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Esports has been approved for inclusion as a medaled sport in the 19th annual Asian Games 2022 taking place in Hangzhou, China, Sept. 10 – 25.

During the meeting, it was announced that break dancing and esports were approved to be included in the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games.

According to the announcement, esports will join "intellectual titles" of the event alongside chess, and break dancing will be added as "dance sport."

语言点

1. esports(Electronic Sports) 电子竞技，电竞

2. approve v. 赞成

· 构词:前缀ap表强调，词根prove-证明

① approve sth. （权威机构）批准某事

· Congress approved the budget.

国会批准了预算。

② approve of 喜欢，赞赏

· Caroline’s parents didn’t approve of her boyfriend.

Caroline的父母不喜欢她男朋友。

3. inclusion n. 包括

· include v. 被包含，包括

4. medaled adj. 奖牌的

· gold/silver/bronze medal 金/银/铜牌

· sb. deserve a medal 某人值得获奖，真该给某人颁个奖(调侃语气)

· If you can sit through all 10 hours of lectures, you deserve a medal.

如果你能坚持听完10个小时的讲座，真该给你颁个奖。

5. meeting n.体育赛事；会议

· sport meeting 运动会

6. intellectual adj. 智力的(the ability to think in a logical way)

· intellectual challenges 智力挑战

· intellectual property 知识产权(智慧财产权，脑力财产)

7. alongside prep. 同时出现(appear at the same time)

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