谷爱凌的巅峰时刻

李全忠

谷爱凌，2003年9月3日出生于美国加利福尼亚州圣弗朗西斯科，昵称“青蛙公主”，是中国女子自由式滑雪运动员。2022年，她夺得北京冬奥会自由式滑雪女子大跳台和U型场地技巧的两枚金牌。

1Teen freestyle skiing sensation Eileen Gu won herfirst gold medal at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics inthe womens big air competition， sparking an extremelyhappy celebration in the stands and on Chinese media.

2Gu jumped into the top position with her thirdrun， scoring 94.50 with a 1620 performance and a perfect landing—making her totalscore 188.25 in the events debut at the Winter Olympics.

3She narrowly beat Frances Tess Ledeux， who took the silver medal with a score of187.50. Switzerlands Mathilde Gremaud won the bronze medal.

4“That was the best moment of my life. The happiest moment， day， whatever—of mylife. I just cannot believe what just happened，”said Gu after her win， according to theOlympic site.“That was a trick I have never done before， had never attempted before.”

5Fans filled the stands to cheer for Gu， who was born in the United States but decidedin 2019 to compete for China. Known as the“snow princess”in China， Gu—already areigning world champion—has become the unofficial face of Chinas Olympic ambitions.

6Supporters waved Chinese flags and blue Beijing 2022 flags， and erupted into cheerswhen her score was announced.

7Ledeux， who had been leading the competition until the last run when she over?balanced on the landing， sank to the ground in tears after the final result. Gu andGremaud both knelt on the snowy floor to console her， pulling Ledeux into a hug and rub⁃bing her back.

8The Chinese social media exploded in joy after Gus victory. The topic dominatedsearches on Chinas Twitter⁃like platform Weibo， where seven of the 10 top trending topicswere all about Gus win. Fans on her Weibo， where she has 6.5 million followers， left morethan 90，000 comments in just half an hour after her win. Related hashtags， such as“GuAiling won the gold medal”， received more than 300 million views within an hour—eventu⁃ally crashing the entire Weibo site due to the massive number of users.

Reading Check

Inference

1. What can we infer about Gus first gold medal？

A. She won the medal with much confidence.

B. She narrowly beat her competitor.

C. She has finished the trick many times.

D. She won with the help of Tess Ledeux.

Vocabulary

2. What does the underlined word“console”in paragraph 7 mean？

A. Comfort.

B. Chase.

C. Strike.

D. Instruct.

Detail

3. What does the last paragraph stress most？

A. Gus fans.

B. Trending topics.

C. Gus popularity.

D. Worldwide views.

Inference

4. Which of the following words can best describe Gu？

A. Enthusiastic and easy⁃going.

B. Ambitious and cautious.

C. Cooperative and generous.

D. Courageous and professional.

Language

Study

Ⅰ. Discover useful structures in the text

1. 现在分词作结果状语

Gu jumped into the top position with her third run， scoring 94.50 with a 1620 perfor⁃mance and a perfect landing—making her total score 188.25 in the events debut at theWinter Olympics. 在第三輪比赛中，谷爱凌以双周偏轴转体1620度的高难度动作和完美落地获得94.50分，跃居第一，这使她在冬奥会滑雪首秀中获得总分188.25分。

2. who引导的非限制性定语从句

Ledeux， who had been leading the competition until the last run when she overbal⁃anced on the landing， sank to the ground in tears after the final result. 此前，勒德一直领先，但在最后一场比赛中，她在落地时失去平衡。最终结果公布后，她泪流满面地倒在地上。

Ⅱ. Memorize some theme⁃centered chunks

cheer for 为……喝彩;为……加油

compete for 为……比赛

erupt into 爆发出

in tears 流着泪;含着泪

more than 多于;比……多

the number of ……的数量