Source: CCTV news client
Recently, American athlete Tessa Maud posted a video on social media saying that at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics, she used her Chinese to shout "hello" to the volunteers on the sidelines, and a volunteer dressed in a pink shirt waved enthusiastically and responded with "Welcome to China" in English, which made her "can't help but burst into tears".
"Hello" and "Welcome to China", this greeting and response, simple and pure, what makes Tessa Maude tearful and extra emotional? It is the warmth and friendliness of Chinese volunteers. Although it was a short sentence, it made Tessa Maude feel at home, feeling that this was an unforgettable moment in his life.
It is understood that many foreign athletes enjoy and appreciate everything they encounter in China, and their favorite thing to do every day is to count how many volunteers they will meet and smile and wave to themselves. This detail is vivid and full of picture sense. Smile is the best language in the world, smiles from Chinese volunteers, warm and sincere.
"Let the smile become the most beautiful business card of volunteers", a college student said in his speech as a representative of university volunteers at the Yanqing Winter Olympic Village Opening Village Oath Ceremony, saying that Chinese youth should carry forward the spirit of volunteerism and steadily take over the baton of inheriting the Olympic spirit. This is a declaration of duty and a declaration of youth. In fact, it is not easy to be a good volunteer, 19,000 volunteers from millions of applicants, after standing out from the millions of applicants, received half a year of pre-competition training, including physical training, event knowledge, foreign affairs etiquette, medical first aid, psychological training and many other subjects.
It is precisely because of their well-trained, especially in their work, that they are conscientious and fulfill their mission, and "see the spirit in doing every little thing and completing every task" that the Volunteers of the Winter Olympics have been unanimously praised by many parties.
"Live as a beam of light to warm more people." Liu Yukun, a five-star volunteer at the Beijing Winter Olympics, a volunteer with disabilities, revealed in an interview that in 2008, she became the torchbearer of the Beijing Olympic Games, and at the Bird's Nest, she felt the professional service of volunteers and also came up with the idea of volunteering. From Beijing to Beijing, from torchbearers to volunteers, this span is moving. Choosing to be a volunteer is to choose to pay, choose to dedicate, choose to serve the society, choose to bring light and warmth to the society, such feelings are amazing.
The number of volunteers for the Beijing Winter Olympics announced in June 2021 exceeded 1 million, and the proportion of people aged 18-35 accounted for more than 95%. Among the 19,000 volunteers for the Beijing Winter Olympics, 94% of them are under the age of 35, and college students are the main force. So many people are enthusiastic about volunteering, making the city more humanistic and caring, and making the Beijing Winter Olympics more successful.
At the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics held recently, the story of "a snowflake" ran through the whole process. Zhang Yimou, the general director of the opening ceremony, said, "I hope to convey the common emotions of human beings through a snowflake. Everyone gathered in Beijing to form a brilliant snowflake, and the theme of 'the world is one, the world is one' jumped in front of the eyes, and also expressed the common emotion of 'together to the future'. The 19,000 volunteers are 19,000 enthusiastic "little snowflakes" who let the world see that China's image is open, sunny, rich and beautiful.
Now, the Winter Olympic volunteers who interacted with Tessa Maud have also been found, this "pink brother" from Tsinghua University, he wrote to Tessa, inviting her to come back to China to see when the epidemic is over, will take off the mask, and say the sentence "Welcome to China!" in person. ”
"You are an extremely important part of the success of this Olympic Games, it is through you that people can communicate with each other, through your attitude, people feel the hospitality of the Chinese people", this is the IOC President Bach's high praise for the Winter Olympic volunteers. It is meaningful to dedicate the strength of youth to the Olympic Games; it is worth praising the struggle to show the hospitality and civilized courtesy of the Chinese people, and to let the participants from all over the world feel the warmth of spring. Hats off to the Volunteers of the Winter Olympics, to the spirit of volunteerism!
(Wen 丨 Yu Ankang)