Ice Skating Pair's Engagement News Boosts Their Advertising Value
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A famous ice skating pair got engaged. People call them Rikuryu.
Before, people were not sure about their relationship. This made some fans and other people feel jealous or confused.
The pair worked hard to keep their relationship private. They wanted to focus on their sport.
Now, after the engagement news, things have changed a lot. Companies want to work with them more.
Reports say their advertising price is now very high. It may be about 50 million yen.
A TV star named Mariko Morita said nice things about their engagement. She tried to copy a proposal scene, but many people did not like it.
People online said the performance did not look like the real couple. Some fans were quite upset about it.
Vocabulary15 words
- engaged
- when two people promise to marry each other
- advertising
- when a company pays someone to show its product
- relationship
- how two people feel and act with each other
- jealous
- feeling upset because someone else has something you want
- private
- not known or seen by other people
- reports
- news stories that give information
- proposal
- when someone asks another person to marry them
- performance
- when someone acts or does something in front of people
- upset
- feeling sad or angry
- focus
- to give full attention to one thing
- confused
- not understanding something clearly
- copy
- to do the same thing as someone else did
- value
- how much something is worth
- companies
- businesses that sell things or services
- yen
- the money used in Japan
Quiz
Answer key
1. Their engagement 2. To avoid problems and stay focused on their sport 3. They criticized it
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
A famous ice skating pair got _____. People call them Rikuryu.
Before, people were not sure about their _____. This made some fans and other people feel _____.
The pair worked hard to keep their relationship _____. They wanted to _____ on their sport.
Now, after the engagement news, things have changed a lot. _____ want to work with them more.
Reports say their advertising price is now very high. It may be about 50 million _____.
A TV star named Mariko Morita said nice things about their engagement. She tried to _____ a proposal scene, but many people did not like it.
People online said the _____ did not look like the real couple. Some fans were quite _____ about it.