NHK, June 14, 2010
http://www.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/society.html
A sumo wrestler of the second-highest rank has admitted that he had gambled illegally on professional baseball games.NHK has learned that Ozeki champion Kotomitsuki told the Japan Sumo Association that he had been involved in gambling, retracting his earlier denial.Tokyo police recently questioned him on a voluntary basis after a magazine reported that he is heavily in debt from gambling and was being blackmailed by mobsters.Thirty-four-year-old Kotomitsuki made his professional debut in 1999 after having won many amateur titles.He won his first tournament title two years later and was promoted to the second-highest rank of Ozeki in 2007.Tokyo police will question sumo wrestler Kotomitsuki again over his alleged involvement in illegal gambling.Police will also question other wrestlers who are suspected of having been involved in gambling along with Kotomitsuki.
2010/06/14 19:48(JST)(JST: UTC+9hrs.)
Summary
A sumo wrestler has admitted that he had gambled illegally on professional baseball games. A magazine reported that he is heavily in debt from gambling and was being blackmailed by mobsters. Tokyo police recently questioned him on voluntary basis after the report, and Tokyo police going to question Kotomitsuki again about involvement in illegal gambling. Police will also question other wrestlers.
Vocabularies
1. debt(借金):a sum of money that a person or organization owes
ex) He had enough money to pay off his father’s outstanding debts.
2. admit(認める):to agree unwillingly that something is true or that someone else is right
ex) You may not like her, but you have to admit that she’s good at her job.
3. debut(デビュー):the first public appearance of an sports player etc
4. suspect(疑う):to think that something is probably true, especially something bad
ex) I suspected that there was something wrong with the engine.
5. denial(否定):a statement saying that something is not true
ex) The government issued an official denial of the rumour.
Question
1. What do you think about illegal gambles?
2. What do you think about the sumo wrestling world?
3. Do you want do gamble?
http://www.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/society.html
A sumo wrestler of the second-highest rank has admitted that he had gambled illegally on professional baseball games.NHK has learned that Ozeki champion Kotomitsuki told the Japan Sumo Association that he had been involved in gambling, retracting his earlier denial.Tokyo police recently questioned him on a voluntary basis after a magazine reported that he is heavily in debt from gambling and was being blackmailed by mobsters.Thirty-four-year-old Kotomitsuki made his professional debut in 1999 after having won many amateur titles.He won his first tournament title two years later and was promoted to the second-highest rank of Ozeki in 2007.Tokyo police will question sumo wrestler Kotomitsuki again over his alleged involvement in illegal gambling.Police will also question other wrestlers who are suspected of having been involved in gambling along with Kotomitsuki.
2010/06/14 19:48(JST)(JST: UTC+9hrs.)
Summary
A sumo wrestler has admitted that he had gambled illegally on professional baseball games. A magazine reported that he is heavily in debt from gambling and was being blackmailed by mobsters. Tokyo police recently questioned him on voluntary basis after the report, and Tokyo police going to question Kotomitsuki again about involvement in illegal gambling. Police will also question other wrestlers.
Vocabularies
1. debt(借金):a sum of money that a person or organization owes
ex) He had enough money to pay off his father’s outstanding debts.
2. admit(認める):to agree unwillingly that something is true or that someone else is right
ex) You may not like her, but you have to admit that she’s good at her job.
3. debut(デビュー):the first public appearance of an sports player etc
4. suspect(疑う):to think that something is probably true, especially something bad
ex) I suspected that there was something wrong with the engine.
5. denial(否定):a statement saying that something is not true
ex) The government issued an official denial of the rumour.
Question
1. What do you think about illegal gambles?
2. What do you think about the sumo wrestling world?
3. Do you want do gamble?
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