It isn't easy to get money. |
| express a com- mon truth | ③One person's meat is another one's poison （毒药）. | What one person loves, another person may hate. |
| give a warning | ④ | Don't plan on a good result until it actually happens. |
1. 请将表格中的①②③句谚语与下列图片匹配。将图片字母代号填写在横线上。
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2. 请从文中找出第一段画线单词it指代的内容。
3. 请从文中找出第二段的段落大意句。
4. 请将画线句子“There are many different ways that we use proverbs in our life. ”译为汉语。
5. 请选出表格中④处所缺的谚语。__________
| A．One finger can't lift a small stone. |
| B．Don't count your chickens before they hatch（孵化）. |
| C．You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep. |
