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A | 故事梗概：颜颜是个充满好奇心，爱冒险的女孩，原本是高校的老师，机缘巧合离开中国来到新加坡工作。 SANTIAGO, Chile -- U.S. gymnast Jordan Chiles has dreamed about being a flagbearer at a major sports event since she saw her friend Simone Biles do it at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics closing ceremony. The 22-year-old managed to get her wish at the opening of the Pan American Games in Santiago on Friday.On Sunday, the silver medalist at the Tokyo Olympics made another dream come true; to lead the U.S. women's gymnastics team into a continental final and then to a gold medal. The U.S. topped the all-round women's competition with 165.196 points, with a big push from Chiles to give the Americans their sixth straight women’s team Pan American gold medal. “There's so many more dreams in this little body of mine,” Chiles told journalists after receiving her gold medal. “It was really cool to be the flagbearer, then coming out here to win gold with an amazing team.”The main rival for Chiles, Kayla DiCello, Zoe Miller, Kaliya Lincoln and Tiana Sumanasekera was Brazil's team led by Rebeca Andrade, an Olympic gold medalist and also a friend of Biles'.“Knowing I am the veteran, I trust these younger ones,” Chiles added. “They are not that much younger than me, so being able just to see their progress and do what they did ... I wouldn't change this team for anything.” The Brazilians scored 161.564 points. Andrade sat out the floor exercise to spare her knees, and her teammates made mistakes in the uneven bars that distanced them from the U.S. team. Canada finished with the bronze medal with a distant 154.230 points.Chiles topped the all-round chart with 54.666 points, 0.101 ahead of 2021 world all-around bronze medalist DiCello.The 22-year-old American is competing in Chile as she weighs competing in the Paris Olympics or returning for her junior year at the University of California.Possibly the biggest star competing in Chile, the 24-year-old Andrade is Brazil’s most decorated gymnast in history and is competing at the Pan American Games for the first time. She will be Chiles' rival again in individual finals. “Jordan is a complete gymnast, very experienced and talented,” Andrade said. “And this is a great scenario to do well. It is a bit like the Olympics although it isn't the Olympics. When you see all the flags out in the athletes' village you start thinking about it.”The U.S. and Brazil are expected to once again battle for medals in women's gymnastics in Paris.Earlier this month, Andrade defeated Biles to take the vault gold at the world championship in Antwerp. She won two medals at the Tokyo Olympics three years ago: gold in the vault competition and silver in the all-round individual. She has nine medals in world championships, including three golds. After beating Biles, the U.S. gymnastics federation published a picture of Andrade and Biles side by side in its social media channels. “Many more battles still to come,” the message said.This Sunday, Andrade's battle ended with Chiles as the winner. Her U.S. teammates said they will do whatever the veteran wants to celebrate the gold medal in Santiago. But she has a different idea.“I think it is time to go to sleep,” Chiles said. “This is not finished.”___AP sports: https://apnews.com/sports。整部小说以颜颜为主线讲述四个中国女孩在新加坡的遭遇。

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C | 艾米联系了Tony和Eric。Eric说已经约了朋友周末去柔佛新山，所以只有Tony能来。颜颜则分别给大为和阿林打了电话。大为问要花多少钱？颜颜说费用大家平摊。

D | 大为顿了一下说：“算了，我和他们也不太熟，我还是不去了。”颜颜知道大为怕花钱。那天吃中饭的时候，大为说巳经向移民厅申请他太太和女儿的陪伴准证，应该很快要批下来了。她们一来开销就大了。

E | 夫妻俩已经分居两地两年多时间了。

F | 阿林则说要陪太太，颜颜听他说过好像他太太已经怀孕了。“大为和阿林都不来。”颜颜放下电话说。“苏说要来的。”孙唯也打好了电话。“那我们四个加上Tony和苏一共6个人。”艾米说道。

G | “我们还是要订两间小木屋，男女各一间。由Patric负责去订。对了，Patric订好后先去那边查看一下需要带些什么。烧烤的材料由Tony ，苏和我去买好再一起运到小木屋。”艾米说完看了看孙唯和颜颜。“你们两个周六还要上班，那就负责早点过来吃吧！”艾米说完大家都笑起来。

