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Come From Behind - Kosuke Kimura of the Colorado Rapids
后来居上 - 科罗拉多激流队的木村宏介

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• catch up
• tie it up
• overtime
• drafted

• half time
• favored
• extra time
• come from behind

• come through
• the basics

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At half time of last year’s MLS Cup, things did not look good for the Colorado Rapids. FC Dallas, who was favored to win, was ahead 1-0. But the Rapids scored in the second half and extra time and won the match 2-1.

It was a come from behind victory. Since the Rapids were losing at one point in the game, but won it in the end, you can say they came from behind to win the championship. Kosuke Kimura, who plays defender for the Rapids, helped make sure his opponents didn’t score again so that his team could take the lead.

Kosuke is the only Japanese player in MLS. When he first came to the US, he knew almost no English, but he worked hard and learned quickly. We recently met with him to discuss how he learned English and how his team was able to come from behind and win the MLS Cup.

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Dialog

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Jason

Kosuke

Jason:  Welcome to English, baby! I am here with Kosuke Kimura. You are the only Japanese player in Major League Soccer. Is that right?

Kosuke:  Yes, that’s right.

Jason:  Can you tell us about when you learned English?

Kosuke:  I mean, when I was in my country, we study English at school but it’s like only the basics. We don’t really use English to communicate with people. It’s just like typical A-B-C, or “This is a pen,” or just the basic grammar and all that. So I never really used it before, till I came to this country, and obviously when I came here, 18 years old, I think, I couldn’t speak any English whatsoever. So my coach from the soccer team, he told me, “Kosuke, you know what? If you wanna make my team, you cannot talk to any Japanese people. You have to use English.” And he goes, “If I see you using Japanese, you’ll be in trouble.” I’m not gonna lie, that was a tough time because I knew I had to do this. I had no choice. I want to play soccer. I want to learn English, and I want to study what I want to study. And English is the first thing you have to do.

Jason:  The Colorado Rapids won the MLS Cup last year. And there was a come from behind victory. Can you talk about that phrase, “come from behind”?

Kosuke:  1-0 we are losing, and usually, I’m not going to lie, when you consider one goal, we don’t really catch up and win the game, especially last year. We’d never done that, and here comes the final. They scored a goal first and we’re behind them and we tried so hard and we got second half, we got the goal and tied it up. And then in overtime we scored one other goal and we beat the team.

Jason:  Did you feel that way with your English ability, like you sort of came from behind? Like you got here and everyone was ahead of you?

Kosuke:  I came from Japan and all that and all the hard work, and got to college and played four years there and I didn’t know what’s going to happen. I didn’t know I’m gonna go professional and I just keep pushing myself hard. I got drafted, play for Rapids, and it’s been really tough. My team struggle a lot, but in four years, we came through and that’s to me just come from behind.

Jason:  Can I get you to give me a high five and say, “English, baby!” in the air?

Kosuke:  English, baby!

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