ABC Announcer Iwamoto Leaves Radio Show; Yokoyama Takes Over
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ABC is a radio company in Japan. It has a show called "Kinyobi no Papatachi". This means "Friday Dads" in English.
An announcer named Keisuke Iwamoto works on this show. An announcer is a person who talks on radio or TV.
Iwamoto will leave the show. This is his last time on the program. People call this a graduation from a show in Japan.
A new announcer will join the show. His name is Taichi Yokoyama. He has one child. He is a father.
Yokoyama will start on the show in September. He will work with a person named Nishimori from a comedy group called Monster Engine.
Yokoyama said he is still learning to be a good father. He said, 'As a dad, I am still not perfect.'
Many people will watch for the new show team in September.
Vocabulary15 words
- announcer
- a person who talks on radio or TV
- graduation
- when someone finishes and leaves something, like a job or show
- Kinyobi no Papatachi
- the name of a Japanese radio show; it means "Friday Dads"
- Monster Engine
- the name of a comedy group in Japan
- personality
- a person who talks or hosts a radio show
- tag
- when two people work together as a team
- father
- a man who has a child
- September
- the ninth month of the year
- radio
- a way people send sound and talk over long distance
- program
- another word for a show on TV or radio
- team
- a group of people who work together
- join
- to become part of a group
- leave
- to stop being part of something
- new
- not old; just started
- child
- a young person, like a son or daughter
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1. Keisuke Iwamoto 2. In September 3. True
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ABC is a radio company in Japan. It has a show called "_____". This means "Friday Dads" in English.
An _____ named Keisuke Iwamoto works on this show. An announcer is a person who talks on radio or TV.
Iwamoto will leave the show. This is his last time on the program. People call this a _____ from a show in Japan.
A new announcer will join the show. His name is Taichi Yokoyama. He has one child. He is a _____.
Yokoyama will start on the show in _____. He will work with a person named Nishimori from a comedy group called Monster Engine.
Yokoyama said he is still learning to be a good father. He said, 'As a dad, I am still not _____.'
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