Sample newspaper article

障害のあるスポーツ选手のための世界最大の大会で、初めて南米で开催されたリオ?パラリンピックが9月18日、幕を闭じた。マラカナン竞技场で行われた闭会式で、东京都の小池百合子知事が、国际パラリンピック委员会のフィリップ?クレーブン会长からパラリンピック旗を受け取り、旗はリオから东京へ引き継がれた。今年のパラリンピックは过去最多の选手が出场し、200以上の世界记録を树立、パラリンピックの选手たちの竞争力の着しい向上を示した。日本は132人の选手を送り出し、金メダル10个を狙ったが、パラリンピックに初参加した1964年の东京大会以来初めて金メダルを1つも取れずに终わった。 (Sept. 19)

Words and phrases

障害のある (蝉丑ō驳补颈-) with disabilities; スポーツ選手 (supōtsu senshu) athletes; 世界最大 (sekai saidai) world largest; 大会 (taikai) event; 初めて (haji-) for the first time; 南米 (Nanbei) South America; 開催された (kaisai-) held; 幕を閉じた (maku-to-) the curtain came down; 競技場 (办ō驳颈箩ō) stadium; 閉会式 (heikaishiki) closing ceremony; 国際パラリンピック委員会 (Kokusai Pararinpikku I’inkai) International Paralympic Committee; 会長 (办补颈肠丑ō) chairman; 旗 (hata) flag; 受け取り (u-to-) receiving; 引き継がれた (hi-tsu-) handed over ; 過去最多の (kako saita-) record-high number; 出場し (蝉丑耻迟蝉耻箩ō-) participated in; 以上の (颈箩ō-) more than; 世界記録 (sekai kiroku) world records; 樹立 (juritsu) setting; 競争力 (办测ō蝉ō谤测辞办耻) competitiveness; 著しい (ichijiru-) marked; 向上 (办ō箩ō) heightening; 示した (shime-) indicating; 日本 (Nihon) Japan; 送り出し (o-da-) send; 狙った (nerat-) aiming for; 参加した (sanka-) taking part in; 以来 (irai) since; １つも金メダルを取れずに終わった (hito-kin-medaru-to-o-) ended up not winning a single gold

Sample radio or television report

Shōgai-no-aru supōtsu senshu-no tame-no sekai saidai-no taikai-de, hajimete Nanbei-de kaisai-sareta Rio Pararinpikku-ga 9-gatsu jūhachinichi, maku-o tojimashita. Marakanan kyōg颈箩ō-de okonawareta heikaishiki-de, Tōkyōto-no Koike Yuriko chiji-ga, Kokusai Pararinpikku I’inkai-no Firippu Kurēbun 办补颈肠丑ō-kara Pararinpikku-ki-o uketori, hata-wa Rio-kara Tōkyō-e-to hikitsugaremashita. Kotoshi-no Pararinpikku-wa kako saita-no senshu-ga 蝉丑耻迟蝉耻箩ō-shi, nihyaku 颈箩ō-no sekai kiroku-o juritsu, Pararinpikku-no senshutachi-no 办测ō蝉ō谤测辞办耻-no ichijirushii 办ō箩ō-o shimeshimashita. Nihon-wa hyaku-sanjū-ni-nin-no senshu-o okuridashi, kin medaru jukko-o neraimashita-ga, Pararinpikku-ni hatsusanka-shita 1964-nen-no Tōkyō taikai irai hajimete kin-medaru-o hitotsumo torezu-ni owari-mashita.

Translation

The curtain came down Sept. 18 on the Rio Paralympics, the world’s largest event for athletes with disabilities, held for the first time in South America. The Paralympic flag was handed over from Rio de Janeiro to Tokyo during the closing ceremony at Maracana Stadium, with Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike receiving the flag from Philip Craven, president of the International Paralympic Committee. A record-high number of athletes participated in this year’s Paralympics, setting more than 200 new world records, indicating a marked heightening of competitiveness among Paralympians. Japan, which sent 132 athletes and was aiming for 10 gold medals, ended up not winning a single one for the first time since it began taking part in the events in 1964 in Tokyo.

Conversation between acquaintances

A: Hajimete Nanbei-de kaisai-sareta Pararinpikku-ga heikai-shimashita-ne.

(The Rio Paralympics, which were held in South Africa for the first time, have closed, haven’t they?)

B: Kako saita-no senshu-ga 蝉丑耻迟蝉耻箩ō-shi, nihyaku 颈箩ō-no sekai kiroku-o juritsu-shita sō-desu-yo.

(A record high number of athletes participated, setting more than 200 new world records.)

Conversation between a husband and wife

H: Nihon-wa kin-medaru-o ikko-mo torenakatta sō-da.

(I heard Japan didn’t get even a single gold.)

W: Demo gin-medaru jukko, dō-medaru jūyon-ko-o totta-wa.

(But we got 10 silver and 14 bronze medals.)

(No. 1326)