刚刚，谷爱凌夺冠
LearnAndRecord约 10 分钟刚刚，谷爱凌在米兰冬奥会自由式滑雪女子U型场地技巧决赛中成功卫冕，为中国代表团赢得本届冬奥会的第五枚金牌，搭档李方慧摘银，两人包揽该项目冠亚军。
🤔️小作业：
1. What can be most reasonably inferred about Gu's earnings composition?
A. Athletic success remains her dominant income source
B. Her financial profile differs structurally from typical elite athletes
C. Prize winnings outweigh endorsement contracts
D. Income levels directly correlate with medal counts
无注释原文：
Eileen Gu - the 'snow princess' who divides opinion
From: BBC
Wherever Eileen Gu goes, her fans will follow. Headlines will too.
With five medals - and the opportunity for one more on Saturday - she is the most decorated female Olympic freestyle skier in history.
But she is also someone who transcends her sport, a 22-year-old global superstar with a bank balance to make your eyes water.
China fell in love with its 'snow princess' at the Beijing 2022 Olympics where, as the poster girl of the Games, she duly delivered.
She became freestyle skiing's youngest Olympic champion with her big air and halfpipe golds at the age of 18, and the first to win three medals at the same Games when she added slopestyle silver.
Later that year, she was named one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people in the world.
"I just like being the best. I've always wanted to do that," said Gu at the Milan-Cortina Olympics, where she has added two more silver medals to her Olympic collection.
"I wanted to be the best at math when I was in kindergarten, and then I wanted to get into the best high school, and I wanted to have the highest SAT score, and then I wanted to get to the best college, and I wanted to be the best skier I could be. Then I wanted to do every event, and then I wanted to win them all. When you get a taste of it, it's kind of addictive."
On and off skis, Gu is a high achiever in every part of her world.
California-born and raised by an American father and Chinese mother, she attended private school in San Francisco and is currently taking a sabbatical from her studies at Stanford University, where she majors in international relations and previously studied quantum physics.
She is also fluent in Mandarin, and as a child would spend summers in Beijing.
"Sometimes it feels like I'm carrying the weight of two countries on my shoulders," Gu said earlier in the 2026 Games.
In 2019, at the age of just 15, she switched her sporting allegiance from the US to China, wanting to "inspire millions of young people in Beijing - my mother's birthplace" before the 2022 Olympics.
Whatever her reasoning, it was a decision that proved lucrative.
In December, Forbes ranked Gu as the fourth-highest paid female athlete for 2025, behind only tennis players Coco Gauff, Aryna Sabalenka and Iga Swiatek.
But unlike those three, only a tiny amount of her $23.1m (£17.1m) income last year came from prize money from her sport - around $100,000 (£74,000).
Instead, it comes through endorsements with brands such as Red Bull, Porsche and Tiffany & Co, while she has walked the runway for Louis Vuitton and Victoria's Secret and is signed by modelling agency IMG.
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注：完整题目见本文开头；中文文本为BBC官方译文，仅供参考
含注释全文：
Eileen Gu - the 'snow princess' who divides opinion
From: BBC
Wherever Eileen Gu goes, her fans will follow. Headlines will too.
无论谷爱凌走到哪里，她的粉丝都会跟到哪里，媒体头条亦会跟到哪。
With five medals - and the opportunity for one more on Saturday - she is the most decorated female Olympic freestyle skier in history.
五面奖牌在手——周六还有机会再添一金——她已成为奥运史上奖牌最多的女子自由式滑雪选手。
decorate
decorate /ˈdek.ə.reɪt/ 表示“（尤指授予奖章以）嘉奖，表彰”，英文解释为“to reward or honour a person by giving them something, especially a medal”举个🌰：They were decorated for their part in the rescue. 他们因在此次救援行动中的表现而受到嘉奖。
decorated作形容词时，表示“荣获殊荣的”、“获奖众多的”、“荣誉等身的”，如：the most decorated athlete 获得奖牌/荣誉最多的运动员，a highly decorated veteran 荣获多项勋章的退伍军人，a decorated career 硕果累累的职业生涯。
But she is also someone who transcends her sport, a 22-year-old global superstar with a bank balance to make your eyes water.
她更是超越运动范畴地存在，这位22岁的全球巨星拥有令人咋舌的银行存款。
transcend
transcend /trænˈsend/ 表示“超越，超过，超出（尤指界限）”，英文解释为“to go beyond the usual limits of something”举个🌰：The desire for peace transcended differences. 对和平的渴望超越了分歧。
🎬电影《云图》（Cloud Atlas）中的台词提到：One may transcend any convention, if only one can first conceive of doing so. 一个人可以打破任何陈规，只要这个人能首先想到这样做。
bank balance
bank balance /ˈbæŋk ˌbæl.əns/ 表示“银行存款，账户余额”，英文解释为“the amount of money in a bank account”举个🌰：I checked my bank balance online. 我在网上查看存款余额。
China fell in love with its 'snow princess' at the Beijing 2022 Olympics where, as the poster girl of the Games, she duly delivered.
中国在2022北京冬奥爱上了这位“冰雪公主”——作为冬奥形象代言人，她完美兑现了承诺。
She became freestyle skiing's youngest Olympic champion with her big air and halfpipe golds at the age of 18, and the first to win three medals at the same Games when she added slopestyle silver.
18岁时，她凭借空中技巧与U型场两金成为自由式滑雪最年轻奥运冠军；随后再夺坡面障碍技巧银牌，成为单届冬奥首个摘得三枚奖牌的选手。
Later that year, she was named one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people in the world.
