【推荐1】The year 2023 is a big year for sports in China because of the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou (杭州亚运会). Hangzhou is the third Chinese city to have the Asian Games after Beijing and Guangzhou in 1990 and 2010.

Who is your favorite sports star in the Asian Games? Different people have different ideas. Let me tell you my favorite star. Her name is Quan Hongchan. Quan is a young but great diver (跳水运动员). She is only sixteen year old and she is from Zhanjiang, Guangdong Province (省).

When she was only seven years old, she began diving. In 2021, she won her first gold medal (金牌) at the Tokyo Olympics (东京奥运会). In 2023, Quan won two gold medals in the Hangzhou Asian Games. She is so great that many people call her “diving talent” (天才). She has short black hair and always smiles. She doesn’t look strong, but she has great power (能量) in her body.

For Quan, hard work is the only way to success (成功). Usually, she begins diving at 7 o’clock in the morning, and she goes to bed at about 11 o’clock at night. She knows that “No pain,no gain. ”

After diving, she likes playing with dolls of turtle (乌龟玩偶) best. She often says, “Turtles are not only very cute, but also always keep walking.” So during the Asian Games, many people gave Quan lovely turtle dolls because they wanted to show their love to her.

【推荐2】On Jan 27, people around the world were shocked and sad to hear of the sudden passing of Kobe Bryant, one of the most legendary NBA players. The 41-year-old man and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna Bryant and seven others died when their helicopter crashed in California, the USA.

People from all over the world have paid great respect to the basketball superstar, not just for his achievements on the court, but for his friendly and strong personality and the inspiration he provided for so many people.

In the basketball world, Bryant is among the top players of all time. He entered the NBA directly from high school as a talented basketball player. He played his whole 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers and helped the team win five NBA championships. He was fast, skillful and aggressive, which got him the nickname Black Mamba. That’s why his competitive philosophy is known as the “Mamba Mentality(心态)”.

“Mamba Mentality is that you’re going, you’re competing, you’re not worried about the final result,” Bryant said. “ It’s all about focusing on the process and trusting in the hard work when it mattes most.”

Off the court, he was known as a successful businessman, buying stakes in several companies including Alibaba and Dell. He also left footprints in the film industry, winning an Oscar in 2018 with his short film Dear Basketball

He was also known as a proud family man. His friend, baseball star Derek Jeter, remembered him as such in an essay, “Throughout our friendship, the most meaningful conversations we had—the ways about family. ”

Bryant was so great. People will remember him forever.

【推荐3】People call the Chinese diving (跳水) team a “dream team”. It has been a world-class team since the days of Fu Mingxia back in the early 1990s. It still has a bright future these days with Quan Hongchan, 14, a new diving star.

Quan was the youngest member of the Chinese team at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, but she wowed the world by getting perfect 10s three times to win the women’s 10-meter dive. This surprised not only the whole team, but also Quan herself. “I’ve never thought of beating a few world champions (冠军) in the match,” Quan said. “I just saw the competition as training. To be brave and just go jumping.”

People thought Quan was born with great talent in diving, but Quan didn’t think so. “I just dived every day. Each day, I needed to practice about seven hours, and some days I practiced for 10 hours,” she told China Daily. And she remembered how it felt when she started to learn diving at the age of 7. “It was so much fun,” she said. However, it takes more than just interest for a beginner to become successful. “If I stop training for a day or two, I feel scared when I get back on the 10-meter board. A diver needs to practice every day and try her best every day,” she added.

In fact, Quan was born in a poor family in Guangdong in 2007. Her mother was badly ill and she worried about her very much. She decided to do all her best for her mother even when she was at an early age, which touched people all around China.

【推荐1】Ann was born on October 3, 1997 in Victoria Canada. Her mother is Philippine and her father is a Polish. Although she is young, she has become an inventor, a speaker, and a writer.

Ann is creative. As early as 11, Ann entered the world of science fairs. She took part in 10 science fairs and all of her projects were about green energy.

Ann is friendly and helpful. When she was 14 years old, she found out that her friend Maria in the Philippines failed at school because she didn’t have any light to study with at night. Her family couldn’t afford electricity. In order to help Maria, Ann came up with an idea. After a year of research, Ann invented the “Hollow Flashlight”, a flashlight that uses the heat of human hands.

Ann is strong and brave. After finishing high school in 2015, Ann went to university. But in January 2017, she was seriously ill. The whole right side of her body couldn’t walk normally, but she wasn’t frightened by it. She spent over two weeks in the hospital and continued to recover (恢复) for months at home. Finally, she was in full health.

Ann always works hard and keeps trying. Her dreams are to use technology to make the world a better place and to keep the environment clean.

【推荐3】Li Aichun, 21, a college student in Changchun, Jilin Province, has difficulty walking and speaking because of a high fever when she was a baby. Over the past years, she got over her physical problems and touched the hearts of many Internet users.

To make her dream of becoming a doctor come true, she has studied hard from primary school to senior high school. And with an excellent grade, she got into a college in Changchun to study medicine in 2019. She took part in a speech activity in her first year at college. When she told stories about her own experience, she became confident. She felt sure about her ability, even though she spoke slowly and sometimes had to stop. “I knew she had practised many times before she started the speech,” her classmate Chou Mingyu said. “We were all moved by her smile. She is never afraid of anything difficult.” She is also a volunteer, taking part in many kinds of service activities in the city’s nursing homes and special education schools. Since 2020, Li has been recording short videos and posting them online. In the videos, she smiles and speaks confidently with inspiring and heart-warming words. Even though a video lasts only a few seconds, Li spends lots of time carefully preparing and practising. “I hope to pass my optimism(乐观) and inspiration to more people and encourage them,” she said.