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579 goals ⚽️
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Com: Messi now. Past two, three, four. They can’t get near him!
Pep: The most important thing with Messi is his head is always like this. He’s not out of the game, moving his head, right, left, left, right. He smells where is the weak points of the back four. After five, ten minutes, he has the map. He knows if I move here, here, I will have more space to attack.
Com: Oh, that’s genius! That is quite incredible!
Pep: We are a contemporary of that guy. So enjoy it.
Com: Lionel Messi just simply one of a kind.
Pep: He is so good.
Vocab 0:00〜0:37
past 〜を通り過ぎて
/pɑːst/
The winger easily went past three defenders.
get near A Ａに接近する
/ɡet nɪə(r)/
Dembélé was so fast! I couldn’t even get near him!
smell 〜に感づく, 〜の匂いを嗅ぐ
/smel/
Messi smelled there is much space on his right.
weak point 弱点
/wiːk pɔɪnt/
Our technical staff found some weak points of the opponent.
genius 天才
/ˈdʒiːniəs/
Judging from his remarks, I think he is a genius.
quite 完全に, かなり
/kwaɪt/
Barcelona’s tiki-taka style looked quite exciting.
incredible 驚くべき, 信じられない
/ɪnˈkredəbl/
Liverpool spent an incredible amount of money to sign Van Dijk.
contemporary 同世代の人間
/kənˈtemprəri/
I’m extremely happy to be a contemporary of Lionel Messi.
simply まったくもって, 単純に
/ˈsɪmpli/
Simply speaking, football is my life.
one of a kind 比類なきもの
/wʌn ɒv ə kaɪnd/
Without a doubt, Guardiola is one of a kind as a manager.
Practice
1. 彼の発言から判断して、彼は天才だと思う。
Judging from his remarks, I think he is a ( ).
2. リヴァプールはファン・ダイクと契約をするのに信じられない額を費やした。
Liverpool spent an ( ) amount of money to sign Van Dijk.
3. デンベレはマジで速かった！近づくことさえできなかったよ！
Dembélé was so fast! I couldn’t even ( ) him!
4. 我々の技術スタッフが対戦相手のいくつかの弱点を見つけました。
Our technical staff found some ( ) of the opponent.
5. リオネル・メッシの同世代の人間であることを本当に幸せに思います。
I’m extremely happy to be a ( ) of Lionel Messi.
6. 簡単に言うと、フットボールが私の人生なのです。
( ) speaking, football is my life.
7. そのウインガーは簡単に３人のＤＦを通り過ぎていきました。
The winger easily went ( ) three defenders.
8. メッシは彼の右側に大きなスペースがあることに感づきました。
Messi ( ) there is much space on his right.
9. バルセロナのティキ・タカスタイルはかなりワクワクするものでした。
Barcelona’s tiki-taka style looked ( ) exciting.
10. 疑いなく、グアルディオラは監督として比類なきものだ。
Without a doubt, Guardiola is ( ) as a manager.
Answer
1. genius
2. incredible
3. get near
4. weak points
5. contemporary
6. Simply
7. past
8. smelled
9. quite
10. one of a kind
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