EY Y02 L03 Sports Personalities

  1. Name a famous sport personality in Japan. What is their sport (what do they play)? When was the peak of their career? What did they achieve?
  2. Do you like or admire this person? Why?
  3. In your country, which sports offer the highest salaries? How much do those players earn?
  4. If you had a top athlete's salary, what would you do or buy?
  5. Tell us about a sports personality in your country who has successfully made the transition into another career (restauranteur, commentator, actor, actress etc.). Are they any good? Why?
  6. In the sport you like the most, who do you consider the most heroic or iconic sports personality of all time? What did they achieve? Why do you consider them heroic or iconic?˜

Question 1

Nishikori Kei. He is my favorite tennis player. Tennis is my favorite sport. Michael Chang who is a Chinese-American tennis player is his coach. He has made it to the U.S. Open final against Marin Cilic, but he lost.

Question 2

I do admire him. He is shorter than most of the modern-day tennis players, but he has a fight. He always does his best in tournaments, but he is often injured and can't win the final.

Question 3

Football. There is a salary cap. Meaning that each team has a limit as to which they can pay their players. Many stars make a lot more than there peers. They make around 30,000 million dollars a year.

Question 4

I wouldn't buy anything too extravagant. Many retired professionals spend all of their money after they retire and die poor. Most top athletes make most of their money from endorsements like Uniqlo, Nike, Under Armor. They don't need to spend their salary. Most of the top athletes save most of their salaries.

Question 5

"Jesse the Body Ventura" was a professional wrestler during the '80s. He went on to hold public office in Minnesota and many critics said that he did a good job.

Question 6

Roger Federer. He was good when he was a young lad, and he is still winning today when most of the tennis players his age are washed up.

Tough Vocabulary

- English - - Japanese -
admire 感心する
injured けが
peers 仲間
endorsements 裏書