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课时作业(十八)选择性必修第二册Unit2Sportsculture

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Praisedas“EdgarSnowintheNewEra”，BritishjournalistAndrewMoodydevotedhimselftoaccuratelyreportingonChinaforoveradecade.BorninNottinghamshireinSeptember,1960,Moodysinterestinjournalismbeganatage15.Whatcamenextwasastoriedcareerthatwouldlast4decades.AvisittoShenzhen,GuangdongProvince,in1997turnedhisattentiontoChina.Duringthatvisit,hewassurprisedbythegreatchangesthathadtakenplaceinChina.MoodybeganworkingforChinaDailyin2008.Inhis13yearsatthepaper,hepublishedmorethan1millionwordsinthenewspapergroupsdifferentpublications.

“Thesestoriesaimtoexplainthestrategies(策略)andaimsoftheChinesegovernmenttoawideraudience,andalsolookatthechallengesanddifficultiesitfaces，”Moodywrote.“IalsoattachimportancetoissueswhichgolargelyignoredinthemainstreamWesternmedia,whichoftenfailtoprovideafullortrueimage(形象)ofChina.”

TobettercoverChina,Moodyreadalot.InhisBeijingapartment,thereweremorethan160booksaboutthenation.SuQiang,aChinaDailyeditorwhoworkedwithMoodyfor8years,said,“HereadallthebooksthattopexpertshadwrittenaboutChina,andhecloselyfollowedhowtheworldviewedChina.”Moodyalsolearnedtospeakmandarin,traveledtomostprovincesandautonomousregionsthroughoutChinaandexposedhimselftotheChinesewayoflife.

“Chinaismovingintoanewerainwhichitismuchmoreconfidentaboutitspositionandstatusintheworld.Ihaveadefinitesenseofhistoryinthemaking，”saidMoody.Hehopedthathecouldbeoneofthewitnessesandreportersofthishistorictime.

“Soevenwhenhewassufferingfromaseriousdisease,Moodystillsoldieredon.Allhecaredaboutwaswhetherhecouldkeeponworking，”saidWangLiping,Moodysattendingdoctor.

WhenhepassedawayinJune,2021,manypeopleweresad.“Hisdeathwill