1 . The 2022 Winter Olympic, also known as Beijing 2022, is scheduled to take place from February 4 to February 20, 2022, which is in the Chinese New Year period. Beijing, the first city to host both the summer and winter Olympics, is partnering with Zhangjiakou to host the winter games.

Dates

February 2–3: preliminary competitions for ice hockey, curling, and freestyle skiing

February 4: Opening Ceremony

February 4–20: events, competitions, and finals

February 20: Closing Ceremony

Events

A total of 109 events are set to take place in the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. Seven new events have been added, including ski jumping mixed team, snowboard cross mixed team and short track speed skating team relay. For the first time, a female athletes percentage of over 45.44% to attend the winter games has been reached, making Beijing 2022 probably the most gender-balanced Winter Olympics to date.

Tickets

On Sep. 30, the International Olympic Committee announced that tickets will be sold exclusively to those living in China’s mainland. Ticket booking hasn’t yet started. According to the report sent to IOC, there would be three types of tickets, tickets for the opening ceremony, tickets for events competitions, and tickets for the closing ceremony, costing from 50 to 4,882 CNY per ticket. The highest ticket prices are for the opening and closing ceremonies, from 732 to 4,882 CNY. Tickets for popular events are about 149 to 1,464 CNY, and tickets for general events are around 50 to 490 CNY.

Chessboxing is a sport which     1     punching power with mental power. There are 11    2     in all, with one round of chess and then one round of boxing.     3     are those whose mental    4     equals their physical power. People usually think that boxers aren’t clever, which is not     5     true. The sport     6     that boxers can be smart and smart people can be tough.

In the boxing ring of in a Berlin Club, a boxing match is on. Frank Stoldt, a strong German, is seated at a table, and beside him is his opponent, a     7     American boxer. For     8     reasons, the crowd is on Frank’s side, for he is a local player. Before the match started, Frank spent hours     9     his mind and muscles. And as a result of luck and hard work, the local hero checkmates his opponent and     10     the world title belt.

On the school basketball team Paul used to be nobody but a replacement    1     skills were not recognized by the coach.

Then during one match, when one player accidentally hurt his knee, Paul    2     (put) onto the court. Paul knew it was his time    3     (shine). He gave it his best shot and the other team couldn’t even keep up with him. Finally, Paul helped the team win the match    4     two points. The crowd couldn’t stop clapping and cheering.

6 . Syria’s 12-year-old table tennis athlete Hend Zaza will come to China for professional training, China Central Television (CCTV) said in a report on Tuesday. The young athlete just finished her first trip to the Olympic Games after losing a match in Tokyo. On hearing that Syria’s 12-year-old table tennis athlete Hend Zaza wishes to come to China for training, the Chinese Olympic Committee immediately invited her, helping to fulfill her wishes, she will arrive in September.

“I’m looking forward to training abroad. I want to make progress and take the championship one day,” Zaza told CCTV. “I want to reach the same level as the Chinese team does, and I’m looking forward to having the same training as the Chinese team.”

On July 24, the young Zaza lost her match to Chinese-Austrian athlete Liu Jia 4-0. The night before her match, she was a lag bearer of Syria at the opening ceremony. A late night, plus the lingering six-hour jet lag, meant that she barely slept — not great preparation against Liu, who is making her sixth Olympic appearance.

“I was hoping for a winning match and for better play, but it’s a tough opponent so it’s a good lesson for me, especially with the first Olympics,” Zaza said. “I will work on it to get a better result next time, hopefully.”

Still, with her long hair bouncing as she did around the table, Zaza showed ability that impressed her seasoned opponent. “I had to remind myself not to underestimate her,” Liu said. She called Zaza “a great talent” with good rhythm and instincts who simply needed more experience.

In 2011, complaints about high unemployment and corruption led to severe violence inside Syria. As the violence rapidly escalated (升级), the country descended into a civil war that still rages today. Zaza said as long as she can remember she found it difficult to go to school or play outside, let alone train for her chosen sport. At 12 years and 204 days, Zaza became the youngest table tennis player ever to compete in the Olympics.

Zaza has previously told media that Chinese world champion table tennis athlete Ding Ning is her idol and she hoped that she could play with Ding Ning one day. Ding once posted on Weibo in 2020 that she was looking forward to meeting Zaza in China soon.

With a desire for world peace, Zaza said that participating in the Olympics is not her final goal. She hopes that the small white ball in her hands can deliver a message of peace. She also hopes that Syria will stop the war as soon as possible, and every child will be able to chase their dreams freely.

I tried to join the school football team,    1    the coach told me that I didn’t play well enough.    2     (obvious), I was unhappy, but I won’t quit. I’ll find a way    3    (improve) on my own so that I can make the team next year.

Yours

Wang Ping