简体

Drop In - Sun Zhifeng, Cai Xuetong, Liu Jiayu
降落— 孙志峰、蔡雪彤、刘佳宇

Intro

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• half pipe
• run
• drop in

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The sport of half pipe snowboarding is one of the newest and most exciting events in the Winter Olympics. Athletes perform tricks in the air as they move from one end of the half pipe to the other. Judges score each run based on how much risk it involved and how well the snowboarder performed her tricks. So the more risk you take, the better chance you have at earning a high score…and the more likely it is that you might crash!

Some of the toughest female competitors in snowboarding at the Winter Olympics this year are from China. Liu Jiayu, Sun Zhifeng, and Cai Xuetong are ranked number 2, 3 and 4 in the world for the female half pipe competition. Jason spoke with the team shortly after they arrived in Vancouver, British Columbia, for the games. Find out what these fearless women had to say.

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Dialog

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2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.

Jason

CCTV

Sun_Zhifeng

Cai_Xuetong

Liu_Jiayu

Jason:  We’re here at the Vancouver airport about to drop in on the Chinese snowboarding team. When you drop in on someone, you visit them unexpectedly. So we hope we can talk to some of these athletes and learn what “drop in” means for snowboarders. As the athletes got off the plane, English, baby! and Chinese State Television were there to meet them.

CCTV:  Currently, Liu Jiayu, Sun Zhifeng, and Cai Xuetong are ranked number 2, 3 and 4 in the world for female half pipe competition. The arrival of Chinese Olympic snowboarding team attracted American media attention, so the 3 female Olympians each expressed their thoughts about the Olympics in English.

Jason:  18-year-old Sun Zhifeng tried out a new phrase.

Sun_Zhifeng:  I am a new Olympian.

Jason:  And so did Cai Xuetong.

Cai_Xuetong:  I am happy to be in Vancouver.

Jason:  Since we dropped in on her for a visit, we asked Liu Jiayu to explain what “drop in” means for snowboarders. What does it mean to drop in?

Liu_Jiayu:  Drop in is the starting of the half pipe.

Jason:  Since the games have already begun, the Chinese snowboarding team was eager to get settled in at the Olympic Village. But we were able to drop in on Liu Jiayu and we learned that to drop in means to start in a half pipe. You drop in from the top and then you’re in the half pipe. Let’s review Liu Jiayu’s definition of drop in.

Liu_Jiayu:  Drop in is the starting of the half pipe.

Jason:  This is English, baby!

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