NBC News:

Born and raised in San Francisco, Eileen Gu announced in 2019 that she would compete for her mother’s homeland, China. The decision saw her receive abuse from anglophones on social media, and has been criticized by conservative media in recent weeks amid geopolitical tensions between Beijing and Washington.

The freestyle skier, who is also a model and student who plans to go to Stanford University, was immediately embraced and has since adorned billboards and graced the cover of Chinese Vogue.

But if she was popular before, Gu’s spectacular win Tuesday sent that support into the stratosphere.

生词短语:

anglophone

以英语为母语的人

geopolitical

地缘政治学的

skier

滑雪者

adorn

装饰; 装扮

grace

为增色; 使生辉