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Zheng Qinwen announced herlf as a major new force in women’s tennis with an important French Open debut(首秀) last month. Now the Chine teenager hopes the fighting spirit she showed at the Grand Slam (大满贯) tournament can encourage kids starting out in the sport to cha their dreams on the court with the same determination.
朴实近义词“If tennis is your dream, I think you always have to fight for your dream. Becau we only have one life, you shouldn’t have any regrets,” Zheng said last week in an interview.
The 19-year-old showed she posss the talent to be a contender at the very top level of tennis with a breakout campaign at French Open.
Accounting for two-time Grand Slam winner Simona Halep along the way, Zheng’s journey was ended in the fourth round by a three-t defeat to eventual champion Iga Swiatek. Zheng, though, gave the Polish world No. 1 a big scare, battling back from 3-0 down in the first t to force and win a tiebreak(平分决胜局).
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“That was the first time I had played against the world No.1, so I really wanted to grab this chance so I could judge her level and test mylf,” said Zheng. “I didn’t want to give her the match so easy like that. It was pretty difficult for me to hold on in that match becau of what my body was going through, but I wanted to show her I’m not easily beaten.”
Looking back at Zheng Qinwen’s performances in this year’s French Open, there’s no doubt that she’s a true fighter. Zheng says she avoids being discouraged by higher-ranked opponents by simply focusing on the next point, one shot at a time. Supported by her team, she hopes she can one day win a Grand Slam title.
Zheng’s impressive French Open run has inevitably(不可避免地) led to comparisons with China’s solitary Grand Slam singles champion Li Na, who won the 2011 French Open and 2014 Australian Open titles.
“When I was a kid, Li Na showed that Asian people also can do something really good in tennis. She was the first one. I will just focus on my own game and then let’s e if I can r
eally compete at the highest level,” said Zheng.
生椒牛肉面1．What does the underlined word “contender” in paragraph 3 mean?
A．Competitor B．Announcer. C．Campaigner. D．Designer.
2．What is the result of the match between Zheng and Iga Swiatek?
浓度的计算公式A．Iga Swiatek beat Zheng easily.
B．Zheng lost to Iga Swiatek at last.
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C．Zheng won the match despite her pain.
D．Iga Swiatek lost becau of her mistakes.
3．Why is Li Na mentioned in paragraph 7?
A．To show how excellent Zheng Qinwen is.
B．To prove failure is the mother of success.
金8帝国C．To explain why Li Na has achieved a lot.
D．To compare the difference between Zheng Qinwen and Li Na.
4．Which of the following can best describe Zheng Qinwen?
厌学原因A．Optimistic and generous B．Adventurous and realistic.
C．Independent and helpful D．Struggling and determined.
The Best Books of 2020
On Monday, the American Library Association announced the top children’s books of 2020. Here are the winners.
Devotion
Author Clare Vanderpool took home the John Newbery Medal for outstanding contribution to children’s literature for 巧克力品牌排行榜前十名Moon over Manifest. The book is about a young girl’s magical adventures in a small Kansas town, in 1936.
Vanderpool said that she was shocked to learn that she had won. “You grow up reading legendary authors like Madeleine L’Engle, but I never expected to be put in a category with her,” Vanderpool told TFK, “It’s fabulous”.
Picture This
The picture book A Sick Day for Amos McGee won the Randolph Caldecott Medal. The book was illustrated by Ein E. Stead and written by her husband, Philip C．Stead. It tells the story of an elderly zookeeper and the animals that visit him when he’s not well enough to go to work.
“I love drawing animals and I love drawing people and I love drawing the emotional connection between animals and people,” said Stead.
More Honored Books
The Coretta Scott King award, given to an African-American author and illustrator of “outstanding books for children and young adults”, went to Rita Williams-Garcia for One
Crazy Summer. Set in 1968, the novel follows three sisters from Brooklyn, New York, who visit their mother, a poet who ran away years ago and lives in California, and later learn much about family, their country and themlves.
The king prize for best-illustrated work went to Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave. The book, which was written by Laban Carrick Hill and illustrated by Bryan Collier, tells the story of a skilled potter who engraved his poems on the clay pots and jars that he made. The enslaved potter, known only as Dave, lived in South Carolina in the 1800s.
