完形填空"It is time to present a modern China and ordinary Chinese people to the world instead of always focusing on the country's 5,000-year history," Zhang Yimou, the chief1 of the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games, said in Beijing on Friday.
The children singing the Olympic anthem (会歌) and the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics theme2 were primary school students, many with no stage experience.
Training, which began in October, mainly took place on weekends in schools or workplaces. When the rehearsals (排练) were3 in Beijing's National Stadium, where the opening ceremony would be held, the organizers had to4 desks for the children to do homework during breaks, 5 most of them were at school. Sometimes, teachers would hold classes on site while students were waiting to rehearse.
The children came from Fuping, a small county (县) in Hebei. Many live in villages and their parents are6 .
It was the first time the 44 little singers had left home to7 in Beijing, a moment even more memorable for8 during Chinese Lunar New Year, usually a time for families to get together.
"Most don't have any singing experience. It will be a(n)9 experience for them in their whole lives," said their headmaster, Liu Kai.
"They were not performing. They were playing, all very happy and relaxed," Zhang Yimou said. "We wanted to present a modern China and the lives of10 Chinese people. There were no great performers, but everyone was true, which touched the audiences' hearts."
