Warm-up Question: Have you ever played go before? If not, would you like to give it a try?
Want to start playing go? Now’s the time to follow in the footsteps of Taiwanese go legend Hsu Hao-Hung. Hsu won the gold at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. The 22-year-old player was ranked number 35 in the world before the Games. Hsu had a slow start to the competition. However, he beat the world’s number one and two to get to the final. He then beat world number three, Ke Jie from China, to take the gold.
The Ing Cup is the go competition with the most prize money. The winner takes home US$400,000. Other big go competitions include the LG Cup, the Samsung Cup, and the Chunlan Cup.
读之前想想看：你有下过围棋吗？如果没有，你想试试看吗？
想开始玩围棋吗？是时候跟随台湾围棋传奇许皓鋐的脚步了。许皓鋐在 2022 年中国杭州亚运会中赢得金牌。在这场比赛前，22 岁的他世界排名第 35 名。在亚运会围棋竞赛中，他虽开局失利，不过他打败了世界第 1 和第 2 名并进入决赛。在决赛中，他打败世界第 3 名── 来自中国的柯洁，并夺得金牌。
应氏杯是奖金最丰厚的围棋比赛，冠军可获得 40 万美金。其他大型围棋比赛还包括 LG 杯、三星杯和春兰杯。
1. gold (n.)金牌
win/take the gold phr. 夺得金牌
The basketball team won the game and brought home the gold.
这支篮球队赢得了比赛，把金牌带回家。
2. competition (n.)比赛；竞赛
Joseph practices ice skating every day to prepare for the competition.
Joseph 每天练习滑冰，为比赛做准备。
3. beat (v.)打败；战胜 ( beat-beat-beat/ beaten )
Ian is very good at chess. I can’t beat him.
Ian 很会下西洋棋，我赢不了他。
4.final (n.)决赛
Last year, we got through to the final. However, we lost the game and got second place.
去年我们打进了决赛。不过我们输掉比赛并获得了第二名。
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