Hideki Matsui Becomes New Manager of the Yomiuri Giants
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Hideki Matsui is a famous former baseball player from Japan.
He will be the new manager of the Yomiuri Giants baseball team.
A manager is the person who leads a sports team.
Matsui talked about his new job at a press conference.
A press conference is a meeting where people answer questions from reporters.
He said he wants to start a new era for the team.
A new era means a new and important time.
Matsui said, 'This is a new start for a golden time.'
He also said he did not want to become manager before two other former players.
Their names are Yoshinobu Takahashi and Shinnosuke Abe.
Matsui said it was not his right to become manager before them.
A right is something you are allowed to do.
Many reporters came to hear his news.
One TV announcer from Nippon TV asked him questions.
His name is Tetsu Ebihara.
People are excited about this big change for the Giants.
Vocabulary4 words
- manager
- the person who leads a sports team
- press conference
- a meeting where people answer questions from reporters
- new era
- a new and important time
- right
- something you are allowed to do
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1. Manager of the Yomiuri Giants 2. It is a new start for a golden time 3. Tetsu Ebihara
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Hideki Matsui is a famous former baseball player from _____.
He will be the new _____ of the Yomiuri Giants baseball team.
A manager is the person who leads a sports _____.
Matsui talked about his new job at a _____.
He said he wants to start a new _____ for the team.
Matsui said, 'This is a new start for a golden _____.'
He also said he did not want to become manager before two other former _____.
Their names are Yoshinobu Takahashi and Shinnosuke _____.
Matsui said it was not his _____ to become manager before them.
One TV announcer from Nippon TV asked him _____.
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