Try to Be the Only One
(Part 1; Page 68 + 69)
Team name:______
Reporter:______
Journalist:______
Discoverer:______/______
1. “Why did my ______die? Why did everyone leave me?” cried a boy of ______.
2. “I hate my father and mother.” The sun was______in theblue sky above him. But the boy could not see it ______he was blind.
3. The boy was born in ______.His father was Mexican-American and his mother was ______.
4. ______of them left home when he was a baby. So his grandmother ______of him.
5. The boy’s name was ______. He liked music very much. One day he heard some______on the radio.
6. He was interested in them. He ______to hear some other hymns, and so he went to a______.
7. At the church, he met the ______. Tsutomu told him about his
life. The minister listened to him______.
8. When Tsutomu stopped talking, he ______that the minister was crying. “Oh, he understands me,” Tsutomu ______.
“Why did my grandmotherdie? Why did everyone leave me?” cried a boy of fourteen.
“I hate my father and mother.” The sun wasbright in the blue sky above him. But the boy could not see it because he was blind.
The boy was born in 1952.His father was Mexican-American and his mother was Japanese.
Both of them left home when he was a baby. So his grandmother took care of him.
The boy’s name was Aragaki Tsutomu. He liked music very much. One day he heard somehymnson the radio.
He was interested in them. He wantedto hear some other hymns, and so he went to achurch.
At the church, he met the minister. Tsutomu told him about his life. The minister listened to himquietly.
When Tsutomu stopped talking, he foundthat the minister was crying. “Oh, he understands me,” Tsutomuthought.
Try to Be the Only One
(Part 2; Page 70 + 71)
Team name:______
Reporter:______
Journalist:______
Discoverer:______/______
1. The minister said, “Tsutomu, do you want to come and ______us? My wife and children will______ you.”
2. Tsutomu felt happy and said, “Yes.” Tsutomu ______a new life as a member of the minister’s ______family.
3. Tsutomu wanted to ______a minister, too. So we went to college and ______very hard.
4. He also______singing and sang in church. His ______of his parents began to fade. He decided to help other people in need.
5. Tsutomu’s ______voice trainer once said to him, “Your voice is a gift from God, and also from your ______.
6. You’re the only one in the world with a ______like that.” Tsutomu is now______of his singing.
7. His ______is “Try to be the only one, not just ______one.”
8. We can feel the ______and sadness of Okinawa through his beautiful voice in his song ______.
The minister said, “Tsutomu, do you want to come and stay withus? My wife and children willwelcome you.”
Tsutomu felt happy and said, “Yes.” Tsutomu started a new life as a member of the minister’s warmfamily.
Tsutomu wanted to become a minister, too. So we went to college and studied very hard.
He alsolearned singing and sang in church. His hatred of his parents began to fade. He decided to help other people in need.
Tsutomu’s Italian voice trainer once said to him, “Your voice is a gift from God, and also from your father.
You’re the only one in the world with a voicelike that.” Tsutomu is nowproud of his singing.
His motto is “Try to be the only one, not just number one.”
We can feel the brightnessand sadness of Okinawa through his beautiful voice in his song Sugarcane Fields.