When Chinese women's volleyball team took on Serbia for the Olympic title, 70 percent of Chinese families watched live broadcast on TV, easily beating the audience rating for Lunar New Year Gala.
Pushed to the fourth place in group, China met the powerful and twotime Olympic champions Brazil who had unlimited support from their home fans in the quarter finals.
When almost no one believed they could win, the Chinese team came restored from one set down to beat the hosts 3－2 before they avenged their group loss on the Netherlands in the semifinals.
Among all the Chinese sports teams, the women's volleyball remains the most special one, whose victories had fueled Chinese confidence in the 1980s and still represent the best things that sports can offer to the Chinese: perseverance, courage and unity.
They endured extremely hard training and displayed “never say die” spirit to becoming world champions, which made the Chinese believe the country could be as strong in the world one day as the volleyball players are in sports.,
[理解]
Decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F)．
1．The Brazil sports fans did give the biggest support to the Chinese players. (F)
2．The great spirit of Chinese Women's Volleyball team inspires Chinese people. (T)
After over 30 years of reform and openingup nowadays, China believes the “women's volleyball spirit” is never outdated.
“My mom cried when I told her about Lang Ping's team's victory in Rio. She recalled her young days and said Lang was a great player. Now she is a great coach，” wrote an Internet user.
“My father leapt in the air when China won. He told me with tears in his eyes that remarkable spirit has been with the Chinese volleyball team for years，” wrote another. ,
[积累]
1．title n． (竞赛、体育比赛的)冠军
2．unlimited adj. 无限的，极大的
3．restore v. 恢复
4．avenge v. 报(某事)之仇
5．reform and openingup
改革开放
