2022-2023年英语周报七年级第42期答案汇总

In 2007,Bianca Valenti had an experience which nearly killed her. When she paddled out at Ocean Beach in San Francisco, she met awave the length of a garage and as tall as a two-story house.

“The second I went under water, I was just getting knocked and spun every which way. And then my feet touched the sand bottom there. Iswam to the surface. At this point my lungs were burning painfully. I just thought to myself, ‘If there’s one more wave after this, I’m going todie.’ Luckily there wasn’t another wave. ”That was when Valenti knew she had the drive and skill to surf big waves.

By 2014, Valenti surfed and won her first big waves contest at Nelscott Reef in Oregon. There, she met fellow professionals Paige Alms,Andrea Moller, and Keala Kennelly. “Two things got me fired up at that point,” she said. “I wanted to have the opportunity to win moreevents, but there weren’t more events for women. Also I noticed that just the sight of women surfing big waves was opening people’sminds... That’s really annoying.” Luckily, Valenti, Alms, Moller, and Kennelly became a dynamic foursome and decided to stick together,support each other, and then fight together.