25.4.12

Football crosses ocean


This is a well-travelled旅行 football!

Identified thanks to the names written on it, the ball was set adrift飄流 by the tsunami that hit Japan over a year ago. It was washed ashore上岸 in Alaska!

Its proud owner is Misaki Murakami: he received this treasured珍貴 possession所有物 from his schoolmates when he got transferred to another school. The teenager became a minor celebrity小有名氣 after it was located.
this text is from bbc learning english
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2012/04/120425_vwitn_tsunami_football.shtml

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