＼金曜日は、英語のびっくり箱です！／
クイズかもしれないし、楽しい英語の話かもしれません。
場合によっては、ライブもやってみたいと思っています。
何が出てくるかは、その日のお楽しみ！

皆さんからのアイデアやリクエストも、ぜひ教えてください。
できるだけ取り入れながら、皆さんと一緒につくっていきたいと思っています。

さて、今日はちょっとしたクイズをやってみましょう！
私が、ある有名人について英語でヒントを出します。
ヒントを聞きながら、誰のことか当ててみてください。

ただヒントを言うだけではありません。
私がそのミステリー人物に直接話しかけるような感じで、英語で質問しますが...
これはもちろん、英会話脳をつくる「ピンポン英語」でやっていきます。
私が英語で質問しますので、皆さんは Yes から始めて、質問の英語を使って答えてみてください。

When you were young, you had a Japanese last name?
Yes, when I was young, I had a Japanese last name.

But your father was born in Haiti?
Yes, but my father was born in Haiti.

Your mother was Japanese?
Yes, my mother was Japanese.

When you were three, you moved to America?
Yes, when I was three, we moved to America.

All your life, you have carried two cultures?
Yes, all my life, I have carried two cultures.

Your father watched two famous sisters on television?
Yes, my father watched two famous sisters on television.

He wanted his daughters to play their sport?
Yes, he wanted his daughters to play their sport.

But your father had never played it himself?
Yes, but my father had never played it himself.

Still, he taught your sister and you?
Yes, still, he taught my sister and me.

You did not play many junior tournaments?
Yes, I did not play many junior tournaments.

When you were sixteen, you beat a former champion?
Yes, when I was sixteen, I beat a former champion.

A few years later, you won America’s biggest tournament?
Yes, a few years later, I won America’s biggest tournament.

Then you became the world’s number-one player?
Yes, then I became the world’s number-one player.

さて、もうわかりましたか？
このミステリー人物は、誰でしょう？
……答えは、
世界的に有名なテニスプレーヤーのNaomi Osakaでした！

Okay, that’s all for today. I hope you learned something new!
Take care, keep smiling, and I’ll see you again soon!

Actually, you’re also famous for your unusual fashion?
Yes, actually, I’m also famous for my unusual fashion.