On July 19, 2013, a girl who was coming to 10 signed up on Weibo with the nickname (外号) “frog princess Gu Ailing”,
2 . Olympian weight-lifter Thodoris Iakovidis shocked the public that he cannot continue with the multiple financial difficulties he faces.
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Iakovidis’ statement shocked ordinary Greeks first of all. They launched a campaign on Twitter and Instagram to increase his followers and also attract sponsors.
Speaking to Open TV on Sunday, Iakovidis said thanking his new supporters: “The problem is not to fix my thing.
Stressing that he will continue if the conditions change, he added, “But I do not think it’s moral to continue with sponsors for another three years. Many others have to go through the same difficulties as now. I want the state mechanism to help all the athletes.”
A.I’m sorry for my failure. |
B.Real actions are a necessity. |
C.There are so many other Thodoris. |
D.He announced that he would end his career. |
E.Dozens of companies are sponsoring the event. |
F.Overnight his followers rose from 3, 000 to 120, 000. |
G.I’m not crying because I did not have a good performance. |
3 . Coco Gauff used to visit the Grand Slam tournament (大满贯锦标赛) as a kid to see her idols Serena and Venus Williams. Now she is a champion there herself. On Sept 9, the 19-year-old from the US won her first major women’s singles title at the 2023 US Open (美国网球公开赛).
After an average start, Gauff surged to a 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 victory over her bigger, stronger opponent, Aryna Sabalenka, from Belarus, who became the new world No.1 the day after the tournament ended.
Unlike the Williams sisters, who have obvious force and power, Gauff is small and slim. But she moves fast on the tennis court. Forbes magazine said, “She is the quickest and perhaps already the best returner of impossible shots in tennis history.”
Even though Sabalenka is a very powerful hitter, it felt like she had to finish each point four or five times, as Gauff’s defense was so perfect, noted The Telegraph. This ended up frustrating Sabalenka and caused her to make 46 unforced errors.
Gauff thus became the first American teenager to win the US Open since Serena Williams, then 17, in 1999. When asked about “taking the torch” from the 23-time Grand Slam winner and the similarity between their tennis careers, Gauff told ESPN, “Serena is Serena. She’s the greatest of all time... I’d hope to do half of what she did. But I’m not going to compare myself to her. She’s some one that I look up to.”
Now, Gauff’s big win has left tennis fans wondering: When’s her next Grand Slam? That’s no easy task. Two of the past four US Open women’s champions were teenagers at the time, Canada’s Bianca Andreescu in 2019 and the UK’s Emma Raducanu in 2021, and neither has come close to repeating their success yet. But one thing about Gauff is certain — that at just 19 years old, the sky’s the limit.
1. What do we know about Gauff’s performance in the game at the 2023 US Open?A.She made 46 unforced errors. | B.She was leading from the start. |
C.She defeated a stronger opponent. | D.She became world No.1 afterwards. |
A.Her force and power. | B.Her speed and defense. |
C.Her figure and height. | D.Her services and attacks. |
A.Aryna Sabalenka. | B.Bianca Andreescu. | C.Coco Gauff. | D.Serena Williams. |
A.It is hard for Gauff to push back her limits. |
B.Gauff will consider switching to other sports. |
C.Gauff has potential for greater future success. |
D.Teenage sportsmen often fail to continue their success. |
1. How did Sharapova tell the world she would leave her sporting world?
A.Through a friend. | B.Through an interview. | C.Through a magazine. |
A.Her physical condition. | B.Her business. | C.Her age. |
A.In 2004. | B.In 2006. | C.In 2012. |
A.She’s humorous. | B.She’s self-centered. | C.She’s hard-working. |
5 . The 19th Asian Games begin in Hangzhou, People’s Republic of China, on 23 September 2023, with Asia’s top athletes back in action representing their nations. Olympics.com picks 10 stars to keep an eye on. Malaysia’s diving queen Pandelela is one of them.
Pandelela has had a difficult year with injury and health issues. She will be looking to Hangzhou to turn her 2023 season — during which she has only competed twice — around. Pandelela made her season debut (首秀)in May at the 2023 Diving World Cup stop in Montreal, finishing ninth in both the individual 10m platform and mixed team events.
However, at a training camp in China in June ahead of July’s World Championships in Japan, she picked up both illness and injury again, which hampered her in Fukuoka. There, she unfortunately finished 24th in the individual platform event — missing out on the semi-finals for the first time in her career.
“Despite the setback, I will keep showing up and never give up. Because the lesson in the pool here may just be the perfect potion (解药) for what’s going to happen in the future,” she wrote on Facebook following that disappointment. Her first chance to right that wrong will come in China.
The Asian Games 2022 were postponed by a year due to pandemic, but now Asian best athletes are ready to represent their nations, five years after they last did so at the 2018. We are looking forward to witnessing more athletes like Pandelela to do their best in this Games.
1. What does the underlined word “hampered” refer to?A.inspired | B.encouraged | C.stopped | D.destroyed |
A.Pandelela has already overcome these difficulties. |
B.Hangzhou Asian Games will be a good chance for her. |
C.Pandelela’s skills are impressive but dangerous. |
D.Pandelela cannot represent her nation in diving. |
A.Determined. | B.Kind-hearted. | C.Negative. | D.Curious. |
A.Popular Athletes Around the World | B.The Hangzhou Asian Games |
C.Diving World Cup in Montreal | D.Malaysia’s Diving Queen Pandelela |
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