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谷爱凌真的好厉害！ 膜拜了！

在此积累一下在China Daily上看到的这篇文章

Gu shines in Olympic debut

• debut [ˈdeɪbjuː]

  debut

Teenager wins women's big air event to stay on course for three gold medals

big air 大跳台

women's big air event 自由式滑雪女子大跳台

on course for

With the world hailing the arrival of a new sports superstar, China's freeski Olympic champion Gu Ailing wants to remain the girl next door to inspire more youngsters to push their own boundaries.

• superstar 超级明星

• hail

hail

• push their own boundaries

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  remain the girl next door 保持邻家女孩的身份？😂

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Carrying the host nation's biggest medal hope on the snow, Gu, a versatile skier competing in three events at the Beijing Winter Olympics, delivered big time on Tuesday. The 18-year-old won the freestyle skiing big air event with dazzling maneuvers.

• host nation 主办国 东道主

• versatile a.多才多艺的

• deliver big time 大放异彩

  deliver
  big time

• dazzling a.眼花缭乱的
• maneuver(=manoeuvre) n.细致巧妙的移动,精巧动作; 演习

Gu was pushed hard by silver medalist Tess Ledeux of France, who finished the first two runs on top. On her third and final run, Gu gambled on a trick she'd never done in competition before－a left double cork 1620 jump that involves four-and-a-half spins while rotating two times off-axis in the air.

• medalist n.奖牌得主

• on top n.处于领先地位；控制局面

  on top

• gamble on 冒...的风险;碰...的运气

  gamble

To a rousing reaction from the crowd, Gu landed the maneuver to take the gold with a winning total of 188.25 points, which included 93.75 from her first run after she landed a double cork 1440. Competitors do three runs and only the two best scores count toward the final total.

• rousing

  rousing

Ledeux had a chance to win the gold, but failed to nail her final run. She had to settle for the silver, while Mathilde Gremaud of Switzerland took the bronze.

• bronze 铜牌

• Switzerland 瑞士

• nail

  nail

• settle for

  settle for

"I've thought about it a lot, but to put it down (left double cork 1620 jump) for the first time on my third run in the first Olympic freeski (big air) final in history means the world to me," Gu said after her victory.

"My mom called me asking me to play (it) safe before the third run as I'd secured a medal. But I didn't listen to her and gave it a go, not trying to beat anyone but to elevate myself to the next level."

• give it a go 放手一搏
• elevate 提高

Ledeux, the 2019 world champion in the event, slumped to the snow in tears after missing out on the gold, but was gracious in her praise of Gu, despite her own disappointment.

• slump v.重重地坐下

• gracious

  gracious

"She works very hard," 20-year-old Ledeux said of Gu. "There is a very good ... (atmosphere) in freestyle skiing in general. She is very focused on her job, and she is an amazing athlete."

Gu was born in the United States to a Chinese mother and US father. When she announced in June 2019 that she would represent China at the Beijing Winter Olympics, she was subjected to criticism and unfair comments on social media in the US that her decision was driven by commercial benefits from the host nation.

她在美国的社交媒体上受到了批评和不公平的评论，认为她的决定是受主办国的商业利益驱动

• subject sb to sth

  subject sb to sth

Gu said at a news conference on Tuesday she was not trying to make anyone happy when she was questioned on the criticism she had faced following her decision to represent China.

• news conference 新闻发布会

"I know that my reasons for making the decisions I do are based on a greater common interest and something that I feel is for the greater good," she said.

• interest

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• good

  good

"And so if other people don't really believe that's where I'm coming from, then that looks like they do not have the empathy to empathize with a good heart, perhaps because they don't share the same kind of morals that I do."

• morals 道德

  也许是因为他们没有和我一样的道德观

Gu's victory at the Big Air Shougang venue in western Beijing was China's third gold medal of the Games.

• venue

  venue

After her golden start, Gu, a two-time world champion, will contest the halfpipe and slopestyle events in the co-host city, Zhangjiakou, Hebei province, starting on Sunday.

• halfpipe and slopestyle events 自由式滑雪和u型池

If she succeeds in her multi-event campaign, she will be recognized as the most versatile freestyle skier at a Winter Olympics and drive China's burgeoning winter sports market.

• burgeoning 迅速发展的

  burgeon

  burgeon

Despite her newfound fame, Gu insisted she'd continue living her life like any other teenager.

• newfound （素质或能力）新获得的

"What? Am I already an international superstar now? No way! I cannot even imagine that," an excited Gu told reporters. "I feel I am still an ordinary 18-year-old girl who just loves freestyle skiing. I still get to call my grandma after this, look after my cat, hang out with friends and play games on my phone."

She said she wanted to send a message to young people, especially girls interested in winter sports, to "just go for it and try to push the boundaries as much as they can".

• go for it

  go for it

Gu has pushed boundaries her entire life. She took to the slopes in North Lake Tahoe, California, at age 8.

谷爱凌一生都在挑战，突破自己。她在8岁时就开始在加州北太浩湖的斜坡上滑行

• slope 斜坡

Today, Gu is an Olympic champion, an incoming Stanford University student, a part-time fashion model and an accomplished piano player.

斯坦福新生！

• accomplished 才华高的；技艺高超的；熟练的

• player 演奏者

  出色的钢琴手

She is also on track to become a bright sports star in the world's most populous nation. Gu is called the "Snow Princess" by her 3.4 million followers on Sina Weibo.

• populous 人口众多的，人口密集的

• on track

  on track

• bright

  bright

Gu prides herself on understanding the two cultures she straddles, and her affinity with China is strengthened by her family's ties with Beijing.

• straddle

  straddle

• affinity 密切的关系