“When side by side two rabbits go, who can tell the buck (雄兔) from the doe (雌兔)?” China’s Yang Jingru and Li Jinzi “played the buck and the doe” in the women’s 1,500m short track speed skating (短道速滑) event of the Winter Youth Olympic Games on Jan 20th, 2024.
They used the classic “rabbit strategy ( 策略) ”. The key of the “rabbit strategy” is teamwork of two skaters. One skater nuns very fast from the start, while the other stays behind. This is different from the usual 1,500m speed skating strategy of keeping the same speed and then speeding up in the last few turns.
Using the “rabbit strategy”, after the first turn, Yang suddenly skated at full speed. She ran one turn faster than the other skaters and stayed at the back of the group all the time, but nobody noticed it.
Working with Yang, Li changed between the front and the back in the first half of the race. This made the other skaters wonder who was the “leading rabbit”. In fact, when the bell rang and showed that there was only one turn to go, everyone had tvo turns left except Yang. As a result, Yang and Li rushed the finish line successfully while others were getting into a mess.
The two Chinese short track speed players cleverly use the “rabbit strategy”. They won both gold and silver medals, making it a victory at the Winter Youth Olympics.
【小题1】Where was Yang during her last lap (圈)?
| A．① | B．② | C．③ | D．④ |
| A．success | B．failure | C．fairness | D．joke |
| A．The key of the “rabbit strategy” is patience. |
| B．Li’s role in the race is to make other skaters wonder. |
| C．Chinese people love the rabbit very much. |
| D．Both Yang Jingru and Li Jinzi won gold medals in the Game. |
| A．Chinese sayings. | B．Care for health. |
| C．A sports event. | D．Share your feelings. |
Football fans’ earth-shaking energy
In the early 2016, a group of students from the University of Leicester began a project to study earthquakes.
The students were a little surprised, however, by certain smaller spikes. What could have caused them?
| A．Football fans, as it turns out. |
| B．Every time a Leicester player scored a goal, the machine would show a small spike, just like a natural earthquake. |
| C．In primary school near the university, they installed(安装) an earthquake-measuring machine and tested it with known earthquakes. |
| D．The fans’ response to this achievement showed up as a level 0.3 earthquake on the Leicester University machine. |
| E．It even picked up the waves from an earthquake in Japan—almost halfway around the world. |
| Breakdancing (霹雳舞) The breakdancing event was held from Sept 22 to 25 at the National Extreme Sports Training Base in Li shui, Nanjing. Yang Kai who gained popularity after being on the variety show Street Dance of China, was the head coach of the breakdancing team of Sichuan province. During an interview, he said that the team’s goal was not only the National Games, but also the 2022 Asian Games and the 2024 Paris Olympics. |
| Surfing (冲浪) The surfing event debuted (首次出现) in the l4th National Games, featuring a total of 50 athletes and 13 teams. It was held in Wanning, a coastal city in Hainan province, as it has 109 kilometers of coast line and waves up to three meters tall. Qiu Zhuo and Huang Yingying from Hainan province won the men’s and women’s surfing events respectively on Sept 11. |
| Square dancing (广场舞) Performance-type competition events combine onlined and offlined ways. The participants needed to record videos of their performances and submit (提交) them to the organizing committee. The committee invited Internet users to review the performances and vote for their favorites. Then the finalists (决赛选手) attended the offline competition. This year 1,904 athletes from 30 regions participated in the event. |
| A．the 2021 National Games |
| B．the 2022 Asian Games |
| C．the 2024 Paris Olympic |
| D．the online competition |
| A．minus. |
| B．mix. |
| C．double. |
| D．work. |
| A．The surfing event first appeared in the 14th National Games. |
| B．There are the most athletes in the breakdancing competition. |
| C．Wanning has 109 kilometers of coast line and waves up to thirteen meters tall. |
| D．The committee invited Internet users to vote and then choose the winner directly. |
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 | I’m in trouble. Last week, we had a football match, and we lost. We played well, but one teammate didn’t do his best, I think. It was like he wasn’t even on the court! Disappointed by his behaviour, I said all this to my best friend. But he told everyone else what I’d said. I’m really angry with my friend-what should I say to him? And should I say anything at all to my teammate? | |||
 | Reply There is an old American saying, “Loose lips sink ships.” This means that if you speak too much about something, especially to people who you don’t know so well, it’ll cause all kinds of trouble. Maybe now you’re in this situation. Forget all these unhappy things. Like 13 | |||
 | Reply Perhaps most importantly, think about your own behaviour. When filled with anger, you would say whatever comes to your mind. You might hurt others. Take a deep breath, calm down, and always remember: think first, speak later. Like 11 | |||
 | Reply In my view（观点）, you should do what your parents ask. They’re much older than you and you should respect them. It’s their house you live in and their money you spend! Like 10 | |||
 | Reply Here’s what you need to do. First, apologise to your teammate. Have a chat with him, and tell him directly and honestly that you were talking without thinking. Then tell your friend you’re angry with him for repeating what you said and making the situation worse, but you hope your friendship will move on. Like 10 | |||
| A．discuss the match | B．show football skills |
| C．get help from others | D．catch his teammate’s attention |
| A．It’s polite of you to apologise in time. |
| B．It’s important to ask your parents for help. |
| C．It’s necessary to say whatever comes to your mind. |
| D．It’s helpful to keep calm when you’re angry. |
| A．Betty’s. | B．Lingling’s. | C．Ms Li’s. | D．Daming’s. |
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