Koshien: Strong Teams Fall, Fans Say Yokohama Looks Unbeatable
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The Koshien tournament is happening in Japan now. It is a big high school baseball event.
Another strong team lost a game this week. Fans say Yokohama High School looks very hard to beat.
In one game, Mie beat Riseisha. Mie will now play in the quarterfinals.
In another game, Sendai Ikuei played too. A player named Arimoto Goru got out while running to a base. He felt bad about this.
Later in the same game, Arimoto hit the ball well. He got a double and scored one point. He said he wanted to fix his mistake.
Fans online are talking about Yokohama. They ask which team can stop them. They also ask what will happen next in the tournament.
Vocabulary15 words
- Koshien
- a very famous baseball place and event in Japan
- high school baseball
- baseball played by school students
- quarterfinals
- one of the last four games before the final
- double
- a hit in baseball that lets a player run to second base
- strong team
- a team that plays very well
- tournament
- a sports event with many games and teams
- eliminated
- out of the competition; cannot play more games
- fans
- people who love watching a team or sport
- score
- to get a point in a game
- base
- a place on a baseball field players must run to
- mistake
- something done wrong
- game
- one match between two teams
- win
- to be better than the other team in a game
- lose
- to not win a game
- player
- a person who plays a sport
Quiz
Answer key
1. A big high school baseball tournament 2. Mie 3. True
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
The _____ tournament is happening in Japan now. It is a big high school _____ event.
Another strong team _____ a game this week. Fans say Yokohama High School looks very hard to beat.
In one game, Mie _____ Riseisha. Mie will now play in the _____.
In another game, Sendai Ikuei played too. A player named Arimoto Goru got out while running to a _____.
Later in the same game, Arimoto hit the ball well. He got a _____ and scored one point.
Fans online are talking about Yokohama. They ask which team can stop them. They also ask what will _____ next in the tournament.