Remember the American girl who was moved to tears by a Beijing Winter Olympic volunteer's "Welcome to China"? On Feb. 12, 18-year-old American snowboarder Tessa Maud set out to return home crying again. In this more than a week' time, every bit of participating in the Winter Olympics has been recorded by Tesa with her mobile phone, from the opening ceremony site to the clothing, food, housing and transportation of the Winter Olympic Village, bringing netizens from all over the world to immerse herself in the Beijing Winter Olympics, which has also made her one of the hottest foreign athletes in China during the Winter Olympics.
From the time she stayed in chongli Winter Olympic Village, Tessa and her teammates were full of curiosity, first recording the electric bed in the room, "This bed can adjust the height, last night I slept until dawn!" So comfortable! ”
Subsequently, Tessa turned on the eating mode and dried three meals, indicating that the green tea cheesecake and red bean buns were very delicious. After trying sweet and sour tenderloin, dumplings, mapo tofu, and dan dan noodles, she also asked netizens, "What else should I try?" Then she tried the Kung Pao chicken on the advice of netizens, "I like the peanuts, onions, and peppers on it." It's amazing. ”
Tessa is always grateful to the staff of the Winter Olympics, and after using the meal to put the tableware, she will also say thank you to the staff who collect the tableware.
There was a comment that said: She (the staff) was really happy to hear you say thank you. Tessa replied: I really love them.
Because of Tessa's enthusiastic explanation, many Chinese netizens also found her.
The opening ceremony of the XXIV Winter Olympic Games was held at the National Stadium on the evening of February 4, and on the evening, Tesa filmed a lot of Vlogs, recording her journey from Chongli Prince Edward Station to the National Stadium and entering the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics.
Meanwhile, Tessa said in a post on social media that it was the craziest night of my life.
The video shows Tessa shouting "Hello" to the volunteers on the sidelines with her Chinese as she enters, and a volunteer in a pink shirt also enthusiastically beckons, responding in English with "Welcome to China" in English.
Some Chinese netizens noticed this scene and commented under Teshammod's video that "fold back to see the scene of 'Welcome to China' repeatedly."
On February 5, Tessa posted a video back to comment: "After I came back last night, I was lying in bed and crying because I watched the video over and over again. Tessa said that moment was the loveliest moment, and that moment was also "crazy" and "a feeling I've never experienced before."
"The guy who said to me, 'Welcome to China,' I really couldn't help but cry whenever I thought about it," Tessa said, wiping her tears. All the volunteers were nice and sweet. They were happy to see us here and we felt at home. ”
This video has also attracted the attention of netizens around the world, attracting many netizens at home and abroad to leave messages and interact. Many foreign fans were infected by the enthusiasm of the scene and praised the volunteers in the video. Many foreign netizens lamented that this is the charm of the Olympic spirit, "Chinese volunteers are so cute, they are very happy" "It is really exciting to see China break the prejudices of Western society and host this Olympic Games."
A large number of Chinese netizens also left messages under Tessa's video, and the screen was full of: Welcome to China, and also sent various warm blessings to Tessa.
At the Foreign Ministry's regular press conference on Feb. 9, even spokesman Zhao Lijian couldn't help but like the video.
After the video was moved to Weibo, it also attracted attention in China, and netizens relayed together to find this pink clothes brother - he is Sun Zeyu from Tsinghua University's third-year Energy Power College, and he is very grateful to Tessa for recording his unforgettable moments in the video.
Sun also wrote back to Tessa, saying that this natural kindness between people is the most beautiful thing, and this kind of kindness is also the concept of openness, tolerance and unity expressed in the Olympic Games, "I am honored to welcome guests from afar on behalf of everyone in the front line, this is the most cool thing I have ever done, all the love is gathered because of the Beijing Winter Olympics, and finally I wish us to go to the future together!" ”
Tessa also received the letter, and she thanked Sun and the new friends she knew: "I am grateful, I love Sun and all my new friends, thank you for supporting me, you are friendly and hospitable." ”
In the days that followed, Tessa also kept recording her daily life, and many Chinese netizens called out "good guys", "It turns out that the clips I recently watched foreigners recording the life of the Winter Olympic Village were all taken by this girl."
Tessa participated in the Snowboard Women's U-Shaped Track Skills Qualifier on the 9th, and although she did not win a medal, this Winter Olympic trip was obviously of great significance to her.
On the 12th, before Tessa returned to China, she sent a video recording the last breakfast and the last day of the trial dress in the Winter Olympic Village, and finally she couldn't help but cry again.
Netizens asked her why she was upset, and she said: "I don't want to go home." The official account of the American team left a message under her video: "We are all crying. She replied: "I'm crying!" Subsequently, netizens from all over the world came to the comment area to bid farewell and wish her a smooth journey.
During the Beijing Winter Olympics, many foreign athletes expressed their love for China - Julia Marino, an American athlete who won the runner-up in women's slope sculpting skills at the Beijing Winter Olympics, also talked about her life in the Olympic Village and her favorite food in a recent interview with the media. The contestant said that her favorite food was dumplings, and she ate about 200 of them after coming. Marino also mentioned that after training and competition, she would spend her leisure time listening to music, dancing and singing with her friends.
At the U-shaped track skills qualifier, Maltese athlete Janice Spitery took out a bean paste bag from her arms and ate it while waiting for the result, which also made Chinese netizens call it cute. Janice also revealed to reporters that Chinese food is her favorite, will eat six bean buns a day, she also said that her favorite is actually not bean paste buns, but hemp dumplings, "a day can eat 100!" ”
Upstream journalist Tang Hao