On the evening of February 8, Beijing Awards Plaza China's Gu Ailing happily bit the first Olympic gold medal, Gu Ailing's legendary experience after winning the championship repeatedly brushed the screen, dominating the hot search, and at the press conference she encountered a lot of "special" questions, the reporters present pinched a sweat for the 18-year-old her, did not expect that this sharp-toothed little sister with her own super high emotional intelligence and IQ to hand, these sensitive issues have been softened, and finally made the whole conference easy and warm.
The question of nationality
The focus is on Gu Ailing's nationality: "What is your current nationality?" Are you still American? "Do you live more in China or in the United States?" "How do you balance life between two countries?"
In response, Gu Ailing responded: "I am very grateful to the United States and the American team, because they have always been very supportive of me. At the same time, I am also very grateful to China and the Chinese team, because I have received a lot of support and help here. I think sports can unite everyone, sports do not need to be related to nationality, all of us are here in the hope that we can continue to expand the limits of human beings. ”
Faced with the question of how long a year she will be divided between the United States and China, Gu Ailing said with a smile: "I spend nearly 30% of my time in China every year, you see, my Chinese is also very slippery, my mother is from Beijing, my grandmother is also in Beijing." In fact, I can see my home in Beijing at the top of the big jumping platform. I especially like Chinese food, I like the dishes made by my grandmother, and I like the Chinese food in the Winter Olympic Village. After a pause, Gu Ailing continued: "I will be very comfortable when I am in the United States and China. I think that sport must be used to unite human beings, not to divide us. ”
In response to the recent criticism of individual American netizens, Gu Ailing said in an interview: "I don't want to make everyone satisfied... I know that my heart is good, and I also know that the decisions I make are based on the interests of all people, and I feel that this will bring greater benefits. If someone doesn't believe that this is what I meant, then it just means that they don't have enough empathy to understand the kindness of others, probably because they have different values than me. If someone doesn't believe me or doesn't like me, then it's their loss. They can't be Olympic champions. ”
As a Beijing girl, guess what is Gu Ailing's favorite food? "In the past few days, I have eaten a lot of dumplings, but what I want to eat most is Peking duck. Not only because of the good taste, I prefer the process of sliced ducks: the cutting method of more than a hundred knives is really especially like art... Why ask me this question, I'm hungry now! The joking words caused a burst of laughter at the scene.
Netizen comments: Confident and frank ▽
True Scholar: Ranked in the top 0.4% of the United States "Before, I was a full-time student, I had classes from Monday to Friday, and I probably only skied 65 days a year. 2020 is my first year of full-time skiing, and I feel like I have a lot of training time, so I can do my movements very comfortably and know that I can fall (successfully) every time. "Gu Ailing once said that it is very happy to have more time to ski.
After being widely known for her super high SAT scores and the identity of a new Stanford student, Gu Ailing's heat has ranged from "breaking the circle" of ice and snow to education.
On December 14, 2020, Gu Ailing announced that he was admitted to Stanford University, an Ivy League university in the United States. Her U.S. SAT ("American College Entrance Examination") score is 1580, while the perfect score is 1600. There is such a question on Zhihu: "What is the level of 1580 score of 1580 for skier Gu Ailing?" A senior teacher of toeflation and SAT tests said: "This means that she may be wrong in all grammar reading and math problems." Judging by the annual exam rankings, she should be in the top 1% of all exam students. "Your grades are in the top 1%!" In the face of admiration, Gu Ailing proposed a more accurate number: "It is the first 0.4%. ”
Her mother graduated from Stanford University, and her father was a Harvard graduate, and Gu Ailing was often asked whether "Tiger Mom" had made her successful. Gu Ailing does not deny that her mother has a great influence on her, she describes her as "very powerful, very confident, very brave". Gu Ailing has also mentioned many times the strict, more important to learn, good at encouraging grandmother. "I set the hardest goal for myself because my grandmother told me not to be afraid, do you think the things you are afraid of are because it is difficult? Is it because you feel like you can't do it? But you can actually do anything. ”
When these goals arise, the mother also gives timely guidance and encouragement. When she was three or four years old, Gu Ailing once asked her mother what the best universities in the world and the most difficult universities were. The answer was All Stanford, the school her mother attended. "Since then, I've thought I had to go to Stanford."
(Morning News)