同年稍晚，她获《时代》杂志评选为全球百大最具影响力人物之一。
"I just like being the best. I've always wanted to do that," said Gu at the Milan-Cortina Olympics, where she has added two more silver medals to her Olympic collection.
“我就是喜欢成为最强者，这始终是我的追求。”在米兰-科尔蒂纳冬奥赛场上，谷爱凌如此说道。本次赛事她再添两面银牌，丰富了个人奥运奖牌收藏。
"I wanted to be the best at math when I was in kindergarten, and then I wanted to get into the best high school, and I wanted to have the highest SAT score, and then I wanted to get to the best college, and I wanted to be the best skier I could be. Then I wanted to do every event, and then I wanted to win them all. When you get a taste of it, it's kind of addictive."
“幼稚园时我想成为数学最强者，接着想考进顶尖高中，追求最高SAT分数，然后进入顶尖大学，成为最优秀的滑雪选手。后来我想挑战所有项目，并赢得所有冠军。当你尝到胜利滋味，就会上瘾。”
addictive
addictive /əˈdɪk.tɪv/ 表示“（活动或食品）使人上瘾的，使人入迷的”，英文解释为“An addictive activity or food is one that you cannot stop doing or eating once you have started.”举个🌰：The problem with video games is that they're addictive. 电子游戏的问题在于它们会使人上瘾。
On and off skis, Gu is a high achiever in every part of her world.
无论在滑雪场上或日常生活中，谷爱凌都是个成就斐然的人物。
California-born and raised by an American father and Chinese mother, she attended private school in San Francisco and is currently taking a sabbatical from her studies at Stanford University, where she majors in international relations and previously studied quantum physics.
这位在加州出生、由美国父亲与中国母亲抚养长大的运动员，曾就读旧金山私立学校，目前正从斯坦福大学暂停学业休假。她在该校主修国际关系，此前曾研习量子物理学。
sabbatical
sabbatical /səˈbæt.ɪ.kəl/ 表示“（大学老师用于研究或旅行且通常带薪的）学术休假”，英文解释为“a period of time when college or university teachers are allowed to stop their usual work in order to study or travel, usually while continuing to be paid”如：to take/have a sabbatical 学术休假。
quantum
quantum /ˈkwɒn.təm/ 表示“量子”，英文解释为“the smallest amount or unit of something, especially energy”如：quantum theory 量子理论。
She is also fluent in Mandarin, and as a child would spend summers in Beijing.
她精通普通话，童年时每逢夏季便会前往北京度假。
"Sometimes it feels like I'm carrying the weight of two countries on my shoulders," Gu said earlier in the 2026 Games.
“有时感觉自己肩负着两个国家的期望，”谷爱凌在2026年冬奥赛前坦言。
In 2019, at the age of just 15, she switched her sporting allegiance from the US to China, wanting to "inspire millions of young people in Beijing - my mother's birthplace" before the 2022 Olympics.
2019年，年仅15岁的她将体育国籍从美国转为中国，希望在2022年冬奥前“激励数百万北京年轻人——那是我母亲的故乡”。
allegiance
allegiance /əˈliː.dʒəns/ 表示“（对统治者、国家、群体或信仰的）忠诚，忠贞；拥戴，拥护”，英文解释为“loyalty and support for a ruler, country, group, or belief”举个🌰：As an Englishman who'd lived for a long time in France, he felt a certain conflict of allegiances when the two countries played soccer. 作为一个在法国生活了很长时间的英国人，当两国足球队比赛时，对于要支持哪一方，他的内心会有一番思想斗争。
Whatever her reasoning, it was a decision that proved lucrative.
无论出于何种考量，这项决定最终带来丰厚回报。
lucrative
lucrative /ˈluːkrətɪv/ 表示“（尤指生意、职位或活动）赚钱的，盈利的”，英文解释为“(especially of a business, job, or activity) producing a lot of money”举个🌰：The merger proved to be very lucrative for both companies. 事实证明，这次兼并使两家公司都获利丰厚。
In December, Forbes ranked Gu as the fourth-highest paid female athlete for 2025, behind only tennis players Coco Gauff, Aryna Sabalenka and Iga Swiatek.
去年12月，《福布斯》（Forbes）将谷爱凌列为2025年全球收入第四高的女性运动员，仅次于网球选手科科·高夫（Coco Gauff）、阿里娜·萨巴伦卡（Aryna Sabalenka）与伊加·斯瓦泰克（Iga Swiatek）。
But unlike those three, only a tiny amount of her $23.1m (£17.1m) income last year came from prize money from her sport - around $100,000 (£74,000).
但与这三位选手不同的是，她去年2310万美元（约合1710万英镑）的收入中，仅有约10万美元（7.4万英镑）来自赛事奖金。
Instead, it comes through endorsements with brands such as Red Bull, Porsche and Tiffany & Co, while she has walked the runway for Louis Vuitton and Victoria's Secret and is signed by modelling agency IMG.
相反，她的收入主要来自红牛、保时捷和蒂芙尼等品牌的代言合作，同时她曾为路易威登和维多利亚的秘密走秀，并与IMG模特经纪公司签约。
endorsement
endorsement /ɪnˈdɔːs.mənt/ 1）表示“支持，认可”，英文解释为“the act of saying that you approve of or support something or someone”举个🌰：The campaign hasn't received any endorsements. 此活动未得到任何支持。
2）表示“名人为某商品做广告，名人代言”，英文解释为“the fact of a famous person appearing in an advertisement saying that they use and like a product”如：products that carry an endorsement from a celebrity 名人代言做广告的商品。
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