NBC Games:
The closing ceremony of the Winter Olympics at Beijing’s famous Bird's Nest stadium opened with dancing children holding snowflake-shaped lanterns and ended with singing and the extinguishing of the Olympic flame.
Reuters:
Beijing doused its Olympic flame on Sunday night, closing a Games that will be remembered for the extremes of its anti-COVID-19 measures and outrage over the doping scandal that enveloped 15-year-old Russian skating sensation Kamila Valieva.
The New York Times:
The 2022 Winter Olympic Games, a dynamic showcase of international sports shadowed by the coronavirus pandemic, ended on Sunday night in Beijing with an elaborate closing ceremony and a final flicker of the Olympic flame.
生词短语:
snowflake
雪花; 雪片
extinguishing
熄灭; 扑灭
douse
浇灭(火)
outrage
愤怒; 愤慨
doping scandal
兴奋剂丑闻
flicker
闪现; 忽隐忽现