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In September 2025, a basketball court (篮球场) in Guizhou saw the friendship between Chinese and American youth. (1)
A
group of 80 American students and teachers from the “Youth in Motion” programme visited China. Their (2)
first
(one) stop was Guizhou. They played two (3)
friendly
(friend) basketball games with the villagers in Taipan Village.
The “competition” is different (4)
from
the usual ones. There were no strict rules and no one (5)
seemed
(seem) to care about the result of the “competition”—their focus was on fun and friendship. “I’m here (6)
to make
(make) friends, not to win or lose,” said Trey Collier, one of the American students. Instead of discussing strategies (讨论策略) before the game, he and his Chinese teammates were more (7)
excited
(exciting) to plan a celebration. Jadin Hook, another American student, enjoyed these games (8)
without
strict rules. She said, “I didn’t expect to find so many basketball lovers in this small village, and I really want to learn more about China.” For a local student Wang Shihan, the (9)
best
(good) part of the games was making new friends, not the scores. “After the games, we sang and danced (10)
happily
(happy) together. Even though we had just met for the first time, we felt like old friends,” she said.