2021-2022学年 第11期 总第848期（2版）
Prioritizing safety at Winter Games (P2)
安徽宁国中学 秦迎

Quiz
•    How much do you know about the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics?

•    Everything you need to know about the 2022 Winter Olympics.
1. Where are the 2022 Winter Olympics being held?
The 2022 Winter Olympics will take place across three areas: Beijing downtown, its Yanqing district and co-host Zhangjiakou, Hebei province.
2. When are the Beijing Olympics taking place?
The Beijing Winter Olympics are scheduled to take place from February 4 to February 20, 2022. 
The Winter Olympics take place every four years and the Winter and Summer Games are traditionally separated by two years.
3. What are the mascots for the 2022 Winter Games? 
A giant panda named Bing Dwen Dwen(冰墩墩) is the official mascot of Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games. “Bing” means ice and also symbolizes purity and strength. “Dwen Dwen” means robust and lively and represents children.
Shuey Rhon Rhon, a lantern child ready to welcome friends from around the world, is the mascot of Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games. “Shuey” has the same pronunciation as the Chinese character for snow. The first “Rhon” in the mascot’s Chinese name means “to include, to tolerate”, while the second “Rhon” means “to melt, to fuse” and “warm”.
4. What is the motto of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics?
“Together for a Shared Future” is the official motto of the Beijing 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.

•    Do you know what it is?
 
The first editions of the Beijing 2022 Playbooks

Prediction    
What will the text probably talk about according to the title?
△Tip: Use personal experiences or clues (title, illustration or captions) to make relevant predictions.

Structure
Read the article quickly and find its structure.
Part 1 (1-2)     The background of issuing the Playbooks
Part 2 (3-8)    About the Playbooks
Part 3 (9-11)    Advantages of safety measures
△Tip: Focus on key words or topic sentences to get the structure quickly and effectively.

Summary
•    Read the article carefully and summarize the main idea of each part using your own words.
Part 1 (paras. 1-2): 
When talking about hosting a “fantastic, extraordinary and excellent” Winter Games, “safe” is a word we can’t leave out amid the pandemic.
Part 2 (paras. 3-8): 
Requirements and measures are introduced in two playbooks, which are designed respectively for athletes, team officials and other participants.
Part 3 (paras. 9-11): 
Strict and thoughtful safety measures will offer all the participants a positive experience at the Games.

•    How to write a summary of this article? 
1. After getting the structure, write down the main idea of each part based on the topic sentences and key words.
2. Use your own words 
3. Write the summary in one paragraph
4. Avoid adding personal opinions

Paras 1-2
With the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, ensuring the safety of all participants is very important for hosting a successful Winter Olympics.

Paras 3-8
The first editions of the Beijing 2022 playbooks were released to ensure the Games participants and people of China stay safe and healthy. The closed-loop management system will be adopted. All the participants will be required to compete, work and train under the guidance of the playbooks. They are strongly advised to be fully vaccinated, otherwise a 21-day quarantine after their arrival in China is a must.

Paras 9-11
Compared with the prevention measures taken in Japan, those applied in China will be stricter, which will help to ensure a safe and pleasant experience at the Games.

Words and Sentences
•    positive
Para 8: Other principles, including minimizing social interaction, testing, tracing and isolating possible positive cases are also written in the document.
Para10: There will be efforts to make sure that safety measures are carried out for a positive experience at Games. 
positive: 
1. (of a medical test) showing that a person has the disease or condition for which they are being tested 呈阳性的
2. good and pleasant 愉悦的

•    Could you paraphrase this sentence?
There will be efforts to make sure that safety measures are carried out for a positive experience at Games.
Chinese people will do their utmost to guarantee that all these prevention measures can make for a fantastic, extraordinary, excellent and safe Winter Games.

Assignments
1. Review what we learned today (how to write a summary)
2. Finish this summary by adding some linking words to make it more structured.