技能五輪国際大会、日本がメダル10個を獲得

Welcome to Japanese Daily News. I'm Maya. Today is September twenty-ninth. Young workers from about seventy countries just competed in a big skills competition in Shanghai — a kind of Olympics for job skills — and Japan came home with ten medals. Let's listen.

Now let's break it down, sentence by sentence.

In Shanghai, China, the WorldSkills International Competition was held.

It means a competition or a big tournament.

It is a world competition where young people compete in job skills.

It means skill or technique — the ability to do a job well.

Young people aged twenty-two or under took part, from about seventy countries and regions around the world.

It means to take part — to join an event.

About sixty competitors took part from Japan.

It means a competitor or a player — a person who competes.

There are events for many kinds of jobs, such as car repair and robots.

It means a job, or work.

This time, there were new events too, such as one for drones.

It means new — the opposite of old.

Japan won ten medals, including two gold medals.

It means to take or to get — here, to win a medal.

The next competition will be held two years from now, in Aichi Prefecture in Japan.

It means next — the one that comes after this.

We can look forward to seeing Japan's young engineers do great things.

It means something you look forward to — a happy thing in the future.

Let's listen to the whole story one more time.

Time for a short quiz. Listen and try to answer.

In Shanghai, China.

Ten medals, including two golds.

Young people aged twenty-two or under, from about seventy countries and regions.

In Aichi Prefecture, Japan, two years from now.

That's all for today. In two years, the world's best young workers will gather in Japan — something to look forward to. See you next time.