墨尔本PTE素材库——Youngest Olympian

墨尔本PTE素材库——Youngest Olympian

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这段视频的主要内容，是关于2016年里约奥运会上最年轻的运动员——Gaurika。

这段视频的生词很少，而且内容相对较为简单。无论是PTE目标为65+的学生，还是PTE50+的学生，对于这段视频不应该有太多的不理解，或者transcript中不应该有很多不认识的单词哦！这段视频中也没有专业性较强的词汇，所以可以把这篇PTE的素材看作是一篇很基础的练习哦！

澳大利亚语言学院会定期整理一些PTE的素材库，让各位PTE的考生，能够在平时练习的时候就能接触到一些和official questions criteria相近的话题素材，不但能够锻炼PTE考生的听力和复述的能力，也能在消化每篇素材的过程中提高自己的阅读能力以及词汇量。例如这篇关于youngest Olympian的文章，大家可以试着re-tell这段视频的内容，并回答以下几个问题：

• 这位最年轻的运动员今年几岁？
• 她代表哪个国家参赛？目前居住在哪里？

回答不出的小伙伴们，赶紧照着Full transcript来学习啦！

【Key Vocabulary】

Tablets: 药片，平板电脑，便签

Chilling: 寒冷的，冷漠的

Represent: 代表

Loads of: 大量，许多

Ceremony: 典礼，仪式

Throughout: 自始至终，贯穿，遍及

Screaming: 尖叫的，使人惊叹的

Bronze: 铜，铜的

Full Transcript

While it’s amazing that Aussie gold medallist Kyle is still at high school there is one athlete at the Olympics who’s only just graduated primary school! Gaurika is 13-years old making her the youngest person to compete at Rio. UK kids news show Newsround caught up with her to find out what it’s like.

RICKY, NEWSROUND: Most 13-year-olds are worried about school, playing games on their tablets and smart phones or just chilling with their mates. But imagine being 13-years-old and representing your country in the Olympics.

Gaurika has spent the last few days doing loads of interviews. That’s because the world wants to speak to the youngest athlete here at the Olympics.

GAURIKA: Yeah, well I felt really proud, hopefully I’ve made them proud as well

She’s representing Nepal, a country in South Asia where she was born. More than 10 years ago her family moved to England but last year she earned the right to represent Nepal in swimming

GAURIKA: My Dad’s out here with but my Mum and my grandparents are in England watching with my brother.

Earlier this week she got her taste of an Olympic Games, and being at the opening ceremony was a huge deal

GAURIKA: Yeah, there was like a wall throughout the whole opening ceremony, and then you’d see Brazil come out and there was screaming and there were people dancing, it was amazing

The teenager still can’t believe she’s here in Rio, and now she wants to talk about the country she loves and hopefully win medals for, Nepal, at the next summer Olympics in 2020.

RICKY: Tom Daley was one of the youngest ever athletes back in Bejing in 2008 and look at him. He went on to win bronze twice in London and now here. Do you think you’ll be able to medal one day?

GAURIKA: Well, I hope so. Hopefully I can qualify for 2020 Tokyo, so let’s hope for the best

RICKY: Is that the next kind of aim for you then?

GAURIKA: Yeah that’s the next aim hopefully.

(Source: http://www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s4519620.htm)