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Tanaka Masahiro went to the U.S. a couple of weeks ago looking for a new team. Many MLB teams wanted him for the next season. He talked to different teams, but he finally decided to play for the New York Yankees. They offered him the highest salary, and they told him that he would be a regular starting pitcher when the season opens. He will join two other Japanese players on the team: Kuroda Hiroki and Suzuki Ichiro. The Yankees will have three great Japanese players on their team! (by Professor Douglas Jarrell)
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Notes:
marriage 結婚;
encounter (偶然の)出会い;
elope 〈男女が〉(両親から結婚の許しを得られず)駆け落ちする;
realistic 現実的な;
wrinkle しわ;
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The days are cold, but one lovely piece of news warmed my heart. An article in a newspaper said that a couple in America just had their 81st wedding anniversary on Nov 25, 2013. They have been officially named ‘the longest married couple’ by Worldwide Marriage Encounter. They eloped in 1932 because the wife was told to marry a man 20 years older by her father. She was only 17. Can you imagine making the decision to elope with the one you love when you are 17? It doesn’t sound realistic to many people living in this busy modern society, but when you see the couple sitting on a couch holding their wrinkled hands and saying, ‘We have watched the world change together’, you might think it’s a good idea to run away from everything just for love. (written by student Miss Murakami, edited by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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▼上記のエッセイを動画で再現しました。