Day 37

Surfer Shares Wave with Dolphins in Margaret River Win

https://eikaiwa.dmm.com/app/daily-news/article/surfer-shares-wave-with-dolphins-in-margaret-river-win/cGnFagPjEe-mr4t5mESP3Q

Vocabulary

• define

• navigate

Questions

1. Gabriela Bryan and Sawyer Lindblad competed in the women’s final of the Western Australia Margaret River Pro.

2. She moved up from 10th to 5th place in the world rankings.

3. Jack Robinson is from Australia.

Discussion

1. Her win was amazing. I was impressed by the photo of her sharing the wave with the dolphins. If I were her I would print the photo and hang it in my room.

2. Yes I have. I saw them when I went fishing with my father, but I saw them from the ship so I wanted to see them closely.

3. No, I have never watched surfing events. I don’t have any favorite surfers / I don’t know any popular surfers.

4. No I don’t but I want to try surfing.

5. It’s not a sport but I thought OpenAI’s videos were magical. I was surprised to see the AI talking like a real person. The AI was talking with people and translating from English to Italian.

Further Discussion

1. It's 1 hour away from here by car.

2. Yes I do, but I don’t want to live near the sea because in Japan earthquakes often happen so it’s dangerous.

3. No there aren’t. I live in Saitama prefecture which is an inland area.

4. Synchronized swimming is probably popular. There is a high school where a drama called Water Boys took place, but I have never tried it.

5. I would like to try flyingboarding. It is a water sport where you can fly using the water pressure from a water scooter.