Japan's Champion Baseball Team: Dorm Costs Spark Talk Online
Chiben Wakayama is a high school baseball team in Japan. The team won the Koshien tournament. Koshien is a very famous high school baseball event in Japan.
After the win, people talked online about the team's dormitory. A dormitory is a building where students live and sleep. The players pay about 140,000 yen every month to live there.
Many people online said this price is very low. One person wrote, 'Am I the only one who thinks this is too cheap?' Parents were happy about the low price. One comment said, 'Parents feel happy about this.'
The players went back to their school after the win. There was a party for the team. The principal of the school cried at the party. A principal is the head of a school.
The team also chose a new captain. A captain is the leader of a sports team. The new captain is Yota Imoto. He started practicing with the team again.
Vocabulary5 words
- dormitory
- a building where students sleep and live
- principal
- the head person of a school
- captain
- the leader of a sports team
- tournament
- a sports competition with many games
- champion
- the winner of a competition
Quiz
Answer key
1. Koshien, a high school baseball tournament 2. The dormitory cost, about 140,000 yen a month 3. Yota Imoto
Fill-in-the-blank listening
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Chiben Wakayama is a high school baseball team in _____. The team won the _____ tournament. Koshien is a very famous high school baseball event in Japan.
After the win, people talked online about the team's _____. A dormitory is a building where students live and sleep. The players pay about _____ yen every month to live there.
Many people online said this price is very _____. One person wrote, 'Am I the only one who thinks this is too cheap?' Parents were happy about the low price.
The players went back to their school after the win. There was a _____ for the team. The _____ of the school cried at the party.
The team also chose a new _____. The new captain is Yota Imoto. He started practicing with the team again.