H | 到了周六，孙唯和颜颜加好班照例搭ck莫的车到地铁站，然后再转搭地铁到圣淘沙岛。

I | 傍晚的圣淘沙岛游客如织，来自世界各地的游客说着不同的语言。

J | 正是中国暑假其间，也有很多来自中国的游客说着各地的方言或普通话，颜颜听了倍感亲切。

K | 艾米和Patric他们几个下午就已到达目的地。“记得搭岛内的黄线班车。”艾米打来了电话。因为外国游客多数都集中在圣淘沙的三个海滩：丹戎海滩（TanjongBeach）、巴拉湾海滩（PalawanBeach）与西乐索海滩（SilosoBeach）。

L | 所以颜颜和孙唯并没有排多久的队就搭上了黄线巴士。巴士穿梭在热带雨林当中，满眼都是热带绿植和开得娇艳欲滴的热带花卉，夕阳的余晖透过厚厚的的树林洒落在车窗上，斑斓炫目，颜颜的心情也随着明亮起来，到新加坡后的所有不愉快很快就被抛之脑后。在艾米的电话指引下孙唯和颜颜下了环岛巴士。远远的就看见苏在向她俩挥着手。艾米几个正围着烧烤台前忙活着，他们身后是掩映在绿色中的小木屋。“好香啊，这么多好吃的。”孙唯和颜颜赶紧到小木屋里冼了手，也加入到烧烤的行列。“快尝尝这烤虾，我们都要吃撑了。”Tony递过来了两串烤虾。

M | “这串鸡翅也熟了，你们谁要？”Patric挥舞着手里的烤鸡翅。“安妮呀，今天可把我们三个累坏了。不过Tony和我正好减肥。”艾米边拨弄着碳火边说。

N | “奖励你一听饮料。

o | 不过我看Tony和你又吃回去了。”Patric给艾米递来了一瓶ribino。Tony和艾米一样是新加坡华人，他俩的身材都是新加坡人称之为大大只的，衣号最起码两个加以上。“颜，你猜猜圣淘沙在我们马来语里是什么意思？”苏吃着鸡翅问颜颜。“是美丽的意思吗？”颜颜觉得这个小岛非常的漂亮。

p | “应该是一个王子的名字。”孙唯答道。“你就天天想着王子。”艾米逗得大家都笑起来。

q | “难道不是每座岛上都有一位王子吗？”“颜猜的差不多，是宁静和平的意思。”苏最后说道。“对了，颜颜，阿林说淡滨尼那场工你来负责，到时候我俩合作愉快哈。”Tony和Patric一样是公司里跑工地的Coordinator。吃饱喝足，艾米，孙唯和Patric，Tony进小木屋打牌。

r | 颜颜和苏则坐在屋外的木甲板上聊天。夜色已晚，凉风阵阵，抬头是满天的繁星。“中国的城市里很少能看得到这么多的星星。”颜颜说。

s | “新加坡的夜晚如果不是到处是灯光，应该看到更多。”苏回道。苏告诉颜颜她的爸爸有三个太太。她没上大学就出来工作了。

t | 颜颜这才知道原来马来人并不是一夫一妻制。“我好羡慕你们，希望我未来的丈夫只娶我一个。

u | ”苏说着说着眼里尽是忧伤。正聊着，不远处的天空中突然出现了漂亮的烟花，一个接着一个在夜空中璀璨夺目。“应该是Siloso诲滩那儿的表演，毎晚有两场，很不错的。你和安妮明天可以去看。”苏告诉颜颜。看着夜空中绽放的烟花，颜颜心中突然飘起了周杰伦的歌词：烟花易冷，人事易分。在新加坡三年时间转瞬即逝，有这么多好同事好朋友，我应该忘却那些不愉快，不要辜负这美好的时光。第二天上午，Patric负责退了房。六个人搭环线巴士出来。“别忘了去巴拉湾海滩，那儿有一座吊桥将巴拉湾海面与另一座小岛相连，这是亚洲大陆的最南端，亚洲最接近赤道的地方。”Patric说。“那里看夕阳最美！”艾米补充道。“我觉得海事博物馆很有意思，有很多蜡像，和真人一样。”Tony也提醒着。