Figure Skating Duo "Riku Ryu" Appear on Beauty Magazine Cover
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Two ice skaters are famous online. People call them Riku Ryu.
Riku Ryu appeared on a beauty magazine. A beauty magazine is a book about fashion and looking nice.
They looked different from usual. They looked like models. A model is a person who shows clothes in pictures.
Many fans saw the pictures. Fans wrote happy comments online.
One fan said, "Perfect model." Another fan said the matching look was very good. Matching means two things look the same.
Some fans said Riku looked like an idol. An idol is a famous singer or star that people love.
Fans were very excited. They could not stop talking about the new photos.
Vocabulary15 words
- beauty magazine
- a book about fashion and looking nice
- model
- a person who shows clothes in pictures
- matching
- when two things look the same
- idol
- a famous singer or star that people love
- fan
- a person who loves a famous person
- cover
- the front page of a magazine
- online
- on the internet
- famous
- known by many people
- photo
- a picture
- comment
- a short message people write
- different
- not the same
- excited
- feeling very happy and interested
- pair
- two people together
- skater
- a person who skates on ice
- usual
- normal; the same as always
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1. Riku Ryu, the ice skating pair 2. A beauty magazine 3. Excited and happy
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Two ice skaters are famous _____. People call them Riku Ryu.
Riku Ryu appeared on a beauty _____.
They looked _____ from usual. They looked like models.
Many fans saw the _____. Fans wrote happy comments online.
One fan said, "Perfect model." Another fan said the _____ look was very good.
Some fans said Riku looked like an _____.
Fans were very _____. They could not stop talking about the new photos.
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