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广西壮族自治区梧州市苍梧县2023-2024学年八年级上学期期中英语试题
The Winter Olympics (冬奥会) is a celebration of snow and ice sports around the world. It is a special event and it only takes place once every four years. In 2022, for the first time ever in the Games' history, Beijing became the first city to have hosted (举办) both the Summer and Winter Olympics. Let's know more about the Beijing Winter Olympics.
☆Events (赛事)
The Games took place from February 4th to 20th, 2022. Its 109 events took place in Beijing, Yanqing, and Zhangjiakou in Hebei.
☆Emblem (会徽)
The emblem is called "Winter Dream". It comes from the Chinese character (汉字) "winter". At the top of the emblem is a skater rushing forward, while at the bottom (底部) is a skier.
☆Mascot (吉祥物)
The mascot for the Olympic Games is Bing Dwen Dwen, a giant panda. In Chinese, "bing" means ice and "dwen dwen" suggests health, liveliness and generosity (宽厚). Bing Dwen Dwen's helmet (头盔) stands for winter sports.
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